Posted by SalArmy4me on February 8, 2001, at 16:04:20
In reply to How do you know when you're not sex. dyfunctional?, posted by PhoenixGirl on February 8, 2001, at 13:53:25
Have you ever added Wellbutrin to your medication regimen in order to restore your sex drive? It seems to work for me.
> Yes I know I complain about this all the time. *lol* This is a weird question and is really graphic, but I'm 23 and have been on some kind of AD since I was 13. For a long time I was on the heavily serotonergic ones, which completely killed my sex drive and physical sensation down there. Recently I went on desipramine, and things improved some. But I've never had an orgasm in my life, even when the libido problem did not seem too bad. I remember that I used to get horny and try to satisfy myself, but ended up frustrated. So I've had sexual problems for so long and for most of my post-pubescent life that I don't know what is healthy and what isn't.
> My depression has never been fully cured either, and I've never gone "all the way" or had a real relationship. But I've noticed big changes in my sexual functioning depending on what AD I was on. So I know the drugs are doing at least some of it.
> Currently, my libido isn't as strong as I remember it being years ago, at the beginning of my AD use (I was on imipramine, which is supposed to have worse sexual side effects than desipramine...I don't get it).
> Sorry for all this rambling, but I guess what I'm asking is, how do I know what my goal is or what is normal? I don't know how else to put it. Feedback would be appreciated.
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