Posted by gilbert on June 10, 2001, at 1:44:00
In reply to Sex is Overrated! » gilbert, posted by SalArmy4me on June 9, 2001, at 22:42:34
Cam,
I wish I would have had that effect from any one of the ssri's or nsri......your lucky. My point and I will try to make this short...LOL. Mental illness solutions seem to be low priority. You are in the minority on Effexor and sexually charged. We have talked about this before. The ssri's do not seem such a huge advancement in pyschopharmacology when weighing all the criterea. Yes you don't have to avoid foods, yes they are less cardiotoxic than tricyclics but there is a price to pay for most who use them. Why do we as people with mental illness have to suffer through this garbage when other drugs for other illnesses would not tolerate the side effect profiles or risks we put up with. My god a guy can have bypass surgery and be sexually functional 10 days after surgery. We are at the bottom of the list...we need to make noise. Those prehistoric methods you speak of are still being used......ECT, misprescribed antipyschotics, mood satbilizers for just about anyone, It seems all this is coming back with a vengeance.....why if what we have now works so well are we retreating. I have friends who have had to go back to the tricyclics or mao's because their ssri's either pooped out or they were afraid to take the dosages up beyond approved levels. I am glad you are out of bed. I am glad you are a stud muffin...LOL. I just wish the same for the rest of us.
Gil
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