Posted by Thrud on August 28, 2001, at 6:58:32
In reply to Re: klonopin and sex vs xanax...thrud, posted by gilbert on August 27, 2001, at 20:55:22
Hi Gil.
> Thrud,
>
> I actually found the xanax to improved my sex drive while on an ssri which is probably not average.SSRIs mess around with sex so much that doesn't really surprise me.
>I am off ssris and find xanax does have a nice anti panic effect and helps my ruminating thoughts and gives me a little boost as well. I think at first I was too sedated to care about sex but I would guess after about a month I noticed my interest returned to almost normal.....when I say almost I mean sometimes I will still take a little longer to finish but the it still feels pretty darn good.
I notice the "bit longer" thing as well but that is not as bad as the ED part I get. BTW, what dose were you on then?
>How long have you been off ssris....it took me a long time after being on prozac to regain my orgasmic function.....could be some ssri residue adding to the xanax problem.
Several months. In between I was on Lamictal. Not a bad AD effect, still significant SD, anxiety through the roof. Still better than SSRIs!! Maybe residual effect. I'll ask the pdoc.
>
> Now about the klonopin I did not give it a fair try because I was so sick of not being sexual by the time I got to the konopin on drugs to try I had no patience for any more sex problem.....some have waited it out and regained function.....you just gotta try and see.I have not had sex for >10 years because no matter the drug, it always gave SD and it would never resolve...and you think *you've* lost patience? ;)
> Also most panic patients are very sensitive to med side effects and are also very suggestible emotionally to side effects so make sure what you have is truly a physical manifestation of a chemical side effect and not a pyshcological manifestation of an unwanted side effect.
This is true. I think my co-morbid depression is all psychological: I have no doubt that if I could control the anxiety without the SD it would lift immediately (my depression always responds very easily to medication, anxiety much less so). However, after nearly 11 years I can absolutely say that medication causes my SD. I become *hypersexual* if I cut out all my meds! (but then I suffer so much I want to die).
> Good Luck,
Thanks. My options are running out...
Thrud
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