Posted by Dinah on September 6, 2002, at 7:31:30
In reply to Re: Informal, unscientific survey- Sexual Side Effects, posted by Dave001 on September 5, 2002, at 17:17:17
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> > I'll start. Yes, sexual side effects. Four years with not a single orgasm on Luvox, and no
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> Four years???? How were you able to tolerate that?? :-)Well, I guess the good part was that it also took away my desire, so I didn't think about it until I discontinued the Luvox.
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> > desire to have one. Inability to have an orgasm > from day one on Effexor, with greatly increased > desire to have one (hypomania). And I'm a female.
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> Sounds pretty damn frustrating... Have you tried (or considered) augmenting the SSRI/Effexor with a dopaminergic agent or other drugs which have exhibited efficacy in counteracting the sexual effects from SSRIs?
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> Hope you come up with a remedy for your side-effects!
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> Best of luck,
> Dave
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Thanks Dave. I did away with my side effects by doing away with my SSRI, and just using Depakote and Klonopin. I think I wouldn't want to go back on one unless I was feeling sooo bad that sexual side effects would be the least of my problems.My main reason for asking was that I was astonished at the low numbers cited on a previous thread. When people ask me questions about what they can expect from an SSRI, I include sexual side effects without thinking that much about it (But always add that everyone is different). If the numbers were as low as stated, I would change the way I present that information.
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