Posted by yeltom on April 12, 2003, at 15:13:36
In reply to Re: Yohimbine (for sexual side effects) and OCD » yeltom, posted by fairnymph on April 12, 2003, at 14:06:47
Thanks, but what is the name of this herb that you can't find? Have you tried high doses of ginkgo?
> I'm female, as you correctly guessed. I have tried yohimbe as has my boyfriend. Yohimbe/yohimbine (the latter is the active ingredient in the yohimbe plant) does increase blood flow to the pelvic region and is a mild stimulant, thus why it should theorectically help problems of arousal and erection. I do know two people (both male) who have found that yohimbe works for them -- but that's it. Like I said before my bf and I had no response at all, other than feeling mildly stimulated (caffeine like feeling). Neither of us where taking other medications at the time, either.
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> I've been trying for a while to seek out natural sex enhancers for my bf because he has a very low libido (has his whole life, it's not related to medication, but we now suspect it is ralated to depression/dysthymia). We tried the yohimbe, we tried this stuff called 'KONG' (www.keepitupwithkong.com), and neither did anything. For the past two and half weeks he has been taking TRIBULUS TERRESTIS root (4000 mg/day)...it has had no appreciable effects -- except that recently he seems to have had better lasting ability. It hasn't changed his libido or orgasms at all though.
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> We have both also tried bromocriptine (a dopamine agonist) to asses its sexual effects -- which were ZIP (I am convinced that dopamine agonists suck for sexual purposes) -- and we both had absotley awful headaches and felt sick to death for two days.
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> I've really begun to get fed up with the herbs at this point. They don't seem very strong and certainly not strong enough to counteract synthetic pharmaceuticals. I have heard about an herb that is supposed to be 70% as effective as viagra in erectile effects, but I can't find the damn herb anywhere -- a google search turns up 2 pages, 95% of it in other languages -- and NONE of the sites selling the stuff! Frustrating...
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> So, that's what I know, hope it helped.
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> Take care,
> Julia
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> > Could you elaborate, both in terms of what makes you think that is possible and what other sexual enhancers work. (Are you male of female? I assume the latter) There are so many herbs marketed for sexual enhancement, but I have little faith that they work to reduce antidepressant-induced sexual side effects.
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> > > I definitely think that is possible. I would look into other sexual enhancers...
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