Posted by Bob on November 9, 2003, at 18:39:49
In reply to Re: Solving SSRIs sexual dysfunction » Caleb96, posted by KXo on November 9, 2003, at 11:26:55
> Hi Caleb!
> After taken all this different antidepressants, why did you decide to stay with Effexor?
> I chose Zoloft because I found it to cause less problem with desire and erection and I have no difficult withdrawal, so I can stop taking it sometimes without the headaches you mention. (but I still didn´t do it) For me, it also takes about 3 days to get the normal feeling back.
> Taking Zoloft is really hard to have an orgasm. I have to do it alone. It may take about 45 minutes. I need to use my hands, stop sometimes to breath and I sweat as much as in a basketball match.
> When I am with a woman I tell her to tell me when she doesn´t want more. In the begining of the act, sex is relatively good, but with time I loose interest, i think it is because i don´t fell much in my genital. It is very embarassing for me to do what I do alone to have an orgasm with somebody at my side.
> The women want to see me orgasm too. So, in the end, noboby is much happy. I do think about sex as the whole thing (not just having an orgasm), but anyway, I don´t feel good.
> I am not married and I don´t plan to do it soon.
> Well, I needed to get this off my chest!!
> Wish you luck!
>
> > Well Bruno, my friend, welcome to the legions of formerly depressed males who can no longer function sexually.
> >
> > I've taken every antidepressant on the market, and except for Wellbutrin, none is without problems. Your idea about adding VIAGRA is interesting. I had the same idea, and asked a doctor friend of mine to write a small Rx just to experiment with. I take Effexor XR and I know what you're talking about--losing erections, no orgasm, and eventually no interest--chemical eunichs! The Viagra helped with the erection and that was encouraging. But it won't help with achieving an orgasm. I have to lay off the Effexor for about 3 days in order to get a normal feeling back in my genitals. But on the 2nd day--I get a killer splitting headache due to sudden withdrawal. Six ibuprofen helps me through the day until the head-hurt goes away. After that, I'm good to go--I turn into a sex-crazed fiend. I like to stay off the Effexor until I start to get the blues.
> >
> > So that's my cycle: DEPRESSION > EFFEXOR > HELLATIOUS WITHDRAWAL > GOOD SEX > DEPRESSION > etc....
> >
> > Such is life. But I've been married for 10 years, so "planning ahead" isn't a big problem for me. It also helps to have an understanding partner.
> >
> > Good luck with your search for a healthy mind and sex life.I know EXACTLY how you feel, Caleb. I can't think of many more ridiculous things to have to put up with than the sex problem (other than things that are life threatening). I get a kick out of how the media and drug companies put a spin on it, implying that most people don't have problems, and that there actually is some sort of magical way to get around anorgasmia. There's not.
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