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side effect...or not?

Posted by agnessa on March 23, 2004, at 19:08:06

This is my first time posting here and I really need some insight. I am a 25 year old female who started taking 30mg of Paxil daily about four years ago. I am on Paxil because of generalized anxiety and for body dysmorphic disorder. The Paxil made me feel great and I have accomplished things I wouldn't have even thought about before. Anyway, my question is, is it possible to get a side-effect after roughly 2 years of being on an SSRI? See, I never used to have a problem with my libido, even after being on Paxil for about 2 years, but over the last year or so it has diminished to practically nothing. This really, really sucks as I have been in a serious relationship for over three years now, and when we first met, I was always ready to go :) AND now I could care less about sex either way...This has been so frusterating that I weaned myself off of Paxil and stayed off for about one month, only to have my anxiety and my symptoms of BDD return. Even during this time that I was off of the Paxil, my sex drive didn't return. I am thinking of getting my thyroid tested...what do you guys think? I actually started off on Prozac before the Paxil, and had no side effects which was great, except I was still really moody all of the time. Do you think I should try a different SSRI, or add something like wellbutrin? Currently I am on 20mg Paxil....any comments/advice would be great!


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