Posted by pretty_paints on April 2, 2004, at 17:17:16
In reply to Re: EffexorXR and sexual side effects » robz, posted by Sad Panda on April 2, 2004, at 13:04:13
hey rob
Im on Efexor XR. Yeh I guess its just a waiting game isnt it! I get the weird dreams too yeh. I got them on prozac too (and erm, probably even before). I wake up and sluuunk my way down to breakfast (well when I actually get up) feeling absolutely exhausted, like Im Indiana Jones or some inspector detective in some huge movie! I often think that if I could can my dreams, Id make some good pennies for myself! And yeh, they are SO REAL arnt they! And people just ask about them and chuckle, like "ooh", when Iv just had a night dealing with, you know, a close friend shooting himself, nearly falling off a cliff, getting frozen with panic at the top of a tower, running away from a mad man in a lorry...eeek! In fact, I feel like having a good rest as soon as I wake up! lol
But they tend (touch wood) not to be nightmares so much as just generally exhaustive dreams. And sometimes they're even good! Which makes up for the groggy ones :)
And another thing, when I read about the sexual side-effects of prozac, I just kinda thought (for some reason) that Id be fiiine. And for me, it didnt jump out at me. It was so gradual, until suddenly it was like "um hellooooo, what the hell is going ON...or rather NOT going on?!!". I didnt think not being able to have an orgasm any more wouldnt be that big a deal. I kept thinking that in comparrison to "overall happiness" it wouldnt be a huge problem.
Erm, but it is. Grr! Although interestingly, I do fancy having sex more (during depression, my interest in sex was a big fat ZERO!). It just takes a monumental (and often fruitless) effort to actually have an orgasm. Oh well. Hoping things will be better with Efexor (although I dont feel any different so far).
Um - in terms of advice, er..I dont know any special remedies! How about you buy a book of luuurve spells and see if theres one to miraculously restore one's sexual prowess! Grr. Haha.
Anyway, yeh, enough of this chat Kate. I'll keep in touch and let you know how the Efexor goes. Im praying it'll work!
Take care x
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