Posted by Questionmark on May 29, 2004, at 20:32:44
In reply to Re: Abilify anorgasmia (brief question)., posted by Racer on May 25, 2004, at 11:02:12
> Periactin worked pretty well to alleviate this particular effect for me. It's a very old antihistimine, and is usually used for off label uses now -- like counteracting side effects from other medications. One of the best things about it is that you take it as needed, and it takes about 20 minutes to kick in.
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> The potential downside, of course, is that it's an anti-histimine. Afterwards, you just roll over and go to sleep. (Sometimes this is a good thing, of course...)
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> I can't say that it was perfect, but it really helped increase my ability to experience pleasure.
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> Hope that helps.
Racer, thanks for your reply.
i have a prescription for Periactin (cyproheptadine) that i got a few months ago, but i have only used it a few times, and i don't exactly know how it affects me yet. From my few experiences with it, however, i thINk that the antihistamine effects are too much to benefit from it enough-- i just get too tired and blahhed out (i think). And the one time i took it i felt like crap for most of the next day (i.e., i had that antihistamine hangover that i always get w/ H1 blocking drugs, but i felt even more depressed than i usually do, too)-- which surprised me since i read that cyproheptadine only has a half-life of 4 hours. And because of how crappy i felt, i'm also wondering if the 5-HT2 antagonistic effects have a negative effect on me overall (besides the possible relief of anorgasmia). Oh and i didn't really get much relief from my anorgasmia with it at the doses i used.
i really need to experiment with it some more. Thank you for the post though. It gives me hope that it might actually work better than i realize so far, and it gives me more motivation to experiment with it some more again.
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