Posted by Piquet on December 31, 2004, at 3:42:55
In reply to Re: Lamictal sexual dysfunction ?!?!, posted by cache-monkey on December 31, 2004, at 1:18:35
> Oh, I added the following supplements to my regimen a couple of weeks ago:
> * calcium/magnesium/phosphorous (1000mg/500mg/500mg) supplement at night
> * DHEA (25 mg) in morning
> * fish oil (1 g) t.i.d.
> ... and also started light therapy in mornings.
>
> Could any of these be the culprits? (I think it's acutally the Lamictal, but want to rule out other possibilities.)
>
> Thanks,
> cache-monkey
>
> > Alright, what gives? Lamictal is supposed to be relatively neutral with respect to sexual function. (I've even found references to it being pro-sexual.)
> >
> > BUT, I'm now at 50 mg of Lamictal for a couple of days (plus 7.5 mg BuSpar) and I feel like the works have been turned off. It's this weird feeling. Kind of like the tendons/muscles around my groin are pulling a bit tighter, somehow cutting off the blood flow to the old member. (I'm male.) I don't exactly remember, but this seems similar to my reaction to Celexa. I haven't had complete ED yet, but feel like I'm heading that way.
> >
> > And this, of course, happens to be right when I'm actually feeling alright again on the higher Lamictal dose. I'm starting to worry that my lot in life is either to feel good or to have my sexual function. (The two neutral or pro-sexual ADs I've tried made my psychic state worse.)
> >
> > Has anyone else (particularly males) had sexual dysfunction on Lamictal? Can I expect this to last a while, or is there a chance that it's going to be transient?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > cache-monkey
>
Hi cache-monkey,In reference to your other post, I haven't got the muscle/tendon thing (not yet, anyhow), but I got a light attack of delhi-belly and a couple of mild headaches. It's my guess that apart from a 'standard' set of SEs, there will be individual SEs to cope with as well, due to the complexity of our body chemistry. We also have to take into account the fact that there might be interactions with the other meds we take. Regarding the sexual SEs, well, I've noticed some decline in libido, but I'm used to that waxing and waning with introduction of new medications or titration of current ones. I'd like to add that I don't think that the start-up and titration phase of a new medication is a good time to draw conclusions as to its longer term therapeutic benefits or SEs, although I can understand that you are very concerned about these things. My pdoc has told me that it's quite possible that my 'final' dose might be around 200 mg per day, and that taking into account titration to that level at a fortnight per increase and then the delay before experiencing the therapeutic effect for that level of medication, I would quite likely be looking at a timeframe of around three months before things settled down. So I started in on this knowing that I would need some patience -- well, a lot of patience. Hopefully, the end result -- for both of us -- will be worth the wait. There's also the possibility that it won't be the right augmentation for me: from what I've read, after considerable time on Lamictal some people swear by it and others swear *at* it.
Piquet.
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