Posted by bipolarspectrum on February 4, 2005, at 8:59:10
In reply to ABILIFY may have trashed my LIBIDO, posted by SLS on February 4, 2005, at 6:23:23
SLS,
I'd just like to thank you for your continious responses to my posts... I can't help but believe that you and I both experience bipolar depression from reading your posts oveer the last few months... I'm not a fan of atypicals and one of the main reasons is the cognitive dysfunction but I also find they zap my sex drive.. I believe its related to dopamine-receptor blockade, which reduces the 'rush' when experiences during sex... also, althought they claim abilify has low antihistamine qualities, it can be generally sedating, which might also reduce ur libido... now, i'm not representative of these guys, but have u tried em powerplus? I tried it, and I experienced a little relief but it send me hypomanic.. It reminded me of my experience with lamictal.. I think the zinc in em powerplus is the active psychotropic as it interacts with NMDA receptors to indirectly affect dopamine release.... anywayz, good luck
bps
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