Posted by infectedmushrooms on August 11, 2007, at 1:24:25
In reply to Re: Permanent Male Sexual Dysfunction after Remero, posted by Sigismund on August 10, 2007, at 14:42:10
This is the exact thing that happened to me I when I was 21...I lost my sex drive instantly when I started risperdal with lexapro...I was misdiagnosed by the way as well b/c I the drug for chronic headpains that was a result of a dislocated jaw that made my anxiety so much worse...As a result I took the drug Risperdal for about 3 months... before that I was horny as hell just taking ssris...Then after I got off the drug taking 3-4 mg a day 3 months later my sex drive never returned...I feel like my life is destroyed as well and I am currently trying to reverse the side effects through organic foods and supplements but unfortunately nothing has worked yet..I stopped all drugs in november 06 after being on mostly ssris for 3 years with my small bought with risperdal...I am almost 23 now and it has been a year and a half since taking Risperdal...And i feel my life is destroyed as well...I can never go out anymore and before I was horny as hell now I feel like my emotions are shot and my hormone tests come back very very low for someone my age...Also there is a thing called PSSD where people lose their sex drives just from SSRIS which never happened to be but I can believe it b/c everyone reacts differently to drugs...I also have a numbness in my genitals which goes away sometimes after I take certain supplements that effect neurotransmiiters..I can not get erections for my life anymore before I got throbbing ones just from the wind....I also know other 2 other people that lost their sex drive after taking risperdal and it essentially is permanent damage in my opinion...But here's the thing I think it can be reversed with nutrition and supplementation, exercise and time...The brain does regenerate but not under stress...who knows how long it will take to get back...Another problem with the rat theory is that rats only live 2 years max and the doses given to rats are much larger and their brain structure is a lot different than that of humans...Although it seems we shouldn't negate that fact either bc relying on rat studies can serve to prevent these potentially life altering side effect in humans as well...I sometimes want to kill myself b/c my life is a living hell b/c of what risperdal did to my sex drive...And before that drug I think I was hypersexual even on ssris....:(
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