Posted by girlnterrupted78 on August 12, 2007, at 0:38:16
In reply to Re: Permanent Male Sexual Dysfunction after Remeron » Girlnterrupted78, posted by yznhymer on August 10, 2007, at 18:14:15
I'm pretty positive he's not clinically depressed. I mean, he could be traumatized and shocked over his loss of sexual function. But he doesn't suffer from 'clinical depression'--the kind that afflicts people (like us) for life and that not even life positive events will reverse.
He's just in shock and traumatized after suffering from such an meaningful loss for him.
Imagine losing a leg or an arm. Would you be depressed knowing you lost your arm forever? If this happened to a healthy person, he would not necessarily become clinically depressed, but he'd be traumatized and overwhelmed, and it would take him a long time to come to terms with it.
And in a guy like him, who used to be outgoing and sexual (not depressed or phobic), it is quite a shock and a huge loss, because an amazing part of his life is GONE. He's no longer able to date, after having amazing dates in his life. Dating is embarrassing and shameful, so no more dates, ever.
So I'm positive he doesn't suffer from depression, although it would be understandable for someone to get depressed over a terrible life situation like this.
However, that supposed 'depression' that you mention is NOT the 'cause' of the sexual dysfunction. Rather, the sexual dysfunction would be the cause of the 'supposed' depression, if he were to become depressed over this.
No chicken or egg situation.
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