Posted by Oppycat on August 14, 2007, at 14:50:23
In reply to Re: Permanent Male Sexual Dysfunction after Remero, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on August 10, 2007, at 14:02:21
> He's clean of antidepressants now--for two years. And he claims he's not depressed. He just lost feelings of enjoyment due to his condition (the sexual dysfunction.)
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> He's 23--he used to have a healthy sexual life before this happened, and now he's got nothing other than shame and can't enjoy sex anymore, even though he keeps meeting girls--which makes matters worse.
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> He's been telling me he's suicidal and that he's been chickening out the few times he was ready to do it. But that's his thinking right now, just to really kill himself.
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> If he has any "depressive" feelings, they're only related to his condition, and not actual clinical depression alone. The reason he ever took antidepressants was not due to depression, but because he has OCD and his mom and shrink forced him to take Remeron.
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> Is there a cure for this? Or is he doomed to have no recovery?I tend to agree that he probably is depressed and that is causing his sexual problems. At lower dosages, Remeron makes me horny as hell. I realize everyone is different, but it's a real long shot that past usage of Remeron caused this problem. I also doubt very seriously that this is a permanent condition.
Having said that, I certainly understand how he feels. Sexual dysfunction is probably the main reason that I switched medications frequently over a 30-year fight with depression. Sex is not something I'm going to give up without a fight.
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