Posted by Crotale on July 15, 2008, at 13:58:56
In reply to Wow, a ray of hope! THANKS! » Crotale, posted by atmlady on July 15, 2008, at 13:11:58
Hi atmlady. No problem about "personal questions," if I weren't comfortable talking about sex I wouldn't have posted about having been prescribed Viagra. :)
> So the viagra helps, huh?
Yes indeed!
> I am curious as to how soon before the, er... act, you take the viagra,
You know, that's an interesting question. I never actually tried to determine how long it takes it to work. I just take it when I go to bed. I'd guess it takes about 30-60 minutes for it to take effect.
> how much you take,
50mg does the trick for me.
> and how you experience the effects of the drug.
> What I mean is, does it boost the libido or make
> the orgasms a bit easier to achieve or what
> exactly?It's not an aphrodisiac -- I know a lot of people lose interest in sex on ADs, but Viagra (and the other PDE-5 inhibitors) won't bring back the libido in those cases. It improves sensitivity, thus making sex more physically pleasurable and making it easier to achieve orgasm.
>And I guess my main question is, are you on an SSRI and trying to counter-act the sexual side effects?
I'm on an MAOI (Parnate), actually, but yes, it's for sexual side effects. Pretty much all the research about the PDE-5 inhibitors for antidepressant side effects is with SSRIs, and I'm sure it works more or less the same.
> You could babble-mail me if you'd rather not post to the world, I suppose....at any rate, thanks for the update!
Glad to be of help. Do you think you're going to give it a try? If so, good luck!
-Crotale
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