Posted by linkadge on July 5, 2009, at 19:17:06
In reply to Re: Best Antidepressants for men?, posted by bulldog2 on July 5, 2009, at 19:05:34
>I read an article online where a group of men >had their testosterone tested before and after >parnate usage. It was an eight week study and >testosterone actually increased about 20%. >Really don't recall much more. It seems as if >parnate may be a little more friendly to >dopamine production and perhaps increase it.
You could be right.
>As far as to how much testosterone production is >disturbed by an ssri that may be a function >dosage and duration of treatment. If the dosage >is high enough and treatment long enough could >an ssri totally turn off testosterone? I don't >know if there are any studies about that >possibility. Would a dopamine agonist prevent >this problem? One psychiatrist said that when he >uses buspar with an ssri that sexual problems >with ssris are often reversed.
I don't think that an SSRI could ever competely shut off testosterone production. Buspart can alleviate sexual dysfunction but it apparently works better in women. I think 5-ht1a agonists are aphrodisacs for women. Buspar is acutally a moderate d2 antagonist though so it may lower dopamine receptor signalling more - who knows. Not sure if improvement in sexual dysfunction is acompanied by improvements in testosterone levels.
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