Posted by Bob on July 9, 2009, at 13:21:10
In reply to Re: Best Antidepressants for men?, posted by linkadge on July 5, 2009, at 19:17:06
> >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.
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> 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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>I've tried Buspar multiple times over the years with no discernible therapeutic effect for either depression or sexual function.
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