Posted by Brainbeard on March 26, 2010, at 14:09:32
In reply to Re: Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction, posted by desperately seeking on March 25, 2010, at 15:08:50
> What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?
I think that's a good way of dealing with it. Even what (metaphorically) kills you can make you stronger, if I've understood the apostle Paul correctly. But let's not have this topic removed to 'Faith'.
How I'm faring now.. Well, I have been experimenting with meds a lot in the past couple of years, and have been on several SSRI's, although mostly in low doses. Somehow, it seems that my sex life is BETTER when I've got just enough SRI going on to delay my orgasm but not kill my libido. Oddly, (S)SRI's stimulate my mental libido, and my body follows, at least that's what I think. Apart from sex and libido, I sometimes have the feeling that restarting (S)SRI therapy can be a way of improving post-SSRI dysfunctions.
However that may be, the angle of my erections seems to have been changed forever to a lesser degree.
I also discovered recently that tinnitus, hyperacusis and even hearing loss can be a (post-)SSRI side-effect. I have tinnitus and hyperacusis
- and it became much worse after quitting Paxil. I never related the two. I alo wonder now if my chronic pains may be a post-SSRI side-effect, since they also emerged soon after quitting Paxil.What is odd is that while on 25mg of Zoloft (sertraline) and a couple of TCA's, my sex drive/life was pretty fine, while my libido seemed to have totally disappeared after quitting these meds.
I'm on Lexapro now, don't ask me how and why, 10mg, and initially it boosted my libido, but now I'm not sure what the state of my libido actually is, which is a bad sign in itself, although I still have plenty of thoughts about sex. I seem to have less of a drive to put these thoughts into actions, even while I have a willing partner. Yeah, I do think I have reduced libido, now that I listen to myself.
I'm hoping to get low dose flupenthixol (brand name Fluanxol) prescribed soon and/or Ritalin (methylphenidate) - both may boost libido.
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