Posted by morgan miller on November 16, 2010, at 12:24:54
In reply to Re: When will it happen? SSRI with no sex dysfunction, posted by polarbear206 on November 16, 2010, at 7:20:49
> > Some people respond very well to SSRIs with very little or no sexual side effects. I happen to be one of them.
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> Good for you Morgan...What r you on? I have noticed that since I cut back from 300 to 225 of Effexor, a big improvement. Paxil was the worst for sexual side effects for me.
>My statement was a bit misleading. In the past I was able to just take an antidepressant-first Prozac then Zoloft-and feel much better without sexual side effects or any other side effects. I think it was just my individual physiology, not Prozac or Zoloft. Though I have read that Zoloft is less likely to have sexual side effects than other SSRIs.
I have a lot going on nowadays, and have been through quite a bit over the last few years, which is why I think Prozac and Zoloft don't quite work the same way they used to. I still don't experience any sexual side effects, I just can't take them as monotherapy and feel well enough to get on with my life and do the things I want to do. If I had stayed on Zoloft 3 years ago, I may still be doing very well on it. Being bipolar and having experienced a few major mixed episodes along with some medication trials may have changed the way my brain responds to Zoloft. Plus, like I said, things in my life are different now, so I need more protection than the protection Zoloft offered me in the past. It's complicated.
All that said, I think I'm going back to Zoloft soon(I've been on it twice since getting off it in 2007 and having a few mixed episodes. I may add a little Nortriptyline this time. Currently, I take Serofin SJW, 500 mg Depakote, and 600 mg, lithium. I'm about 5 weeks into Serofin and want to give it another 3 or 4 weeks before considering going back to a pharmaceutical SSRI. Serofin is definitely helping, I'm just not sure if it's going to be enough for what my hurting brain and psyche need.
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