Posted by poser938 on January 29, 2012, at 17:35:59
In reply to Re: sexual dysfunction- please help » poser938, posted by novelagent on January 29, 2012, at 16:47:51
well, i was in a coma when i was 13 and that might be why i react to meds so weirdly. i know of one other person that mirapex did this to. have you not gotten any better since you have been off effexor?
i think the effexor basically raised your serotonin or norepinephrine too much. and i know that when a med increases serotonin in your brain, this causes a decrease in dopamine. a med like wellbutrin or mirapex may be just what you need. or if your doc is willing to prescribe an MAOI, i would try selegiline if one of those doesnt work for you.
but i will tell you, the only med that has ever done anything good for my emotions and libido is cyproheptadine. it is not even a psychiatric med, but it is an antagonist at serotonin receptors and i believe that it is the 5HTC antagonism that has the good effect on me. i read that when that receptor is blocked off, it causes your brain to release more dopamine in response to normally pleasurable things. i think it is great, unlike normal dopamine increasing meds because those meds force your brain to increase dopamine, which for some people, can have a bad affect after taking it long term.it seems, with me, when i take a med and it has its effect on my brain, it doesnt see the need to go back to normal after stopping it.
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