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Posted by gilanthony on September 28, 2005, at 15:56:17
I guess I am the only person to HAVE ANORGASMIA ON WELLBUTRIN....ARGGGGGGG SO FRUSTRATING....NEED A SMALL amount ad any suggestions
Posted by blueberry on September 28, 2005, at 18:10:20
In reply to wellbutrin and sexual side effects, posted by gilanthony on September 28, 2005, at 15:56:17
It happened to me too. You aren't the only one. Not to mention it made me feel aweful.
There probably is an antidepressant that won't give you anorgasmia. For example, all of the ssri's did it to me except prozac. Lexapro has been good to me so far, but I'm only at a low dose. The others were bad for sex and I knew it within the first days.
There is an uncommon and unorthodox strategy that worked for me. My doctor had me try 2 or 3 different antidepressants in one week, with a one day wash out in between each. Prozac was the last in line because of its long halflife. I sampled 5 or 6 antidepressants over a 2 week period. Actually, prozac did give me a little bit of difficulty in the first couple days, but not nearly as much as the others. So we went with that one, and it was good to me for 5 years.
Before he retired, I had a psychiatrist who was the Head of Psychiatry at a hospital on the east coast. He also used this strategy to find antidepressants that patients could tolerate right from the beginning. Once those were identified, then longer trials were given.
Posted by Phillipa on September 28, 2005, at 18:53:37
In reply to Re: wellbutrin and sexual side effects, posted by blueberry on September 28, 2005, at 18:10:20
Blueberry, Since your Babblemail is not on I'll ask you here. Where did you find such a knowledgeable pdoc and what state was he in? I'm originally from Ct. Now in NC. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by blueberry on September 28, 2005, at 19:24:20
In reply to Re: wellbutrin and sexual side effects » blueberry, posted by Phillipa on September 28, 2005, at 18:53:37
> Blueberry, Since your Babblemail is not on I'll ask you here. Where did you find such a knowledgeable pdoc and what state was he in? I'm originally from Ct. Now in NC. Fondly, Phillipa
Found him in Maine. I was so sad to see him retire. I'm so glad he got me fixed before he did though. But now that I've got new weird things going on, 5 years later, I wish he was around to help me solve the clues.
Back to the original thread though, it was strange how wellbutrin gave me anorgasmia. Some sources say it works on norepinephrine and dopamine, while others say it does have some effect on serotonin, others say it works on the nicotinic receptors, while others say no one really knows how it works. All I know is, my body hated the wellbutrin molecule.
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