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Posted by dj on November 19, 2000, at 23:34:01
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001119mag-sexaddiction.html
Posted by MarkinBoston on November 22, 2000, at 12:18:41
In reply to NYT Mag on SSRIs dampening of male hi-sexuality..., posted by dj on November 19, 2000, at 23:34:01
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001119mag-sexaddiction.html
Its an interview piece with a doc who started treating (mostly) women with eating disorders and then given a patient with a sexual compulsion. He saw the similarity between binge eating and binge sex. Old studies with rats showed administrating drugs to lower seretonin and raise dopamine yielded the strongest mounting behavior, and following sex, seretonin increased and dopamine decreased - the same satiation and relaxation that occurs in humans, eg. falling asleep.
Several patients were interviewed and were very happy with the relief from their urges that SSRIs gave them (Celexa or Prozac), and some had no libido and were happy with that after suffering for years with various expressions of compulsive behavior.
My personal chemistry must not involve a seretonin shortage, because SSRI's don't work for me, but do cause apathy & libido loss (satiation).
Posted by Bissie66 on November 22, 2000, at 14:16:21
In reply to NYT Mag on SSRIs dampening of male hi-sexuality..., posted by dj on November 19, 2000, at 23:34:01
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001119mag-sexaddiction.html
This is fascinating. This makes complete sense to me, that serotonin is somehow linked to sexual arousal. I remember when I first went on an SSRI and my compulsions and even libido were removed, I felt a great, huge sense of relief. I remember being puzzled in the past that my MOST depressed times were also when I felt most aroused. It disturbed me. After all, depressed people were not supposed to be interested in sex. Another time a psychiatrist wondered if I might have larger amounts of testosterone than most women . . . it makes perfect sense to me that it was the lower serotonin that were causing what I felt was an unusally large sexual appetite.
However, I'm no longer pleased with what SSRI's do to my sexual function. I miss that part of myself . . .
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