Posted by sukarno on August 18, 2008, at 3:30:08
In reply to Re: good for you!, posted by sukarno on August 18, 2008, at 2:38:31
I forgot to mention that SSRIs destroyed my libido when I was on them. I think this is because of the increase in serotonin or dopamine antagonism (or perhaps both).
I had no interest in the opposite sex whatsoever and at first I didn't attribute that to the medication because the doctor didn't tell me that could happen so I thought instead that something was wrong with me until I found others with the same problem who were also taking SSRIs. I don't want to be graphic, but it was almost as if I was "numb down there".
The emotional blunting wasn't all that bad since that was better than being depressed, but being in my 20s at the time, I couldn't imagine life without marriage (or sex). A marriage isn't only about sex, but if things are very wrong in that department it could put the marriage on the rocks or end up in divorce and that will cause plenty of depression.
I was told that Serzone (nefazodone) was good for depression and didn't cause sexual dysfunction, but I later heard it was pulled off the market in the US due to hepatotoxicity (liver damage). Is it still available there? I can't find it here either.
Stablon doesn't affect my libido one way or the other. I think it gave it a mild boost in the beginning, but it hasn't lowered it any.
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