Posted by sowhysosad on July 6, 2009, at 14:20:23
In reply to Re: Best Antidepressants for men?, posted by SLS on July 6, 2009, at 5:12:25
> > > Some studies that women responded better to SSRI's wherase men responded better to imipramine. SSRI's make me a little....wimpy.
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> > A word of warning: imipramine gave me erectile dysfunction. Apparently it's fairly common.
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> Hmm. I don't know about that.
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> This is the first time I have heard this said of any tricyclic with the exception of clomipramine. I have been on quite a few of them, and never had a problem, even at maximum dosages. I'm just one person, of course. However, I don't believe that TCAs cause ED. They might perhaps exaggerate the cremaster reflex during orgasm, but this does not affect the orgasm itself.Imipramine certainly caused it for me - not a complete inability to achieve an erection, but big problems sustaining one.
I Googled at the time and found ED listed as a side effect of imipramine on many sites.
I'd guess imipramine-induced hypotension might affect blood flow to the penis?
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