Posted by john locke on January 20, 2016, at 22:18:54
In reply to Re: SSRI even worth the try for severe social anxiety? » john locke, posted by SLS on January 20, 2016, at 21:44:26
> > Thanks. Doesn't Paxil almost guarantee anorgasma to some extent, though? I couldn't live with that if it were bad enough.
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> Paxil is generally the worst SSRI when it comes to producing weight-gain and sexual side effects. I'm not sure how often anorgasmia occurs.
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> Anorgasmia is a common complaint with higher dosages of Nardil. However, for those who stick with it, the ability to orgasm often returns after 3 months or so.
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> Most people forget that Nardil had been used for OCD prior to the availability of Anafranil and Luvox. You need to be patient when treating OCD. You might find that the depressive symptoms resolve before the obsessive ones do.
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> Do you experience intrusive thoughts?
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> - Scott
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Thank you Scott. If intrusive thoughts means that the same thoughts/worries come into my head over and over again, then yes. For example, I have spent much of the last few weeks feeling crippled and helpless by the worry that I had set myself up for "drug-induced drug-refractoriness" with Nardil as you had explained to me is a phenomenon with psychiatric drugs that is not uncommon at all. This is because I did a short, 3.5 week Nardil trial (which ended about 3 weeks ago) before getting scared and backing out. I know its a largely irrational worry, especially since, if I do try Nardil again, it wont be until September 2016, but the thought that there is a chance that I have screwed myself over is still there, and it just won't leave.Its weird. If i catch myself having not worried about this for a little while (due to the fact that I am worried about other things that don't scare me quite as much), I'll be both pleased with myself for not thinking about it, but also kind of mad at myself for having let my guard down. I really can't get out of my head.
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