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Posted by Melanie on January 11, 2001, at 17:40:30
This is my first post and I hope soemone can help me out becasue I'm confused and scared. I know what you mean about the Zoloft thing. Except I was on Paxil and it had the same effect on me. I had a low sex drive and couldn't reach orgasms very easy anways. My sex life sucked with my very understanding bf. That part sucked but the depression kinda went away and I was happy. I told my doctor and he switched me to Welbutrin so it doesn't affect my sex drive etc. Any that didn't work I'd be happy for awhile and then I'd be depressed again. My moods kept goign up and down I didnt' know what to do. Now I just started Serzone yesterday. I hate the withdrawl affects of gogin from one drug to another especially changing medications so much in jsut 3 months time. I'm hoping that this will work and the side affects will go away. I don't if this is the withdral affects or side affects from Serzone but I'm weak, blurred vision, dizziness, headache ( pounding and pressure in my head that won't go away ) fever, chills, nauseas and geez I feel like hell. I just want to find a medication that will be balance me out. I'm trying so hard but its almost depressing wanting to get better and can't find a medication to do it plus its not fair for the people around me. They understand but I feel bad for what they have to put up with. The last two medications helped with my sex drive back to normal but even if I'm sad they dont' work becasue I dont' even want to think about having sex. You can't win it's not fair at all. I'm almost thingking ya maybe I should go back on Paxil even though the sexual dysfunction. On paxil it made it like I coudlnt' even cry which was okay because I'm tired of crying all the time and I had no emotions. Now on the med's I took after I still cryed every once in awhile still. I'm an emotional person and I cry easy yes but I almost wish I had no emtions at all so I wouldn't cry. I can still get sad so I heop Serzone will help me out. Paxil made me happy like there was no way in the world I could get sad and depressed I want that feeling back again but I also dont' want to have sexaul dysfucntion. I try and thing what is more importmant but I dont' knwo what to do. I can't miss school anymore becasue of this my classes are suffering. I want to start out fresh this semster but it's hard and not easy. Can anyone help me out.
Melanie
Posted by Andre Allard on January 12, 2001, at 23:21:57
In reply to From Paxil to Welbutrin to Serzone, posted by Melanie on January 11, 2001, at 17:40:30
You have a lot of concerns but they are understandable considering you have not found an AD that works for you and your sex drive.
The only ADs that will not diminish your libido are serzone, remeron, wellbutrin and manerix. All the rest will negatively impact your sex drive.
Instead of worrying about your libido so much I think that it would be more productive if you concentrated your efforts on finding a med that improves your depression. Once your depression lifts then you can work on your libido.
Give the serzone some time. If you do not feel improvement push the dosage up to a max of 600mg until you do feel better.
If you are seeing a family doctor you might want to educate yourself on meds since many fdocs are not up to date and experienced in psychopharmacology.
Good luck!
Posted by Shell on January 14, 2001, at 9:53:06
In reply to Re: From Paxil to Welbutrin to Serzone, posted by Andre Allard on January 12, 2001, at 23:21:57
> You have a lot of concerns but they are understandable considering you have not found an AD that works for you and your sex drive.
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> The only ADs that will not diminish your libido are serzone, remeron, wellbutrin and manerix. All the rest will negatively impact your sex drive.
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> Instead of worrying about your libido so much I think that it would be more productive if you concentrated your efforts on finding a med that improves your depression. Once your depression lifts then you can work on your libido.
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> Give the serzone some time. If you do not feel improvement push the dosage up to a max of 600mg until you do feel better.
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> If you are seeing a family doctor you might want to educate yourself on meds since many fdocs are not up to date and experienced in psychopharmacology.
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> Good luck!I would also add Desyrel to that list.
You might also want to consider combining medication. Perhaps if Paxil works for you, you might find that you may get the same antidepressant effect from a smaller amount of Paxil when combined with something like Remeron or Wellbutrin. Reducing the amount of Paxil may reduce the side effects and the second antidepressant would boost the antidepressant effect.
Shell
Posted by jzp on January 14, 2001, at 15:00:26
In reply to Re: From Paxil to Welbutrin to Serzone, posted by Shell on January 14, 2001, at 9:53:06
Just a word of encouragement--
The first antidepressant I tried was Paxil, and it kind of helped, but kind of made me feel weird emotionally and messed with my libido. After a while it stopped working.
Then I tried Wellbutrin, and that never quite seemed to work, either. It made me feel really tense and gave me terrible stomachaches.
I started on Serzone this summer and it has made a huge difference. After about a month, I felt like I was finally back to being my regular self.I know that everyone's chemistry is different, and what works for me might not work for you, but I just wanted to let you know that you will find something!
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