Antidepressants and sex drive?
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Carlo.that is a very strange correlation between stopping the effexor after three months and suffering libido changes after a year. I don't believe that anyone can tie the two together. Anything is possible but what you describe doesn't have very much scientific basis. Are there other factors that might affect libido such as age, health conditions, personal stressors etc.? Your physician can check for testosterone levels to see if this is what is causing your issue. best wishes
Duh?! Because medication does not naturally occur in the body, it is poision and dangerous to take. You probably have done permanent damage.
Yes, this is actually very common, especially with Effexor and Cymbalta, as these medications work on more areas of the brain than typical antidepressants such as Prozac, Zoloft, etc.
I suggest that you talk to your doctor about treatment/medication options, as not all medications are likely to cause a decreased libido. There are also treatment options available to help increase your libido. I suggest that you discuss this with your doctor.
Don't worry, regardless of what SOME people say, there's no permanent damage.
Many anti-depressants, especially SSRIs (Selective-Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) do lower the sex drive in a person. That is completely normal and in most cases the disfunctionalities in sexual relations or inabilities to orgasm (or taking too long to do so) are to blame on these medicines.
There are a few things you can do (but always during the supervision of a psychiatrist):
-Stop taking the medicine: That should make it all go away.
-Lower the dose: It MIGHT help.
-Live with it: It difficult not to have a satisfying sex life and it can bring other problems. Just remember the reason why you started taking these anti-depressives. If you can live without the anti-depressives then you might consider leaving them. If you need to take them for whatever reason it is, there might be some other medicine that will stimulate your sexual desires. You might want to consider talking to your psychiatrist about this.
Just remember that what you're going through is normal and there's always a solution. Good luck
I have the same problem: no sex drive. The way I get around it, or through it I guess you could say, is to get more so involved in the things that do get me going. Wearing sexy lingerie does it for me, or seeing visuals of nude people participating in activity. That'll usually put my sex drive back on the right path (for that occasion at least) Good luck!
the most common side effect people dont like when taking any anti-depressant is loss of sex drive. i was once on depekote and it took my sex drive down to zero, i didnt even want to be touched. even tho i eventually stopped taking depekote a decrease in the drug brought my libido back to normal. you should talk to your dr. about this. he/she may decrease the dose or put you on something that will increase your sex drive. there are a few new ones out like cymbalta,abilify that have low side effects that may work well with you
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