Guest guest Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Hi Man It's only been two weeks, it takes a few months before you body can rebalance, and for some people it takes even longer. Just try to think positive, exercise, eat well , protien, fruits, vege's etc and you will be okay.To: SSRIsex Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:57:09 AMSubject: Another Victim celexa killed my libido, my ability to maintain an erection, my ability to have an orgasm, and apparently my personality. I feel very flat all the time. I was on it for about 3 months, and I've been off for 2 weeks with no improvement at all. In fact, things got worse when I went off. I thought I was depressed b4 the celexa - feel like jumping off a bridge now for real. One night - the first night I was totally off the celexa - I had the usual waxing & waning prob, and then something kind of clicked and I was like 90% of before. Not just quantity, strength of erection, etc. but it was a qualitative difference, turned on by imagery again, felt better and automatic like before, not forcing & struggling like now. Since then it's been worse than ever. I thought it might have just been some kind of temporary rebound from being totally off the drug. Anyway, it seems to have rebounded back to basically non-functional again. As I tapered the celexa, I added & increased wellbutrin. I'm up to about 100mg. with no improvement. I thought it might take at least 150-300mg, but after reading some of the posts here I'm not even sure I should continue trying. If I went off completely though I don't know if the depression would be manageable. It seems to help that a little. Maybe I just need a higher dose to start seeing some benefits. I have some cyproheptadine and have taken small doses to test, but it makes the depression even worse so I'm not sure I can take a larger amount. One time after I took it though, I felt really great the *next* day after it had worn off - another rebound like phenomenon - and I had a strong & persistent erection all morning. No real increase in libido that I could notice, though. I'm interested in trying granisetron in case that would help w/out worsening the mood symptoms. I've been taking ginkgo 120-240mg. since this started a few weeks ago - no help that I can notice whatsoever. Added vit.E also, which always sparked my libido in the past, but now nothing. Yest. I took some claritin as that has been reported to help, but it was only 5mg and only one day. I don't notice any bad effects from it, and I have allergies anyway, so I thought I would just continue for now, maybe getting to 10 or even 20mg. which has been reported to help in some cases. This is all completely unbelievable to me. I can't even believe it's happening. I keep trying to convince myself that it's just psychological, not physiological, but I had zero problems /ever/ before the celexa, and now I might as well be a eunuch. My girlfriend is very patient & understanding, but I can see the signs of concern creeping in. I'm stunned and despondent, and never realized how important that aspect of life was that I had always just taken for granted. Can't believe this is happening & that it could be extremely long-term or even permanent. This must be some kind of bad dream. MH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 I feel you man my gf says she doesnt mind it either but i cant see her staying around for long your right tho it is unbelievable my doctor told me it was all in my head but i know its not. I told him about pssd but he said he has never had that happen to anybody he said i only took it for 2 weeks so tht shouldnt happen but who knows maybe one day the body chemistry will return to normal. Keep ur head up dude im only 19 so this is like a catastraphy > > celexa killed my libido, my ability to maintain an erection, my ability to have an orgasm, and apparently my personality. I feel very flat all the time. > > I was on it for about 3 months, and I've been off for 2 weeks with no improvement at all. In fact, things got worse when I went off. I thought I was depressed b4 the celexa - feel like jumping off a bridge now for real. > > One night - the first night I was totally off the celexa - I had the usual waxing & waning prob, and then something kind of clicked and I was like 90% of before. Not just quantity, strength of erection, etc. but it was a qualitative difference, turned on by imagery again, felt better and automatic like before, not forcing & struggling like now. Since then it's been worse than ever. I thought it might have just been some kind of temporary rebound from being totally off the drug. Anyway, it seems to have rebounded back to basically non-functional again. > > As I tapered the celexa, I added & increased wellbutrin. I'm up to about 100mg. with no improvement. I thought it might take at least 150-300mg, but after reading some of the posts here I'm not even sure I should continue trying. If I went off completely though I don't know if the depression would be manageable. It seems to help that a little. Maybe I just need a higher dose to start seeing some benefits. > > I have some cyproheptadine and have taken small doses to test, but it makes the depression even worse so I'm not sure I can take a larger amount. One time after I took it though, I felt really great the *next* day after it had worn off - another rebound like phenomenon - and I had a strong & persistent erection all morning. No real increase in libido that I could notice, though. I'm interested in trying granisetron in case that would help w/out worsening the mood symptoms. > > I've been taking ginkgo 120-240mg. since this started a few weeks ago - no help that I can notice whatsoever. Added vit.E also, which always sparked my libido in the past, but now nothing. Yest. I took some claritin as that has been reported to help, but it was only 5mg and only one day. I don't notice any bad effects from it, and I have allergies anyway, so I thought I would just continue for now, maybe getting to 10 or even 20mg. which has been reported to help in some cases. > > This is all completely unbelievable to me. I can't even believe it's happening. I keep trying to convince myself that it's just psychological, not physiological, but I had zero problems /ever/ before the celexa, and now I might as well be a eunuch. My girlfriend is very patient & understanding, but I can see the signs of concern creeping in. I'm stunned and despondent, and never realized how important that aspect of life was that I had always just taken for granted. Can't believe this is happening & that it could be extremely long-term or even permanent. This must be some kind of bad dream. > > MH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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