New and in deep dispair

[Guest guest]

I started taking zyprexa and celexa about 10 months ago for a diagnosis of

Bipolar 2. I was not warned about the possible side effects other that the

pharmacist literature. I was more concerned about the zyprexa making me drugged

out tired every morning. I thought celexa to be a somewhat generic

anti-depressant. I noticed no real big changes through last summer in the sexual

department. I performed. I had one incident of not reaching orgasm. I knew that

this was a possible side effect and it didn't occur again. By the end of the

summer I was feeling fine, but by the beginning of the fall I recognized that I

was sort of impotent. My libido was a bit lower,visual stimuli didn't do much

but the touch of my wife did. In earlier October we had our last sexual

encounter during with I began to lose my erection part way through copulation,

but I was able to orgasm. I began to quickly taper off of the zyprexa and cut my

celexa dosage in half. About three weeks into October I had a big time anxiety

attack and admitted to both spouse and psychiatrist that I was non-compliant and

why. The pdoc said he had the cure and prescribed 150mg of Wellbutrin. I noticed

nothing for two weeks -same low libido and no spontaneous erections. Then, after

two weeks, it all came back - libido and erections. Two weeks later, it went

away. I notified my doctor and he upped the dossage to 300mg of Wellbutrin. It

didn't help much, and I tapered off my celexa. My libido remained low, but not

too low and I began noticing that I had nocturnal and morning erections. I could

bring myself to orgasm without an erection, and they were somewhat powerful.

Then, it the past week my libido crashed. I feel nothing even when I touch my

wife. I am not visually aroused. I don't think that I can get an erection. I

feel sexually numb. I have not experienced any genital anesthesia, but my libido

is so low that I'm scared. I feel like someone died. This seems so hopeless. I

went off zyprexa awhile ago too and the anxiety returned three weeks later in

full force. I went back on it last night and the anxiety left, but I have this

awful depression. I've been writing down on a pad of paper of list of things to

live for. My wife doesn't really understand. She thinks its just an erection

problem and most of the sexual numbness is in my head. How right she is.

Fortunately, she is a low libido person herself and does not demand a certain

sexual life. She can take it or leave it. I was always the initiator.

What do I do now?

Is there any hope?

How do I get on with my life?

I can live without sex, but how do I maintain a marriage relationship when I

don't feel a thing when I touch my spouse?

ex.

[Guest guest]

here is my humble opinion:

From what I have experienced and read wellbutrin works in a short time and then looses the effect.

i am not sure if you have waited enough for the drug to be out of your system. you should at least 7-9 weeks for the drug to be fully out of your system to make a judegement.

if axienty is the problem you can take Buspar. It is a very mild axienty drug. With some people it helps with libido.

Most important not to panic and put yourself under stress that would only make things worse.

Check your vit D and make sure it is at normal level

Omega-3 2 g/d Split

multivitamin

good eating habbits

Aggressive cardio exercise for 20-30 minutes that gets your heart pumping at 80-90% max.

Do this for 3 months and observe results.

Regards

Adil

To: SSRIsex Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 2:04 AMSubject: New and in deep dispair

I started taking zyprexa and celexa about 10 months ago for a diagnosis of Bipolar 2. I was not warned about the possible side effects other that the pharmacist literature. I was more concerned about the zyprexa making me drugged out tired every morning. I thought celexa to be a somewhat generic anti-depressant. I noticed no real big changes through last summer in the sexual department. I performed. I had one incident of not reaching orgasm. I knew that this was a possible side effect and it didn't occur again. By the end of the summer I was feeling fine, but by the beginning of the fall I recognized that I was sort of impotent. My libido was a bit lower,visual stimuli didn't do much but the touch of my wife did. In earlier October we had our last sexual encounter during with I began to lose my erection part way through copulation, but I was able to orgasm. I began to quickly taper off of the zyprexa and cut my celexa dosage in half. About three

weeks into October I had a big time anxiety attack and admitted to both spouse and psychiatrist that I was non-compliant and why. The pdoc said he had the cure and prescribed 150mg of Wellbutrin. I noticed nothing for two weeks -same low libido and no spontaneous erections. Then, after two weeks, it all came back - libido and erections. Two weeks later, it went away. I notified my doctor and he upped the dossage to 300mg of Wellbutrin. It didn't help much, and I tapered off my celexa. My libido remained low, but not too low and I began noticing that I had nocturnal and morning erections. I could bring myself to orgasm without an erection, and they were somewhat powerful. Then, it the past week my libido crashed. I feel nothing even when I touch my wife. I am not visually aroused. I don't think that I can get an erection. I feel sexually numb. I have not experienced any genital anesthesia, but my libido is so low that I'm scared. I feel like someone

died. This seems so hopeless. I went off zyprexa awhile ago too and the anxiety returned three weeks later in full force. I went back on it last night and the anxiety left, but I have this awful depression. I've been writing down on a pad of paper of list of things to live for. My wife doesn't really understand. She thinks its just an erection problem and most of the sexual numbness is in my head. How right she is. Fortunately, she is a low libido person herself and does not demand a certain sexual life. She can take it or leave it. I was always the initiator.What do I do now?Is there any hope?How do I get on with my life?I can live without sex, but how do I maintain a marriage relationship when I don't feel a thing when I touch my spouse?ex.