Re: Re: Starting to get better...slowly

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Hi Kaivey The anxiety-depression is actaully a good sign in my opinion, I don't have much anxiety since having PSSD, because the brain still works like it's on SSRIs. My sexual ability returned after I quit paxil at 21 when anxiety returned, at least you have ups and down's. Then after 6 months I made a mistake and listening to my shrink and took Lexapro and Luvox. To: SSRIsex Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 3:46:20 PM Subject: Re: Starting to get better...slowly

Great stuff, Glen.

I'm nearly dead at the moment because of my own constant fight against

anxiety and unbearable chronic depression - but I still think I am in

for a chance. I really hope one day to become truly free of all of this

really horrible f***cking sh*t and then I will become happy once again

finding complete peace within myself. After that I really believe my

brain will start making good wholesome repairs and sex will become

fabulous again just like it used to be.

Kv.

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> > > Yes!..But for me this type of feeling is something separate from

the PSSD. I am over 1 year off of paxil and benzos and I still go

through good "waves" and bad "waves" where I feel good emotionally for a

period then a few days later I feel like a helpless, crying infant.Â

These emotions DO get better over time but for someone like me who took

these meds for 14 years it takes a very very long time.Â

> > > The only thing I can advise for this is a good diet, excercise,

and try to surround yourself with supportive people.

> > > Pretty much the same things that we all need for coping withÂ

PSSD.  You are not alone. The best advice that I found

for coping with these bad waves is to accept them as a current

problem that will pass and not to fight against them. It may sound

stupid but following that advice helped me get through

some dark periods over the past year. Good Luck!..(Fish Oil did help

"smooth out" my moods a bit, but all of us react diferently to

supplements). Mike

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> > > From: creepystuff133 <baisibutybe@>

> > > To: SSRIsex

> > > Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 8:21 PM

> > > Subject: Starting to get better...slowly

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> > > Almost 7 months of PSSD for me.

> > > Things seem to be getting in order. Veeeery slowly and in 'waves'.

I am not sure if its really like that or its just in my head. One day

everything seems like its 40% normal, then another day it looks like

things are bad again. Has anyone experienced something similar? Also

with all this starting to get in order, my anxiety and insomnia seems to

be back too. Theres no way I will get back on medication again. Any

suggestions?

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[Guest guest]

What it sounds like is a rapidly cycling bipolar condition. This is

not to say that the SSRI didn't cause the sexual dysfunction. I

experience a small manic part of a cycle after drinking alcohol the

previous day. This is an example of bouncing from a depressive

state to the other extreme.

My therapist wants me to take SSRIs again, but the anhedonia they

cause in me is worse than the manic episodes.

Le 08/02/2012 3:25 PM, a écrit :

I get these "waves" also. It's been 9 months since I last

took Zoloft. Some days I can feel my libido coming back

with the pleasurable feeling. Yesterday I went to the gym

and got a good workout. There were some attractive women

there and I admit, I could feel some attraction to them,

and my libido seemed to be kicking in. So I went home from

the gym feeling sexual again and had to masturbate twice.

I could even get an erection from visual stimuli and it

was pretty good, gotta admit. I felt about 70% normal

yesterday.

But like today, zero libido, nothing and can't get an

erection from visual stimuli. I don't understand these

"waves."

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> Yes!..But for me this type of feeling is something

separate from the PSSD. I am over 1 year off of paxil

and benzos and I still go through good "waves" and bad

"waves" where I feel good emotionally for a period then a

few days later I feel like a helpless, crying infant.Â

These emotions DO get better over time but for someone

like me who took these meds for 14 years it takes a very

very long time.Â

> The only thing I can advise for this is a good diet,

excercise, and try to surround yourself with supportive

people.

> Pretty much the same things that we all need for

coping with PSSD.  You are not alone. The best advice

that I found for coping with these bad waves is to

accept them as a current problem that will pass and not to

fight against them. It may sound stupid but following

that advice helped me get through some dark

periods over the past year. Good Luck!..(Fish Oil did

help "smooth out" my moods a bit, but all of us react

diferently to supplements). Mike

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> To: SSRIsex

> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 8:21 PM

> Subject: Starting to get better...slowly

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> Almost 7 months of PSSD for me.

> Things seem to be getting in order. Veeeery slowly

and in 'waves'. I am not sure if its really like that or

its just in my head. One day everything seems like its 40%

normal, then another day it looks like things are bad

again. Has anyone experienced something similar? Also with

all this starting to get in order, my anxiety and insomnia

seems to be back too. Theres no way I will get back on

medication again. Any suggestions?

>

[Guest guest]

I've been going to the gym and weight lifting 3 days a week since January and I've also been taking Bupropion XL 300 mg for a couple months. This may be way I experience some of the manic episodes, but it's better than being impotent 100% of the time. I've definitely noticed some improvement since I started taking it, and it may not work like this forever, but I have also been remembering my dreams for the past week, and waking up with pretty strong erections. I haven't done those things much at all since I first took Zoloft.