Re: What is genital anesthesia? Need Help

February 9, 2007

Your definition of genital anesthesia is mostly accurate. There is a

main website link that will show you more information about PSSD. I

was on the original Effexor around 1998 after taking Prozac and all it

did was continue to damage my sexual functioning. Effexor XR is just

an " extended release " form of Effexor and is an attempt from the

pharmaceutical companies to extend the patent life of the original

product. The whole problem is that nobody really understands what any

psychiatric medication (SSRI, SNRI, MAOI, etc.) does to a person's

brain. There are no tests for chemical imbalances, but it is known

that psychiatric medications do cause chemical imbalances and

unfortunately in my case, those changes seem permanent causing PSSD and

all sorts of other problems. You are not alone with this condition.

There are probably hundreds of thousands of people who have some sort

of sexual dysfunction caused by psychiatric drugs. If you were only on

Effexor XR for 2 weeks, you have a much higher chance of recovery than

someone like myself who was switched from medication to medication over

the course of many years. Because sexual dysfunction is such an

embarrassing topic, most people do not report it. Luckily we have

people like Vornan who are doing advanced level research on PSSD. Many

of us in the group are doing their own research on the topic as well.

Any help is appreciated. In my opinion, the best treatment options

will come from the people who have the condition.

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> Hi,

>

> I'm new here and when i went off effexor xr (I was only on it for 2

> months) I had some weird withdrawels for about a week. I got off it

> because it took me long to orgasm. What is genital anesthesia? Does

> that mean you can't feel any sensation or you can get an erection,

but

> its not as sensitive? I also realized my libido was lowered, I saw

> someone for a while and it seemed to go up again. I think I'm going

> nuts with this whole issue. Can someone clarify what exactly everyone

> is experiencing. What is pssd,besides that it came from ssri's? Also

> was anyone on effexor which is an sNri. Did anyone experience this?

>

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