Re: My Bizarre Post SSRI Sexual Problem

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Hey Tommy and JR and ALL! I've been taking the stimulant Dexadrine

which just happened to get prescribed to me for another medical

reason. Fortunatly the " Dex " is working for the other medical reason

so I believe I'll stay on it for now. Yes, I know, it's a highly

addictive drug and I do plan to take " Dex " vacations at least once a

month for 3 to 7 days to avoid physical addiction.

The " Dex " seems to have the pleasant side effect of making me

hornier than a March Hare, which, to me, tells me that my dopamine

levels are increasing and my sensitivity around and on my genitals

has skyrocketted. My orgasms are soooo strong now that instead of my

semen just " blobbing out " , I actually have a few good " squirts "

before that. That hasn't happened since I was in my mid 30's!!!

Yet another positive that may or may not have anything to do with

the " Dex " is the quality of my semen. When I had NO libido and had

little to NO genital sesitivity, of course I got worried if " things "

still " worked " and would masturbate. After a workout that would wear

out Jack Lalane (oops, I'm showing my age!!! LOL! I'm 50 years old

and will turn 51 in July, OK?), I'd finally have something related

to an orgasm and what came out was something that DIDN'T look very

healthy. (I won't describe it because I'm sure most males with this

problem either now or then, know what it looks like) At THAT time I

had NO IDEA that SSRI's had as strong an effect as they do on us

humans sexually. I had been taking Celexa for a total of 18 months.

Doctors really should be required to let ALL the patients of theirs

that are prescribed SSRI's that the sexual side effects are a very

real possibility. To heck with their nightmares and whatever. They

are messing with peoples sexual lives here! I know in MY 27+ year

long marriage, sex and intimacy/romance is an important component to

our marriage. I'm sure that my wife wouldn't divorce me if I

couldn't " perform " , but I sure wouldn't enjoy ever being able to

make love to her again. Shees!

So far, my TRT and sexual side effect of Dexadrine is doing fine. To

be honest with y'all, I also tapered from 20mgs to 5mgs of my anti-d

also. That sure didn't hurt anything, I'm sure.

Plus, the " Dex " was just a pleasant surprise. It really wasn't

necessary as my tapering and TRT seemed to be doing fine. It's just

that I felt it necessary to " mention " it since it has

certainly " enhanced " my experience. If I'M happy, you know my wife

will be (she knows it too!).

Aloha,

Hawaiian Wayne

> > >

> > > Hello my name is Tommy and I'm 29 years old. I

> > don't want to write a

> > > book here so I'll sum it up on top and give you my

> > complete story

> > > afterwards.

> > >

> > > 1st time after Discontinuation of Effexor XR at

> > 150 MG over 5 years:

> > > Severe Depression Relapse almost immediately after

> > " Brain Zaps "

> > > subsided but total pleasure when having an orgasm.

> > >

> > > 2nd time after Discontinuation of Effexor XR at

> > 150 MG for 3 months

> > > then 75 MG for 6 months: No Depression Relapse of

> > " Brain Zaps "

> > > subsided but now total lack of orgasmic pleasure.

> > The feeling at

> > > climax can be compared to scratching an itch on

> > your arm for a

> > > second. I literally feel nothing and it's

> > completely pointless to

> > > engage in sex due to not having anything to look

> > forward to.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > You've prob heard this same scenario before but if

> > not hopefully I

> > > can contribute something and somebody else may be

> > able to contribute

> > > to me. I took Effexor XR from 1997 - 2002 at a

> > dose level of 150

> > > MG. I did the " Drug Holidays " in order to

> > experience sexual orgasm

> > > as oppossed to not being able to climax without

> > severe concentration

> > > over a long long time and then when finally

> > climaxing feeling nothing

> > > but a slight irritant burning feeling. I went of

> > Effexor XR in late

> > > 2002 around December and remember crashing

> > severely a few days after

> > > the zaps subsided. I had such severe depression I

> > immediately needed

> > > to get back on something. Even though sex was the

> > farthest thing

> > > from my mind, I was back in control with being

> > able to climax and

> > > experience a worthy orgasm. The bottom line was

> > that I was severely

> > > depressed but the chemicals responsible for

> > allowing orgasm were back

> > > in action. After trying a host of drugs including

> > Lexapro when it

> > > first came out, I had struck out with no luck on

> > any of them and by

> > > default I went back on the only drug that had ever

> > alleviated

> > > symptoms of depression and that of coarse was

> > Effexor XR. I went

> > > back on my dose of 150 MG and it lifted my

> > depression and I started

> > > doing the " Drug Holidays " again in order to

> > expreience any kind of

> > > sexual pleasure. Long and behold once again, I was

> > getting to the

> > > point where I was still moderately depressed even

> > while taking the

> > > Effexor XR and I was sick of dealing with all the

> > side effects of sex

> > > amongst a host of other things. I began to tinker

> > with the dose and

> > > at one point I was told by the doctor to go up to

> > 225 MG. I did this

> > > for literally a week and almost went out of my

> > mind. My mind

> > > immediately began racing and I couldn't

> > concentrate on anything for

> > > even a second. My mind was literally going 1000

> > miles an hour. I

> > > guess this was due to the fact that Dopamine

> > properties only kick in

> > > while taking Effexor XR at doses of 225 MG and

> > higher. I obviously

> > > had sensitive Dopamine receptors and I immediately

> > went back down to

> > > 150 MG. Over the following year I went even lower

> > to 75 MG and

> > > experienced the same things I felt at 150 MG. As

> > of the summer of

> > > 2005, I began experiencing severe depression and

> > knew my time with

> > > Effexor XR was coming to an end. I was prescribed

> > Anti Convulsants

> > > for my Obsessive Thoughts and that did nothing

> > except put me into

> > > hallucigenic states of mind. I then was put on

> > Lithium which did

> > > absolutely nothing except urinate constantly and

> > then I was put on

> > > Luvox which also did nothing. I again went on

> > Effexor XR and stayed

> > > on the dose of 75 MG for six or so months until

> > the middle of April

> > > of 2006 when I decided to kick it completely for

> > too many reasons to

> > > list but most of all due to the long long battle

> > of side effects and

> > > inconsistency. It has now been almost 2 months and

> > I havn't

> > > had " Brain Zaps " for about 3 weeks but I'm

> > experiencing something

> > > completely opposite from when I discontinued

> > taking Effexor XR in the

> > > past. Instead of crashing into a deep depression

> > like I have in the

> > > past and having the ability to orgasm and enjoy

> > sex, this time it's

> > > the opposite spectrum whereas I am not crashing

> > into depression and

> > > feel pretty good actually but now I have no use

> > for sex due to a

> > > complete lack of orgasmic pleasure. I can achieve

> > an erection find

> > > and maintain it and I can also climax but during

> > the climax I feel

> > > nothing at all. To tell you the truth I don't even

> > feel the

> > > slightest sensation of an orgasm or even what I

> > felt in the past. My

> > > pathetic orgasms I concentrated on so hard to have

> > while taking the

> > > Effexor XR even though they were pathetic they

> > were 100 times better

> > > than this because now they consist of absolutely

> > no feeling at all.

> > >

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