Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 From the poll, it looks like Cymbalta Wellbutrin and Luvox did not contribute to sexual dysfunction. The 2% could be because of other reason. However, it is also possible out of 100 people, only two took Cymbalta, which gives 100% failure rate. It would be interesting to know how popular these drugs are in the market. I would think most SSRI, Prozac, Lexapro, Paxil, are and have been popular, Wellburin is also popular, Cymbalta and Luvox may not be. Again this is based on my perception and has no scientific base. -Steve Hi Steve, I don't understand. What argument are you referring to? Vornan We can not make a strong > argument here, because we don't know how many who did not have a problem > (which probably are not on this group) took other drugs, Prozac Paxil and > .... Perhaps it less number of people took Cymbalta, Luvox, Remeron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 How about Effexor? Steve wrote: From the poll, it looks like Cymbalta Wellbutrin and Luvox did not contribute to sexual dysfunction. The 2% could be because of other reason. However, it is also possible out of 100 people, only two took Cymbalta, which gives 100% failure rate. It would be interesting to know how popular these drugs are in the market. I would think most SSRI, Prozac, Lexapro, Paxil, are and have been popular, Wellburin is also popular, Cymbalta and Luvox may not be. Again this is based on my perception and has no scientific base. -Steve Hi Steve,I don't understand. What argument are you referring to?Vornan We can not make a strong> argument here, because we don't know how many who did not have a problem> (which probably are not on this group) took other drugs, Prozac Paxil and> .... Perhaps it less number of people took Cymbalta, Luvox, Remeron. Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I think Effexor is also popular. Again my un-scientific feeling. On 6/23/06, yupitsme <duckfan02052@... > wrote: How about Effexor? Steve < stevejohn1965@...> wrote: From the poll, it looks like Cymbalta Wellbutrin and Luvox did not contribute to sexual dysfunction. The 2% could be because of other reason. However, it is also possible out of 100 people, only two took Cymbalta, which gives 100% failure rate. It would be interesting to know how popular these drugs are in the market. I would think most SSRI, Prozac, Lexapro, Paxil, are and have been popular, Wellburin is also popular, Cymbalta and Luvox may not be. Again this is based on my perception and has no scientific base. -Steve On 6/22/06, Vornan-19 (moderator) < ssri.side.effects@...> wrote: Hi Steve,I don't understand. What argument are you referring to?Vornan We can not make a strong > argument here, because we don't know how many who did not have a problem> (which probably are not on this group) took other drugs, Prozac Paxil and> .... Perhaps it less number of people took Cymbalta, Luvox, Remeron. Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you were on. You are the > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. Sexologist, Psychiatric, > Therapist in the past three years to suggest Wellbutrin had negative sexual > side effects. > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help depression either... > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or another; their in > > NO silver bullet out their. - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No medication out here works for everyone in the same way. We are wired differently. And my psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some how. Ria! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Wellbutrin does effect the sexual function, but it is more stimulant and increases sex drive (It also bring other side effect which is not desirable). Obviously, Wellbutrin is not a good medication for Prematire Ejaculation. But to lower the sex drive and kill libido is another matter. I agree we are wired differently, but we are all human and we are trying to make some sense out of our experience here. Still, interested to know the dosage and type of medication you were on. For example Paxil has CR and non-CR. > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you were on. You are the > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. Sexologist, Psychiatric, > Therapist in the past three years to suggest Wellbutrin had negative sexual > side effects. > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help depression either... > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or another; their in > > NO silver bullet out their. - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No medication out here works for everyone in the same way. We are wired differently. And my psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some how. Ria! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I was thinking that there could be inter-individual variation in the effect that wellbutrin has on serotonin reuptake. It is typically only a weak serotonin reuptake inhibitor, but maybe it has a stronger effect in some people. That could explain why it has a libido-lowering effect in a small percentage of users. Vornan > > > > > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you were on. You > > are the > > > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. Sexologist, Psychiatric, > > > Therapist in the past three years to suggest Wellbutrin had negative > > sexual > > > side effects. > > > > > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help depression > > either... > > > > > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or another; their in > > > > NO silver bullet out their. > > - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No medication out here > > works for everyone in the same way. We are wired differently. And my > > psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some how. > > > > Ria! > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 If a weak Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, like Wellbutrin, can kill the libido, how a strong SSRI like Paxil, had no effect.!? I am trying to understand here. Many have reported positive sexual effect from increasing the dopamin level. Many have reported no/low sex drive by increasing the Serotonin. Is this true? Or should we believe we don't know, and any AD has equal chance of affecting sexual function? -Steve I was thinking that there could be inter-individual variation in the effect that wellbutrin has on serotonin reuptake. It is typically only a weak serotonin reuptake inhibitor, but maybe it has a stronger effect in some people. That could explain why it has a libido-lowering effect in a small percentage of users. Vornan > > > > > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you were on. You > > are the > > > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. Sexologist, Psychiatric, > > > Therapist in the past three years to suggest Wellbutrin had negative > > sexual > > > side effects. > > > > > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help depression > > either... > > > > > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or another; their in > > > > NO silver bullet out their. > > - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No medication out here > > works for everyone in the same way. We are wired differently. And my > > psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some how. > > > > Ria! > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 The brain is very complicated and there are huge differences in the way people respond to drugs. I think there is *much less* chance that wellbutrin will cause sexual dysfunction than an SSRI, but I still believe it can happen. The are anecdotal reports scattered over the internet of it causing sexual dysfunction. Even amphetamines, which act even more on DA and NE rather than serotonin, and which usually dramatically increase libido in most people, can sometimes cause impotence by raising NE too much. > > > > > > > > > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you were > > on. You > > > > are the > > > > > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. Sexologist, > > Psychiatric, > > > > > Therapist in the past three years to suggest Wellbutrin had > > negative > > > > sexual > > > > > side effects. > > > > > > > > > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help depression > > > > either... > > > > > > > > > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or another; > > their in > > > > > > NO silver bullet out their. > > > > - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No medication out > > here > > > > works for everyone in the same way. We are wired differently. > > And my > > > > psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some how. > > > > > > > > Ria! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I must say that so far wellbutrin feels to me pretty much like an SSRI. So I wonder if I'm getting a (rare?) serotonin effect. It certainly doesn't give me anxiety or a wired feeling. I'm up to 75 mg/day now, but still no effect on libido. Orgasm is nornal but it's difficult to maintain an erection with such a low libido, though I do get nocturnal erections. Vornan > > > > > > > > > > > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you were > > > on. You > > > > > are the > > > > > > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. Sexologist, > > > Psychiatric, > > > > > > Therapist in the past three years to suggest Wellbutrin had > > > negative > > > > > sexual > > > > > > side effects. > > > > > > > > > > > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help > depression > > > > > either... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or > another; > > > their in > > > > > > > NO silver bullet out their. > > > > > - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No medication > out > > > here > > > > > works for everyone in the same way. We are wired differently. > > > And my > > > > > psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some how. > > > > > > > > > > Ria! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Im surpirsed that it doesnt give you anxiety. For me anxiety is being super nervous and senstitive. My hand starts shaking like crazy. I think in most people wellbutrin goes against erection, maybe it antagonizes some other recepters like acythecholine. I started wellbutrin XL while I was on zoloft but wellbutrin's effect completely took over zoloft. I was told that anxiety should go away within a week or two much like how zoloft take couple days to get used to. But after a 2-3 weeks it did not go away. My hand were so shaky that I was very embarrased to eat in front of people. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you > were > > > > on. You > > > > > > are the > > > > > > > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. Sexologist, > > > > Psychiatric, > > > > > > > Therapist in the past three years to suggest Wellbutrin > had > > > > negative > > > > > > sexual > > > > > > > side effects. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help > > depression > > > > > > either... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or > > another; > > > > their in > > > > > > > > NO silver bullet out their. > > > > > > - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No medication > > out > > > > here > > > > > > works for everyone in the same way. We are wired > differently. > > > > And my > > > > > > psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some > how. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ria! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 No, no anxiety at all. Maybe that's because I started on a very low dose and slowly worked my way up over several weeks. It wouldn't surprise me if it inhibited erection. Did you get that effect? V > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would you share and let us the dosage and duration you > > were > > > > > on. You > > > > > > > are the > > > > > > > > only one I heard, through asking various Dr. > Sexologist, > > > > > Psychiatric, > > > > > > > > Therapist in the past three years to suggest > Wellbutrin > > had > > > > > negative > > > > > > > sexual > > > > > > > > side effects. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Paxil did not harm my sexuality but did not help > > > depression > > > > > > > either... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Wellbutrin neutered me for sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My psych says all AD's affect sexuality one way or > > > another; > > > > > their in > > > > > > > > > NO silver bullet out their. > > > > > > > - Answer to your question: It is what it is. No > medication > > > out > > > > > here > > > > > > > works for everyone in the same way. We are wired > > differently. > > > > > And my > > > > > > > psych has seen no AD that does no affect sexuality some > > how. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ria! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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