FDA and SRRI

[Guest guest]

Hi!! I have long battled depression....55

years...male...married...two children but never took antidepressants

until about 3 years ago....Five years ago my 27 year-old son died in

his sleep due to a heart arethmia. My wife and I were both

devastated and I finally decided to get a prescription of

Lexapro...which seemed to help with the depression. However during

the course of the next three years...I became asexual....and prior to

Lexapro I had a very high libido and enjoyed sex....In the course of

doing internet search I came across this group and my fears were

confirmed....sexual disfunction for life??????? Anyway I have

contacted Forrest Labs (maker and marketer of Lex....and told them

about my condition. I also went to the Wikipedia site for SRRI and

one of the links was to another site where you could fill out an FDA

form concerening meds. I filled the form out and provided as much

information as I could. The next day I got a form letter thanking me

for participating and that if FDA had any other questions they would

contact me. However...I don't think there was any offer for me to

contact them. The point is that everyone in this group should fill

out this form....because it is a way for us to register our

dissatisfaction and anger....and it will be a great data base for any

subsequent class action lawsuit.....In my conversation with Forrest

Labs, I suggested that their label needed to make clear that the side

effects of their product not only include sexual disfunction....but

prolonged disfucntion...maybe for life. Anyway....misery loves

company....but we are going to have to be proactive to get FDA and

the pharmacuetical industry to help solve this problem.....Also, I am

sure that there are tens of millions of others out there who have

lsot their sexuality to SSRI's....and haven't put 2 + 2 together

yet. I talked to my brother who is also a victim...and he assumed

his loss of sexuality was due to aging....he is 57. I think the

symptoms come on gradually and the victims are not aware of what is

happening until it is too late....Hope to hear some discussion on how

to get organized. Personally ...I want to kick some

ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!