A newbie, my story

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Hello everyone,

In May of 2005 I had a fairly serious OCD / anxiety attack. Several months

later, I was put

in 60mg of Cymbalita, along with Straterra, a drug for ADD. Thankfully, these

drugs did

work to pull me out of of the OCD / anxiety and I stopped taking them about 10

months

later. I'm 27 years old.

Before my OCD / anxiety bout I was REALLY horny. I had to masturbate at least

once a day.

When I had sex with my GF I often times wanted to go again right afterward. I

was ALWAYS

ready to have sex. Morning erections all over the place, erections from just

thinking about

having sex. I enjoyed phone sex and lots of internet porn when my girlfriend was

out of

town.

After my OCD / anxiety set in my sex drive went way down. I was not nearly as

horny, but I

was still able to perform and sex was enjoyable. While on the drugs, I did have

some

sexual side effects. It was harder to orgasm, especially when using a condom.

Sometimes

it took longer for me to get hard, and my erections weren't as hard.

Occasionally I would

partially loose my erection during sex. I couldn't go one-after-the-other like I

used to.

It's been 6-7 months since I have been off the Cymbalta and Straterra. I've seen

the return

of some of my sexual functions: I get fully hard now, I don't lose my erection

during sex, I

don't usually have problems orgasming anymore, although it might take me a

little longer

than it used to.

But some problems still remain: My libido isn't really even close to what it was

back before

all of this started for me, either the OCD / anxiety or the meds. I don't

ejaculate nearly the

amount of seminal fluid that I used to. I don't get morning erections, or

erections in

general as easily as I used to. Sex doesn't hold the same enjoyment for me,

although I

wonder if that's because I don't have a long-term, intimate partner right now.

Something

else I should mention is I am still recovering somewhat from breaking up with my

girlfriend of four years about 5 months ago, it's been fairly traumatic for me.

Sometimes I

wonder if that is in play in all this.

Do I have any hope of these functions returning? I realize that I am a pretty

mild case

compared to some of the others here, but it still worries me. Sex used to be so

enjoyable

for me, and of course I still like it, but it doesn't hold the same intensity it

used to. Thanks

in advance for any insights.

- Joe