Guest guest Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Has anyone tried requib, a dopamine agonist for restless leg syndrome? It is being studied at roosavelt hospital for sexual side effects of SSRIs.cool44_98 wrote: I completely agree. Good suggestion.I understand that boosting testosterone in some way (there are several options) can to an extent revigorate sexuality. Perhaps it can also do some rewiring during that process during perhaps some of the sensitivity of the system is recovered. The sensitivity (in particular non-tactile sensitivity) is in my opinion laregly an issue of the wiring of the Dopamine circuits. In myself these circuits do get activated when I am challenged to perform professionally.J>> > But SSRIs do dramatically lower testosterone > > levels:> > > > -http://www.mhsanctuary.com/rx/testos.htm> > > > Vornan> > > > > I had already seen that article. That article only proves> the strong correlation between low testosterone and PSSD.> It does not prove that SSRIs lower testosterone, because> it does not mention the testosterone levels of the people> BEFORE they started taking the SSRIs, for comparison.> The study states that testosterone levels rose after the> subjects' depression ceased and they stopped taking the> SSRIs, but depression itself causes temporarily-lowered> testosterone, so the rise in testosterone can be the result> of the end of depression.> > Many people have never taken SSRIs in the past, but> plan to start taking them. We should solicit such people> to test their testosterone levels before they start taking> the SSRIs for the first time, preferably at some time that> they are not particularly depressed (so as to determine their> usual testosterone levels), and then test their levels again> after they have been taking SSRIs for a few months, and are> about equally as depressed as they were during the first test.> Also, not everyone takes SSRIs for depression, so that> experiment can be used on people that take SSRIs for> anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, though those> disorders can cause depression as a side-effect.> Only then will the experimental results conclusively show if> SSRIs lower testosterone, or cause PSSD to people that have> low testosterone to begin with. I don't know of any direct> experimental proof that SSRIs lower testosterone, and I think> that that would have been discovered by now and become> common knowledge in the psychiatry community if it did,> so I think that the result will be the latter.> Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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