Reboxetine sexual dysfunction

[Guest guest]

Ive had PSSD before and found while it destroyed my libido and made it

harder to get erections, Viagra was able to restore me to a fairly

normal sex life and I was able to enjoy sex, albeit once a night

rather than the expected sexual marathons of a guy my age.

Around six months ago I took reboxetine. Only for around a week. But

early on I experienced extremely painful ejaculation and a general

itchiness around my genital area. My penis felt raw to touch and i got

half erections instead of full erections and they felt kinda weird. I

also noticed symptoms such as urinary retention, loss of control over

my bladder and a weird swelling in my testicles. Weirdly i also

sometimes got semi erections with no apparent sexual stimulation which

i did not even feel.

ALL of these symptoms have persisted at least six months after

discontinuation.

PSSD never really got in the way of sex. But now sex is actually

painful!

Ive tried Viagra and that does not work, where it worked fine when i

just had PSSD. If anything it makes it worse as i get very very blue

balls and a semi erection which comes and goes.

Im at a loss and my doctor says that he's never heard of reboxetine

being associated with sexual dysfunction and in any case cannot

believe the symptoms would persist.

[Guest guest]

I've done some research on reboxetine(and strattera which is a kissing

cousin) and I have found that these drugs affect the prostrate which

explains symptoms such as painful ejaculation, stream of urination not

so strong, dribbling and other weird and wonderful side effects.

Either it is prostatitis or an enlarged prostrate or both.

The difficulty is knowing what to do next.

Enlarged prostate is usually treated by flomax and other alpha

antagonists which ironically have erectile dysfunction as a side

effect and relieve symptoms but do not cure.

Prostatitis is usually caused by bacterial infection so is treated

with antibiotics and when i presented the symptoms to the doctor he

did prescribe a course of antibiotics. Naturally because my symptoms

are due to the drug, not bacteria, they were of no help.

Not sure what to try next.