Re: Re: Yo-Yo-ing...anyone experience something similar?

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Hi, I don't feel yo-yo-ing, but I don,'t think that our brains are damaged, my hypothesis (see my latest post) is that ssri change the way information istransmitted to the brain. I think information is split into two channels (pure informationfor reason, and information for emotions). This second kind of transmission of information isinterrupted I think. I hope this is caused by endorphines (substances like heroine) and that by taking an opoid receptor antagonist (naloxone(injected in case of heroine overdose) or naltrexone ) I succeed in reversing my illness. What do you think about this theory?

Regards Re: Yo-Yo-ing...anyone experience something similar?

i have had a similar experience, was with a girl when i came off the

paxil and like you for some time afterwards could get very aroused

just speaking with her on the phone and looking at pictures of her.

more recently, however i am finding it increasingly difficult to get

turned on by visual paraphernalia and most definitely need some

manual stimulation. i have also noticed that i can be very turned on

one minute, with a full erection, and the next it is totally gone and

i am unable to achieve the state that i was in just moments before. i

have noticed that things seem to be worse in the mornings for me, my

depression was like that too, i wonder if there is any correlation

there. as for yo-yo-ing i can have big problems getting turned on,

maintaining an erection one day and not so bad the next. my main

problem is one of a lack of pleasure or any feeling at all when i

climax. does anyone else suffer from this? it is very worrying. i

hope these drugs have not destroyed the part of my brain that

provides pleasure in that respect.

frank

>

> I thought I would post this in case anyone has had a similar

experience. (for background, I

> was on Cymbalta and Straterra for 10 months, have been off them for

1.5 years)

>

> I seem to be yo-yoing back and forth with my libido/erections. Not

long ago, I was

> interested in this girl. I would get aroused just by looking at an

erotic cell phone picture of

> her, I would get aroused by suggestive text messages and phone

conversations. Things

> were great. I would think about her in the car and get an erection.

Once I even

> masturbated in the car. Having sex with her was not a problem.

>

> Long story short, it didn't work out. That's how it goes. But after

it didn't work out, things

> went downhill FAST. My libido went down. My erection frequency went

down. When I look

> at porn now, I am just barely aroused. With manual stimulation, I

can still get an erection

> and climax pretty quickly.

>

> Also, another thing I have noticed lately. While the orgasm is very

enjoyable, the lead up to

> the orgasm isn't that enjoyable. The actually sex/masturbation

isn't as enjoyable as it

> used to be, and I seem more motivated to climax because that is

when it really feels good.

>

> The lack of arousal recently from porn has really frustrated me.

And so has the fact that I

> seem to only want to get to the climax part of it because the rest

of it is just ho-hum.

>

> Anyone experiencing something similar? Thanks for reading.

>

> Joe

>

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Yep, I posted about this in the fluctuations thread. It comes and goes like clockwork once a month. I'm near the high end of one of them now, at least it feels like it. My advice is to stay off stimulants, alcohol and bad food during that period. Even if it falls and you go back to the way you were before, you get a little bit of improvement every time, which stays. I had these "rises" two years ago but I remember being much, much worse back then, sexually and emotionally."do you guys think that if the erections and numbing are improving then it means that this part might eventually get better too?"Orgasms (I think that's what you're talking about) are more difficult than the rest of the spectrum, they take more improvement to become really noticeable. I'll often have increased sexual desire and only notice a small difference in the orgasm, but

there have been times where it's been marked. I also had a spontaneous-return-thingy but that happened a long time ago and didn't last (there's a thread about that two, Amazing Recovery or something).But short answer: yes.Subject: Re: Yo-Yo-ing...anyone experience something similar?To: SSRIsex Received: Wednesday, 29 April, 2009, 7:57 AM

i seem to be getting periods where erections and reaction to visual stimuli are kicking in a bit. i will go a few days with zero libido and an almost impossibility to get an erection and then a few days where libido is up and i respond to visual stimuli - manual stimulation is still required but not as intense as in the past and once the erection is up i am requiring much less stimulation to keep it and visual stimulation is strong-ish. numbing seems to be to-ing and fro-ing too. orgasms are still almost pleasureless all the time. occasionally i feel a but of a rush in my head as i am about to climax and feel something on the first spurt (not pleasure as such, but some feeling as opposed to nothing).

anyone else have something like this?

i am 20 months off paxil and the thought of never feeling pleasure on orgasm is devestating for me.

do you guys think that if the erections and numbing are improving then it means that this part might eventually get better too?

i have read posts that people have written to say that orgasms have returned spontaneously for them and others saying that it has gradually got better. i can quite honestly say that i have seen little improvement in this aspect and it is destroying me psychologically.

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I think that is typical for the phenomenon. We have several days in

which we seem to have marked improvement and then we fall right back

into the way we were. Mine seems to improve for 3-4 days, and then drops

right back off to almost where it was. I think I'm a little better than

I was 3 years ago, as it seems that time has helped a tiny bit.

Beswick wrote:

>

>

> Yep, I posted about this in the fluctuations thread. It comes and goes

> like clockwork once a month. I'm near the high end of one of them now,

> at least it feels like it. My advice is to stay off stimulants,

> alcohol and bad food during that period. Even if it falls and you go

> back to the way you were before, you get a little bit of improvement

> every time, which stays. I had these " rises " two years ago but I

> remember being much, much worse back then, sexually and emotionally.

>

> " do you guys think that if the erections and numbing are improving

> then it means that this part might eventually get better too? "

>

> Orgasms (I think that's what you're talking about) are more difficult

> than the rest of the spectrum, they take more improvement to become

> really noticeable. I'll often have increased sexual desire and only

> notice a small difference in the orgasm, but there have been times

> where it's been marked. I also had a spontaneous-return-thingy but

> that happened a long time ago and didn't last (there's a thread about

> that two, Amazing Recovery or something).

>

> But short answer: yes.

>

>

>

>

>

> Subject: Re: Yo-Yo-ing...anyone experience something

> similar?

> To: SSRIsex

> Received: Wednesday, 29 April, 2009, 7:57 AM

>

> i seem to be getting periods where erections and reaction to

> visual stimuli are kicking in a bit. i will go a few days with

> zero libido and an almost impossibility to get an erection and

> then a few days where libido is up and i respond to visual stimuli

> - manual stimulation is still required but not as intense as in

> the past and once the erection is up i am requiring much less

> stimulation to keep it and visual stimulation is strong-ish.

> numbing seems to be to-ing and fro-ing too. orgasms are still

> almost pleasureless all the time. occasionally i feel a but of a

> rush in my head as i am about to climax and feel something on the

> first spurt (not pleasure as such, but some feeling as opposed to

> nothing).

>

> anyone else have something like this?

>

> i am 20 months off paxil and the thought of never feeling pleasure

> on orgasm is devestating for me.

>

> do you guys think that if the erections and numbing are improving

> then it means that this part might eventually get better too?

>

> i have read posts that people have written to say that orgasms

> have returned spontaneously for them and others saying that it has

> gradually got better. i can quite honestly say that i have seen

> little improvement in this aspect and it is destroying me

> psychologically.

>

>

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