young female wondering if recovery is possible?

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side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on for

ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and went

off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly anything.

i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real human

being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is who i

have to accept i really am now.

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I have indeed been fully recovering. Took abt. 0.5-1 yr after quitting SSRIs. I

am now taking Lamotrigin in order to prevent next depression phase. Did not

occur now for more than 1.5 yrs (used to have depression episodes every 6-8

months). No side effetcs for me with that med and sexual functions and emotions

100 % back to normal. Keep up the faith!

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> side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on for

ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and went

off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly anything.

i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real human

being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is who i

have to accept i really am now.

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o.kromer, could you please explain what kind of post ssri sexual dysfunction you

had. did you have sexual dysfunction while taking the ssri AND after you

stopped. what is abt exactly. never heard of it. do you think you recovered your

function simply by waiting or did the drug (abt) have a heavy hand in your

healing process. not to be too negative, but i am under the impression that most

people, if not all, do not normalize to pre ssri/pssd functioning. hook it up

with the info if you can. thanks

kevin g

p.s. i know this is really annoyingly old ground for everyone, but does anyone

have a clue as to what percentage of people who have had pssd (in any form)

recover fully.

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> > side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on

for ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and

went off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly

anything. i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real

human being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is

who i have to accept i really am now.

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> > side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on

for ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and

went off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly

anything. i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real

human being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is

who i have to accept i really am now.

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Thank you so much! It's encouraging to hear that.

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> > > side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on

for ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and

went off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly

anything. i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real

human being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is

who i have to accept i really am now.

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I wouldn't be surprised if the people who do improve stop posting so you don't

hear much from them. So it's seems that most posts are people complaining of the

issues and looking for reassurance while the people who have gained that have

moved on with their lives.

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I have another question though, were you on SSRIs for a couple of years? I have

been on them for a couple years and think that also may speculate how long it

takes for me to recovery. I always had a libido on the medication but was never

able to achieve orgasm, and it worries me that I was on it during a

developmental part of my life. Though, I can remember feeling emotions strongly

and having a libido when I first came on the medication, so I know at least I am

capable of that.

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> > side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on

for ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and

went off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly

anything. i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real

human being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is

who i have to accept i really am now.

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It is a bit hard to believe that someone has fully recovered. I do want to

belive that but why are you still here then?

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> > side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on

for ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and

went off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly

anything. i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real

human being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is

who i have to accept i really am now.

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I was on ssri for abt. 4 yrs, ½ year on, ½ year off. Sexual dysfunctions

slightly stronger when off the meds.: erection difficult to impossible (and if

so not as strong), orgasm very difficult and sexual desire and feeling while

doing it much less than before. What I think helped me though (helped in

particular when off the med) was trying to relax in sexual situations, trying to

get the pressure away (please let it work now, please) and the embarrassment,

talking to my partner about it (Yes kissing you is great, don't know though if

sex will be working for me, let's just try and see). Maybe it is a

learning/conditioning thing also: Not connecting sex to full frustration but

getting as much out of it as is possible without putting pressure on yourself.

So experiencing: well it is not as great as it used bit I'm getting something

out of it.

I think it took me some months after last quitting ssri for sexual functions and

emotions to fully get back to normal. Thee new med works for me (lamotrigin – it

is for prevention of depression episodes, not for curing them when they're

there) so didn't have to take ssri for abt. 1.5 yrs now and everything fine –

which indeed is a relieve.

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> > > side effects are emotional blunting and sexual side effects, i was put on

for ocd. i'm wondering if anyone has made recovery? i was put on at age 14 and

went off at age 19. i had a strong libido beforehand but now i have hardly

anything. i feel like a lot was taken away from me and i don't feel like a real

human being. i'm just wondering if there's anything left to hope for or this is

who i have to accept i really am now.

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