Wellbutrin results

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

After suffering PSSD since December 08, my psychiatrist prescribed Wellbutrin

150mg for a month during May. The first few days on Wellbutrin gave an automatic

boost to my libido. In fact the first day I took Wellbutrin I became very

pleasantly aroused, as I had not felt in many many months...After the first

couple of days that immediate effect wore off. However, thoughout the treatment

my nocturnal and morning erections started to appear and my libido increased a

bit. Nevertheless I was not able to have intercourse with my girlfriend, which

sucked and still sucks.

Well, almost two months after having quit Wellbutrin I want to report progress

on the following areas (I did not share this info with you all before because I

wanted to wait a period of time to see if the treatment effect did not disappear

rapidly):

1)Nocturnal and morning erections. I've had very regular nocturnal and morning

erections during the last 50 days...I would say that 5 out of 7 days I have a

morning erections, some at 60% and some even at 90%. And most of the time when I

wake up at night (3 or 4am) for whatever reason I've noticed I have a decent

erection almost always around 90%. I would cautiously consider this some

progress considering that for the 7 years I was on Paxil I don't remember having

any morning erections.

2) Erections while standing up. This is a curious thing because before trying

Wellbutrin I could not maintain an erection while standing up. That is, I would

be masturbating in bed and if I wanted to continue in the bathroom I would lose

my erection within seconds. I'm not sure if any of you has experienced this.

Well, I can now masturbate and orgasm while standing up. This has been

consistent for the last 50 days also.

3) Response to visual stimuli. This area has had some progress. Before

treatment I would not respond to any pictures or videos whatsoever. Now I would

say I respond to pictures about 60% of the time.

I do not considered myself cured by any stretch of my imagination. In fact I

still can't have intercourse with my girlfriend because I don't get a full

erection during foreplay and after all the failed attempts I'm terrified of

being intimate with her. That's my next big hurdle/challenge, to be able to

have intercourse with my girl.

I don't know for how long the improvement will last, in fact as I'm writing

this I'm thinking " oh shit now that I've told the group all this the progress

will evaporate tomorrow " .

I wanted to share this because I want you to know that there's a glimmer of hope

for all of us. I mean, please don't despair, no matter how dark a place we are

in there's a ray of light that we must hold on to. I don't know if I'm going to

maintain this progress next week, and if I don't I will definitely try this

again or something else. Please do not give up!

Best regards.

[Guest guest]

omarb7_75,Nicely composed status report. Thanks for your concision and completeness. Thank you for sharing, and good luck with your next hurdles. It will work out!