• I deal with post-SSRI sexual dysfunction and it sucks
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wow i never knew so much of facepunch was depressed its a bit depressing
[QUOTE=Hamsterjuice;29325145]wow i never knew so much of facepunch was depressed its a bit depressing[/QUOTE] Who exactly is being depressing, I've only seen two really and they had good reason to be.
What dose did you take?
[QUOTE=Master117;29321330]Has anyone ever been on SSRI's for a long while, then stopped? SSRI's were like the main drug of choice for my depression since I was around 12 or 13, and unfortunately they took a toll on me over the years since I am now almost 21. I'm off of them now, because well, would you continue taking drugs that kill your libido and shoot your dick (or vagina) to hell? I didn't think so. I'm trying to talk to my doc about a substitute I can take, since I still have clinical depression and what not (hint, it never goes away). From what I have gathered, I might have [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-SSRI_sexual_dysfunction]Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction[/url] I have a few of the classic symptoms, such as ejaculatory anhedonia, occasional anorgasmia, and weakened penile sensitivity, among others. At first I thought the problems were based on that I was prematurely born. I had the idea that my nerve endings were not fully formed because of my extreme insensitivity to pain. I don't feel or perceive pain like a normal person does. However this also applies to my penis. No matter what girl touches it, sucks on it, or who's vagina it goes in, I don't feel it. Pretty much at all. Sometimes I can't even feel if it's in. Usually that would be a "that's what she said" but in this case, that's what he said." This has ruined a few good relationships because I wasn't so keen on sex. It never really meant much to me since I couldn't really feel it physically. I barely felt an orgasm, if I even did. I didn't feel anything on my penis, with or without condoms, or "sexual enhancing lubrication" products. It really sucks dick (which is a good descriptor for me because someone sucking my dick should feel good, but it doesn't, so it sucks dick). What sucks even more is that no one ever told me about these side effects that would continue even when I am off the drug. I am really tempted to file a claim against some of the shrinks because it has pretty much killed my love life. Problem is, I don't know any of the ones from a while ago when I was first given them.[/QUOTE] [editline]20th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=LightningStrike;29326721][/QUOTE] LOOK - Don't go saying that clinical depression NEVER goes away. YOU have to be your own advocate! My son read your post and he is PETRIFIED and ANGRY at what you said and started! He has some depression, and is only 12 years old. He does NOT want to try medication now. Thanks a lot. I wanted to try meds, but we will have to do something else. There are natural remedies out there, there is behavioural therapy...this is NOT THE END of your sex life or anyone else's. There is help out there. ALSO, you have to be active and get out there if you don't want to be on medication. If you try to get help on this FACEPUNCH site, go to people who can give you advice on how to feel better. If you have the Post SSRI sexual dysfunction, it will go away. You can get help and get better.
[QUOTE=LightningStrike;29326721][editline]20th April 2011[/editline] LOOK - Don't go saying that clinical depression NEVER goes away. YOU have to be your own advocate! My son read your post and he is PETRIFIED and ANGRY at what you said and started! He has some depression, and is only 12 years old. He does NOT want to try medication now. Thanks a lot. I wanted to try meds, but we will have to do something else. There are natural remedies out there, there is behavioural therapy...this is NOT THE END of your sex life or anyone else's. There is help out there. ALSO, you have to be active and get out there if you don't want to be on medication. If you try to get help on this FACEPUNCH site, go to people who can give you advice on how to feel better. If you have the Post SSRI sexual dysfunction, it will go away. You can get help and get better.[/QUOTE] I'll agree with Lightningstrike's father that you should not give up hope, and that I'm sure those side-effects can be dealt with somehow. That said, has anyone ever wondered why parents posting on forums tend to type certain words capitalized? It's always struck me as odd.
I had it too. But I've been on the medication for so long that I think my body has adapted to it, so I have a fairly normal sex drive. If I decide to ween myself off, my libido usually shoots way up and it's honestly hard to manage. It'll get to the point where it's just distracting. So I take antidepressants because if I didn't, it would result in a lot of crying and compulsive masturbating.
[QUOTE=archangel125;29327021]I'll agree with Lightningstrike's father that you should not give up hope, and that I'm sure those side-effects can be dealt with somehow. That said, has anyone ever wondered why parents posting on forums tend to type certain words capitalized? It's always struck me as odd.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I often FIND it odd that several ADULTS seem to he fond of TYPING every other word in ALL caps.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;29325174]Who exactly is being depressing, I've only seen two really and they had good reason to be.[/QUOTE] i guess it never hit me how common depression is
[QUOTE=FreakySoup;29327458]Yeah, I often FIND it odd that several ADULTS seem to he fond of TYPING every other word in ALL caps.[/QUOTE] I suppose that AS an adult, I am LEGALLY required by LAW to post on this FACEPUNCH site in this MANNER. Also depressed 12 year old, jesus christ, I was about as emotionally developed as a puppy at 12.
[QUOTE=Contag;29328821]I suppose that AS an adult, I am LEGALLY required by LAW to post on this FACEPUNCH site in this MANNER. Also depressed 12 year old, jesus christ, I was about as emotionally developed as a puppy at 12.[/QUOTE] Me too. I was a massive cunt because I lacked empathy.
[QUOTE=Shoupie;29328843]Me too. I was a massive cunt because I lacked empathy.[/QUOTE] It took a great deal of time to recognize that my teachers were actually human. With feelings. As opposed to automatons who existed simply to make my life more difficult.
[QUOTE=Master117;29321432][...] Such is the life of capitalism.[/QUOTE] Such was not life in socialist Russia. Good ol' Russia. America (and Canada) will implode because of their ideals. Fucking pharma companies... [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] I'm actually pissed at the world now [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] This thread unmade my day
To the people talking about lawsuit over their symptoms that they were not warned about.. You only really have a valid case if your prescription did/does NOT come with a medication information sheet/strip (sometimes they're packed as these tiny things that fold out to be HUgE). Because, if they did, they're covered in disclaimers and the recipient is advised to read them as they generally cover all known side-effects. Now, if you NEVER got this information handed to you, or if you NEVER were asked if you wanted a medication consult when receiving your prescription, then you might have a case; but not without the medication guide or if you were offered a consult) Really, if you were offered the consult and didn't read the medication guide, you're the one at fault for choosing ignorance over what could possibly happen to you by ignoring the information
[QUOTE=ironman17;29323798]Wow man, that must be a horrific nightmare Master117, not being able to feel any physical pleasure. Still, at least you don't feel as much physical pain in general, right? Pain is kind of a limiter of physical strength, and if you can push past pain, you can lift things that painful strain would prevent you from picking up. You still have your physical limitations, but you can probably still do things that ordinary people wouldn't be able to because of pain's limitations, which puts you at a fair advantage in that area. Always look on the bright side, at least you're less susceptible to pain. It's probably not equal compensation, but it's still better than having permanently numb genitals and normal pain susceptability everywhere else. Still, perhaps in a few decades there'll be a remedy for your condition, so take heart in the fact that the future may hold a cure, even if it'll likely be expensive.[/QUOTE] Sometimes the decreased pain sensitivity is a bad thing. Sometimes when I'm showering, I notice a few bumps and other minor injuries to my person and I never know where they came from. So far, I have been beaten by a group of people, where I felt just slight pressure when their fists hit me. No real pain. I've been bitten a few times, each time the person hurt their mouth somehow, leaving little if any mark on my skin. I have been kicked in the shins, hurting the other person's foot. I've had my hair pulled almost to the point of it being ripped out. Again, felt pressure, but no real pain. I've been punched in the face by a few people, who all hurt their fist on my face, while I didn't feel really much anything. Girls break their nails on my skin without breaking my skin. I can go on. My skin is just durable as fuck to a lot of things. It's also fairly resistant to acids and bases. In chem class, a beaker of 1 molar HCL broke on the counter, splashing a fair bit on my arm. Did very little to my skin. Just slightly red. No pain either. I stepped in a puddle of bleach barefoot while doing laundry once. I just thought it was water. Must have been like a few minutes before I noticed the concrete under the puddle was turning white. Did jack shit to the skin on my foot. You think you are all confused by it, I am even more so. Don't get me wrong, though. I still can feel some pain. When I do feel pain, it does hurt. For example, I had to get stitches done with no lidocane. Shit hurt like a bitch.
[quote]1 molar HCL. Did very little to my skin. Just slightly red. [/quote] Yeah, that's all a mole of HCl does. Post pics of your skin! [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Lebowski;29329909]To the people talking about lawsuit over their symptoms that they were not warned about.. You only really have a valid case if your prescription did/does NOT come with a medication information sheet/strip (sometimes they're packed as these tiny things that fold out to be HUgE). Because, if they did, they're covered in disclaimers and the recipient is advised to read them as they generally cover all known side-effects. Now, if you NEVER got this information handed to you, or if you NEVER were asked if you wanted a medication consult when receiving your prescription, then you might have a case; but not without the medication guide or if you were offered a consult) Really, if you were offered the consult and didn't read the medication guide, you're the one at fault for choosing ignorance over what could possibly happen to you by ignoring the information[/QUOTE] Except, you know, he was [B]twelve[/B].
[QUOTE=Contag;29324329] I never said you wouldn't get addicted - nice strawman there. They are good for anxiety. Prove to me they are not? [/QUOTE] short term maybe, long term no. anxiety is a long term illness, so i wouldn't say they are good for it. benzos with a short halflife like xanax can leave you feeling even more anxious afterwards. what if you run out? more anxiety right there. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Master117;29330465] My skin is just durable as fuck to a lot of things. It's also fairly resistant to acids and bases. In chem class, a beaker of 1 molar HCL broke on the counter, splashing a fair bit on my arm. Did very little to my skin. Just slightly red. No pain either. I stepped in a puddle of bleach barefoot while doing laundry once. I just thought it was water. Must have been like a few minutes before I noticed the concrete under the puddle was turning white. Did jack shit to the skin on my foot. .[/QUOTE] once i dipped the tip of my finger in fuming sulphuric acid, that hurt.
Everything in your life seems to suck pretty hard. I'm feel sorry for you.
[QUOTE=joe588;29331279]short term maybe, long term no. anxiety is a long term illness, so i wouldn't say they are good for it. benzos with a short halflife like xanax can leave you feeling even more anxious afterwards. [/QUOTE] Yeah, there's certainly no long term pharmacological solution. Except for those well advertised drugs which I am told I will need to take forever. How convenient for the pharma companies.
[QUOTE=Hamsterjuice;29328783]i guess it never hit me how common depression is[/QUOTE] Actually, depression is one of the most common types of illnesses of our great, modern society.
I have sexual disfunction, and I feel so lucky.
[QUOTE=Capacious Chat;29335186]I have sexual disfunction, and I feel so lucky.[/QUOTE] it's must great I wish I had it
[QUOTE=zeroh;29332281]Actually, depression is one of the most common types of illnesses of our great, modern society.[/QUOTE] eh it's better than, you know, the plague
[QUOTE=joe588;29322943]how about you stop taking drugs which alter your delicate brain chemistry and work out the problems you have by yourself? drugs never fix anything, do you seriously want to be on a spiral of this shit for the rest of your life? anyway, how's the farts these days?[/QUOTE] Clinical depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. As such, it's a physiological rather than cognitive problem. While therapy and life changes can help with depression, medicine is the most effective treatment.
take ur dick to a mechamic 4 a tune up
[QUOTE=Master117;29330465]My skin is just durable as fuck to a lot of things. It's also fairly resistant to acids and bases. In chem class, a beaker of 1 molar HCL broke on the counter, splashing a fair bit on my arm.[/QUOTE] No wonder there was no damage - 1mol HCl is weak as hell. Real men spill 10mol sulphuric acid and chloroform.
[QUOTE=PelPix123;29336073]The chemical imbalance theory was formulated solely for schizophrenia and barely holds any water even then. For depression, it's simply something the marketing department invented. Studies show that brain chemistry not only determines mood, but is also determined [i]by[/i] mood. [B]What I'm saying is that there's no non-psychological reason for depression.[/B][/QUOTE] Wow. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] There are a range of competing models of depression, but to say that [B]depression is caused solely by psychological reasons[/B] is completely fucking absurd. I don't even understand how you can begin to argue that psychology, the soft serve of the sciences, is the sole cause for all depression, and that no other models exist. Are you a psychologist, or student of the field? I'm thinking (hoping) that you are. The simplest way to experimentally validate my claim that it isn't solely due to psychological reasons (rather than relying on detailed biochemical science), is to provide someone with no history of depression a significant amount of NDRI, and readminister the drug long enough to be sure that their neurotransmitters are thoroughly depleted, and then watch them crash and experience acute depression. Have a pretty picture from a journal study I was reading about neurobiological models of depression. [img]http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2433/modelofbrain.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Hullu V3;29331977]Everything in your life seems to suck pretty hard. I'm feel sorry for you.[/QUOTE] It is a pretty tough life, I will say that. One with my father kicking me out, the other of having no job, and failing school. On the upside, I tend to stay positive. I am becoming an EMT, which is my dream, and I will be able to turn that into a career.
OP, you've probably already considered this, but have your doctors screened for any genetic/biological abnormalities that could be contributing to this? I've been on SSRIs for 3 years and I haven't had a problem.
Now I'm all paranoid that the ADHD medicine (concerta) I take is screwing me up. And now I feel even more paranoid because 'paranoid delusions' can be one of the symptoms.
[QUOTE=Newbienice99;29340629]Now I'm all paranoid that the ADHD medicine (concerta) I take is screwing me up. And now I feel even more paranoid because 'paranoid delusions' can be one of the symptoms.[/QUOTE] Don't take it for a couple days, see how you feel.
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