Posted by me so tiny on December 13, 2002, at 12:32:47
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin as a side dish, posted by looking for a life on December 10, 2002, at 17:14:40
> The sexual side effects are unbearable, I can't take it anymore.
> Not interested in taking other meds to counteract this.I can only speak for paxil, but as the paxil was ramping up (because it was pooping out in the process), the SSE's got worse and worse until there was like nothing. Desire was way down, erection was down, but orgasm just didn't happen. Viagra was recommended but only works for symptom #2. Visialize a piece of wood. Sleep on your side.
Then I was given Wellbrutrin to fix it. Desire back to normal, erection maybe just a notch lower than normal, orgasm still down but at least it happens. Cutting back on the paxil helped, too, which you can sortof do maybe for depression.
But WB made me sweat. On a first date, she mentioned it, it was that bad. I was wearing shorts. So he gave me Terazosin for that. It's documented as a bloodpressure lowering drug but my pdoc insists it's ok to use for this.
> It's Bull***t.
yeah. But i guess a generation ago we'd be taking MAOI's and we couldn't eat cheese or red wine, otherwise the REAL side effects would kick in.
>The side effects started out mild (difficulty obtaining orgasm).
>Sex drive has not been effected at all. That's what's so
>frustrating about it. Can't finish the job, that's all. I don't
>know if your a male or female but I have read post in the past
>that it CAN be a problem for both sexes.yeah, that's on lexapro, right? The WB does help with that, sure.
I first read about this in Playboy Mag. (that's my 'girlfriend' these days.) It seems to be common to the SSRI's. I've also heard that WB alone just boosts sex. So if WB sooths your depression as is, maybe WB alone is the solution. I don't think it works for anxiety - it just wires you more.
>I have been on Lexapro for almost 3 weeks and have experienced
>the same sexual side effects as Wharf - increased work to get to
>orgasm, but no diminishment of desire or erection. I was on
>Paxil 1-1/2 years ago and the sexual side effects of Paxil were
>a lot worse - no desire whatsoever (I felt like I had been
>neutered.), inability to maintain an erection and even more
>difficulty reaching orgasm. Triple bummer.THAT is exactly what I had. I was spreading out the porn magazines by my bed, like a homophobic father trying to get his homosexual son interested in women again. C'mon, guy, she's cute. Or how about her? There must be somebody here who can do it.
OK, I'm switching over to Lex, ten days so far.
>I have heard of people taking "holidays" from their medication
>as a way of temporarily getting past the sexual side effects. I
>have not tried this. A discussion with one's doctor would be
>prudent before trying this.yes. I've heard people screaming as they were discontinuing AD's, like the wicked witch of the west as she was melting. I think you can loose your momentum pretty easy.
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