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Posted by TrishP on November 11, 2006, at 17:46:06
Does anyone know why my sex drive returns and is good whenever I take Geodon, Lametil, Risperdal or Abilify?
I'm not hypersexed, I just actually have an interest - which is great.
Posted by yxibow on November 12, 2006, at 17:26:47
In reply to Antipsychotics sex drive?, posted by TrishP on November 11, 2006, at 17:46:06
> Does anyone know why my sex drive returns and is good whenever I take Geodon, Lametil, Risperdal or Abilify?
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> I'm not hypersexed, I just actually have an interest - which is great.
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>It is probably more psychological than psychiatric. Well everything eventually is reductionist to psychiatric/biochemical, but I think its just that some good mood may have returned to you.
Because several of those atypicals you mentioned actually have a more esoteric opposite effect of reduction of sex drive than SSRIs due to a regulation of "prolactin levels".-- Jay
Posted by TrishP on November 12, 2006, at 18:30:11
In reply to Re: Antipsychotics sex drive? » TrishP, posted by yxibow on November 12, 2006, at 17:26:47
I know I have no sex drive on SSRIs.
Could it be the effect of dopamine from the abilify that is causing my increased interest in sex?
Not complaining.
Posted by yxibow on November 13, 2006, at 4:50:00
In reply to Re: Antipsychotics sex drive?, posted by TrishP on November 12, 2006, at 18:30:11
> I know I have no sex drive on SSRIs.
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> Could it be the effect of dopamine from the abilify that is causing my increased interest in sex?Well Abilify does have that push me-pull you D2 agonist-antagonist thing going although its probably more of an antagonist than an agonist, but maybe you're getting some of the Dx receptors hitting in the right place, could be true.
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> Not complaining.(no comment..lol.)
Posted by tensor on November 13, 2006, at 6:38:39
In reply to Antipsychotics sex drive?, posted by TrishP on November 11, 2006, at 17:46:06
>Does anyone know why my sex drive returns and is good whenever I take Geodon, Lametil, Risperdal or Abilify?
Don't know why, but I have noticed the same thing with Lamictal.
/Mattias
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