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  1. Today is day 22 since I stopped citalopram, and I've had the worst time of my life in these last three weeks. I started taking citalopram about 11 months ago in preparation to stop smoking. The only adverse effect I had was about 4 days after starting on 10 mg/day, which was physical shaking. Over 3 months my dose was increased from 10 to 40 mg/day. I stopped smoking about 3 months ago. I went cold turkey and the worst side effect was feeling cold and tired so that I spent half of days 4-7 in bed A month ago, I saw my doctor and said I wanted to stop citalopram. Although she had already talked about taking 3 months to come off it, this time she suggested that I could take 2 weeks. So I did: 20 mg for 6 days with no withdrawal symptoms; then 10 mg for 6 days with no withdrawal symptoms, then 0 mg. I define my first day of first withdrawal of 0 mg as day 1, and I count thereafter in this email (how I define second withdrawal to be decided). This intro email is written on day 22. Days 0-4: no withdrawal symptoms Days 5-6: heightened awareness, euphoria Day 7: inability to coordinate driving, drowsiness, persistent genital arousal, loose tongue, could cease inappropriate behaviour Days 8-9: normal functioning requiring additional concentration [a] Days 10-11, heightened awareness, euphoria [a] Day 12: normal functioning [a] Days 13-15: normal functioning [a,b] Days 16-21: persistent genital arousal, increasing in intensity to the point of extreme distress on day 21 [c,d] Day 21 onwards: reinstated 10 mg citalopram Day 22: persistent genital arousal symptoms reduced by about half to that on day 20 Notes a: These days were contact time with my children, who live with their father. Could it be that after day 10 when our contact started, my being able to focus on them may have somehow reduced my vulnerability/the harm to withdrawal? b: Day 13, I decided to divorce my husband c: Contact with children ended on day 16 d: Day 21, trigger event with estranged husband leading to distressing persistent genital arousal
  2. Hello everyone. I just wanted to share my situation. I'm 28 and male. I started taking Citalopram (10mg) January 1st. I thought the side-effects sounded scary, but thought it was worth it because I have been dealing with depression for a long time. At roughly the same time, I met, basically, the girl of my dreams. She feels the same way about me. About a month into taking Citalopram daily, I started to notice the sexual side effects (unable to achieve orgasm and some genital numbness). So, I stopped taking them cold turkey that day (I know, bad idea). I didn't feel any withdrawal symptoms, but about a month afterward, I became what I can only say was 'blah' for a whole day and then the following week. I don't know if it is depression or not, but it really bummed me out. I was with the girl I mentioned before (now my girlfriend), and I just felt like the magic wasn't as strong as it was, or possibly wasn't even there. About a week after that blah/depressed episode, I decided to ask my doctor about trying taking Wellbutrin (150), because I read it didn't have the sexual side effects that Citalopram has. I've been on it for about 20 days, but I still don't feel very different. It's been about two months since I stopped taking Citalopram. I don't know if I have Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction or if I'm just depressed (or if I feel depressed as a result of not having much of a sex drive), but I just found out about this dysfunction tonight and it's really bumming me out. My girlfriend has a very high libido and I know I used to, but right now nothing really excites me that much. I'll get bursts of joy, but they're fleeting moments. When I look at pornography (sorry to anyone that takes offense) I don't feel anything. I see the things that I know I'm attracted to, but nothing happens. I just tried to masturbate and couldn't even get a hint of an erection. I feel like my girlfriend and I have to be together in bed before I even start to feel aroused, and even then when she touches me, it doesn't feel right (not in a bad way, but not in a good way, either). I get erections in the morning, but once it goes away it doesn't come back easily. I've also been taking Propolanolol, and have started tapering off of it in the hopes that it might be affecting my sexual disfunction, but after reading what I have, I don't have much hope that that's the case. Thanks for providing all of this information and for sharing your stories. It feels good knowing there is hope of recovery, and there are others that understand. I really had no idea until I was browsing the wikipedia page on SSRI sexual disfunction that there was even a possibility of the symptoms continuing after treatment ended. I has just assumed it had to work it's way out of my system.
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