Ahlstrom
06-13-2013, 10:36 PM
Hey yall! About a month ago I quit cold turkey on my Lexapro because it gave me ED one day. I'm 19 and take 40mg a day, without it I have very bad physical pain from anxiety and tons of attacks. After about a month of shitty attacks it seems to have leveled out in my system. I'm able to get an erection but I feel like I'm only able to orgasm once a week at most. Lately I just don't have sexual desire at all. All of it is just causing a ton of anxiety and fear that I won't be able to overcome this, which sucks because other than this my life is great right now.
I tried Wellbutrin XL for sometime and it helped me greatly, but gave me bad waves of depression, so I quit it. Next my doctor suggested some Yohimbe bark, an over-the-counter supplement. I took about half of what I was prescribed as I saw some reviewers often had problems with it. It made me sweat for around an hour and only seemed to increase my libido for 30 minutes. I'm probably going to take it for 2 more days and see if it sticks, if it doesn't I'm going back to the shrink.
Has anyone overcame sexual dysfunction associated with antidepressants? If so what methods and/or medicine did you use? Seeing as how I function without the medicine makes me realize I might have to take it the rest of my life, which sucks because I feel like there's no way around it unless I take something to cure my sexual dysfunction.
I tried Wellbutrin XL for sometime and it helped me greatly, but gave me bad waves of depression, so I quit it. Next my doctor suggested some Yohimbe bark, an over-the-counter supplement. I took about half of what I was prescribed as I saw some reviewers often had problems with it. It made me sweat for around an hour and only seemed to increase my libido for 30 minutes. I'm probably going to take it for 2 more days and see if it sticks, if it doesn't I'm going back to the shrink.
Has anyone overcame sexual dysfunction associated with antidepressants? If so what methods and/or medicine did you use? Seeing as how I function without the medicine makes me realize I might have to take it the rest of my life, which sucks because I feel like there's no way around it unless I take something to cure my sexual dysfunction.