Anyone experiences with Zoloft/BuSpar combo?

[pjm]

Hi, everyone, I'm new here and curious if anyone has found success taking both Zoloft and BuSpar? Specifically, has anyone else had BuSpar prescribed to counteract the sexual side-effects of Zoloft? Did it work? I've been searching around and haven't found much on the subject.

My story -
I have had mild, but bearable, anxiety my whole life with periods (usually 3-9 months) where it would get out of hand and I would go on some medication. I was on Lexapro as a teenager, and it helped calm me down but also made me gain 30lbs. I went off of it after a year because the weight gain was making me feel worse than the anxiety. I went a few years with no medication, and then during another bad period was prescribed Zoloft. I took that for a while, and it helped to the point where I felt like I didn't need it anymore. I just stopped taking it and (surprisingly) had no withdraw side-effects. This summer I went back on Zoloft and it has helped tremendously. My life was a wreck - I felt like I had no control over my emotions at all until I started Zoloft.

Zoloft has really evened out my emotions, made me more comfortable in social situations, and greatly improved my overall mood. Except it has absolutely killed my sex drive. I have basically no desire and achieving orgasm is usually impossible. I'm male, in my early 20s and have never had any sexual problems before. I told my doctor this and he prescribed me BuSpar, 10mg twice a day while cutting my Zoloft down to 50mg a day. I'm on my 3rd day and so far haven't seen much of a difference either way.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Did it improve? How long?

Thanks!

[Siegfried]

Hello!

The sexual side effects usually improve after a while. When I was taking Paxil there were a couple of months during which I had a lot of trouble reaching orgasm, and sex was more of a workout than anything else. But then my libido slowly came back without adjusting the drug...

I don't think buspar itself will do anything to raise your libido... Your doc probably prescribed it to prevent any anxiety caused by cutting back on Zoloft. I'm afraid it's either-or with SSRIs. Still, it will probably come back as it did in my case.

Hope I helped somewhat!