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Meds, Mind, Body & Benefits => Questions About Treatment & Side Effects => Topic started by: hivsweden on October 08, 2008, 12:33:54 pm
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Not quite sure if this qualifies for this forum, but here goes anyway.
I've been om an SSRI for just over a year (Currently Citalopram 1*20mg dly) and until this summer the only side effect I've noticed is a slightly lower sensitivity. But after I tried quitting Citalopram and had to get started again I now have a penis which is as rigid as cooked spaghetti and as sensitive as Sarah Palin giving rape victims advice on abortion.
So, to my question - what, if anything in your experience is effective help against this?
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Sweden,
I am not familiar with the particular SSRI you are on, but you should bring this to your docs attention. It may be possible to modify the doseage. If that is not possible, ED treatments (Viagra etc...), have been helpful in many cases...
BTW this:
I now have a penis which is as rigid as cooked spaghetti and as sensitive as Sarah Palin giving rape victims advice on abortion.
is priceless...
Best,
;D
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So, to my question - what, if anything in your experience is effective help against this?
Many SSRI class drugs cause impotence/ejaculatory issues with males. Bring it up to your prescribing physician and be adamant that you wish to switch to something else.
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BTW this:
I now have a penis which is as rigid as cooked spaghetti and as sensitive as Sarah Palin giving rape victims advice on abortion.
is priceless...
Thanx Atlq, but perhaps I should have chosen the Mental Health forum since I chose to compare my dick to Sarah Palin? This raises a lot of uncomfortable thoughts. :)
Back to more serious issues...
Philly, I will adress my Doc the next time I visit him, but when it comes to meds and side effects I have often found it a good choice to consult other "patients" since docs aren't always so concerned on minimising side effects and do not always appreciate the impact side effects have on us.
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Philly, I will adress my Doc the next time I visit him, but when it comes to meds and side effects I have often found it a good choice to consult other "patients" since docs aren't always so concerned on minimising side effects and do not always appreciate the impact side effects have on us.
Oh, I agree -- and it's why I used the phrase "be adamant" in case you have a doctor which hems and haws. To me it's been a no brainer. Having a limp cock will INCREASE your depression, right? Sure did for me. If I can't whack off daily I don't really see the point in living.
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hey Sweden,
i'm on the same meds and my dick will not stand up to look
to see if RUSSIA is still there !
My weaner has been DEAD fOR FOUR YEARS , and giving up the meds
makes me go CRAZY !
SORT OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A SOFT SPOT :o
karl
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There are erection and delayed ejaculation correlated with SSRI's. Opinion seems mixed whether, for treated, the limp dicks are depression-related or drug-related. Delayed ejaculation is thought to be drug-related.
I had limp dick on SSRI for a month and the doc gave me some tadalis - garanteeing that it would make me hard and improve my confidence. I took it 4 times, it made me hard all weekend (!!!), improved my confidence, and I never took it again.
This was before viral enhancement, which I believe complicates matters chemically and psychologically.
Anyway - suggest you try some boner meds - they usually work and then see if you need to continue them or not when you breath a sigh of relief that you're still working down there
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Have your doctor check your testosterone levels. Low testosterone levels can cause ED.
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I had that when I was on paxil.
Now I m on remeron and tofranil and that s better.
I mean for wanking no problem at all.
But during sex I sometimes loose my erection,
but nowadays I/someone can find it back ;)
(so maybe thats depression/intimacy related)
I tested for testosterone it was a little low
, I didnt want to take another pill,
it s an option though, androgel sounds fine for that
(not available here though).
You should tell you're dr though and insist.