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people on SSRIs - can you orgasm?

fairnymph

fairnymph

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i'm on prozac ( 40 mg/day), and i can't.
if you are taking an SSRI, in what dosage and does it prevent you from climaxing? i'm wondering if switching to another SSRI might help....
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I doubt there's a set and static mg that causes sexual "disfunction" in everyone...I'm sure it fluctuates with each individual's metabolism. The strange thing is, I've never heard of the inability to orgasm, only a reduction in the libido.
Why exactly do you take 40mg a day instead of 20? Was 20 really insufficient?
 
been there. i've been on sam-e, prozac, and maoi's..and though i have a pretty strong sex drive, for some reason they all affected my libido ..which in turn makes it harder to orgasam.
for me i would really want to have sex just because i always wanted to really bad before the meds, and even though i couldnt get as turned on, i would still try, because i almost didnt feel "right" not being a horny person. and since i wasnt all tensed with excitment, i was just like "oh i think i want to maybe have sex" and that does not make a condusive enviroment to having an orgasam..esp. for women, because it's not like guys, who (mostly) just need repetitive motion to climax. a woman needs to really be turned on. it was frustrating. but i had to go off all of those eventually (lucky me) because they all made me have nightmares.
so what i'm sayin is, maybe the reason youre having a prob. climaxing is cause youre not as horny in general. do you think it could be that? i just say cause i think it took me awhile to figure out that i wasnt that horny anymore.
 
please delete other two duplicates on this subject, thanks
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i have been on more tricyclics, ssri's
including and i cant orgasm when i am on them. neithor can i on pain meds or xanax.
i know medically its been proven to drop libito in everyone but my Dr also said hes seen tons of woman who couldnt reach orgasm...its like your right there then its all gone!!!!
ive been told welbutrin is often added to those on prozac to fix the sexual disfunction these drugs cause......ask your dr. and know you are the majority.
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I couldn't when I was on the SSRIs (I've been on nearly all of 'em at one time or another). But, I, like many females, have a hard time anyway.
 
I take 225 mg of Effexor, and I can get horny and ready and be turned on and everything, but I can never quite get to orgasm. It really sucks. Effexor is an SSRI, and I'd change, but it really helps the rest of my life to be better, so I am hesitant to switch.
 
hey i used to take 40 mg of prozac, just because the 20 had no effect on me....also took effexor for alitte while too. i found that esp. with prozac i could not orgasm (even though i'm a girl, i have little diffculty orgasming)......switch the meds! effexor didn't have such a bad effect on me.
 
hey i used to take 40 mg of prozac, just because the 20 had no effect on me....also took effexor for alitte while too. i found that esp. with prozac i could not orgasm (even though i'm a girl, i have little diffculty orgasming)......switch the meds! effexor didn't have such a bad effect on me.
 
Same problem here. Down with Prozac!
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im sorry but who was it that was on effexor? i am new to it but cant reach orgasm like you said, i can get excited i just cant cant reach orgasm. when you talk about its positive effects making you learie to change have you talked to your dr.? is that dose sensitive have they tried a lower dosed or maybe adding a drug? or ive even heard of dr.s having you stop the medicine for only a few days
i really like effexor but do not want to celibete......so i was wondering if you had any other thoughts
 
The Effexor is the first anti-depressant that I've ever been on that is really effective in treating my depression and anxiety. And I'm a little embarrased to tell my dr that I can't orgasm...And I'm really not sure I want to risk changing meds again...I don't want to go back to always being worried about every little thing in my life...if anyone has any suggestions, please help!
 
I used to take Effexor... a loooong time ago... Can't remember any sexual probs. tho... However, I'm an extremely horny person. No, really... I am...I always feel the urge to get laid.. sometimes just because I'm bored and think to myself, what the hell... let's fuck, I'm horny.
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I wish my wife was as horney as I am...
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Oh well...
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I had the same problem when I was on Paxil. I am horny and no too much stops me from having sex, but when I tried so hard and couldn't get there, I just gave up.
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I told my doc (don't ever be afraid to tell them stuff like this; they are used to it) and he put me on Welbutrin which really helped. I wasn't experiencing my normal hyperdrive, but I could orgasm. I also hear Serzone is ok for this problem. Of course, you should find out the side effects and weigh things carefully. None of these antidepressants are perfect.
 
CANDYGRAVER thanks for the advice. I also said in another post that you shouldn't be scared or embarressed about talking to your doctor- that's what they are there for. If they are a good doctor(like mine!) they will be more than happy to get you on the right meds. Before I started on zoloft, I let my doctor know that this was a serious concern of mine, i also told my therapist. They both said that there where meds that could help this situation.I just started on zoloft a couple of weeks ago, my doctor told me to let him know if my sex drive was still on low after the meds started taking effect, and then we would see what we needed to change.
 
oops, im so sorry w33k4p4u9, lol!
the previous post was posted by me, cagirl!
 
YOLKMAN- what an interesting nick! Ok this might be a long post. Anyway when you mentioned that you where on an SSRI called seroxat and that you experienced no problems, I was curious about it not affecting your sex drive. So I started doing searches everywhere for seroxat and found nothing. Then I ran into another one of your post which said that seroxat=paxil. I just wanted to let you and anyone else wondering that is not true, paxil is = to paroxetine. It is very commonly known to produce sexual difficulties in alot of users. This rule doesnt apply to everyone ofcourse, but consider yourself lucky. I am going on effexor and getting off of zoloft. Hopefully I will notice some differences. Also this is in another post but i will repeat the info here- taking ginko biloba has known to help and also if you are a female viagra is proven to do wonders. I am trying the ginko now and hopefully i will see some effects, if not, i am going to move on to viagra but unfortunately you have to take it about an hour before you plan to have sex and sex is always better if it isnt planned! But beggers cant be choosers!
 
oops sorry yolkman- i was searching medical sights to no avail, but when i did an internet search I did see that you where right and so was I-seroxat=paxil=paroxetine I'm curious though-looks like maybe that name is used outside of the us?
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