this is what i hate about anti-anxiety medications/drugs besides from the amnesia, its the dampening of the sex drive/ability..i have taken many different types of anti-anxiety meds from ssris to benzos to gabapentin and phenibut...obviously ive also drank alcohol and ghb...all of these drugs besides Ghb and phenibut to a certain extent has had the very negative side effects if basically killing my sex drive or ability..on these drugs, my desire for sex just isnt there...ive tried taking welbutrin to counteract this but then that just raises my anxiety higher..anyone else have this problem with basically all anti-anxiety meds??what did you do to remedy it?
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Anti Anxiety drugs and sex drive..ugghh
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neurotic
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SSRIs destroyed my libido and even gave me erectile dysfunction. It took some time completely off of them (Prozac 20mg/day to be specific) for my sex drive to come back.
Its a very common side effect.
As with benzos, they never did anything like this to me. Are you sure its not the SSRIs? They are shit imo. CBT and benzos when needed are much better for anxiety
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Get off them and give it some time and it will come back.
Its a very common side effect.
As with benzos, they never did anything like this to me. Are you sure its not the SSRIs? They are shit imo. CBT and benzos when needed are much better for anxiety
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Get off them and give it some time and it will come back.
Bob Loblaw
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I can't get it up if I'm on a bunch of benzos. Sometimes they kill my libido (which is pretty low to begin with), but sometimes they kind of act like alcohol
pally pete
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Benzos, SSRI'S, SNRI'S, Alcohol etc etc all kill it for me. 
SSRIS for sure the worst. benzos im surprised and lucky I can get it up but they do make me apathetic sexually but that's what benzos do, they make you not give a shit in general . So, it makes sense that if you don't give a shit about ANYTHING, sex would be included, BUT...
If you just go with the flow... you might notice that your sex drive will build up, it just might be once a week rather than every day/other day. Let it build, don't force it.
Oh and gabapentin? I'd fuck somebody in half on that stuff. Makes me horny like I just got outa jail.
If you just go with the flow... you might notice that your sex drive will build up, it just might be once a week rather than every day/other day. Let it build, don't force it.
Oh and gabapentin? I'd fuck somebody in half on that stuff. Makes me horny like I just got outa jail.
^^thats the way i was on gabapentin for the first few days but after that, i had the exact opposite problem..i was dead down there..
pally pete-too true, alcohol really just numbs everything out..
i know if i stop using these medications that sex drive will come back but then so will anxiety so its a catch 22 situation..either live life anxious and high strung and have a sex drive or live a chilled out(NORMAL) life where you sex isnt even an option..hmm....big pharma really needs to work on a med to fix this problem..
ive been off ssris for over a year, i just take benzos occasionally and when i do, i might as well forget about meeting women..this s where Ghb shined back in the day, it killed anxiety, gave you energy and enhanced sexual desire and drive..
pally pete-too true, alcohol really just numbs everything out..
i know if i stop using these medications that sex drive will come back but then so will anxiety so its a catch 22 situation..either live life anxious and high strung and have a sex drive or live a chilled out(NORMAL) life where you sex isnt even an option..hmm....big pharma really needs to work on a med to fix this problem..
ive been off ssris for over a year, i just take benzos occasionally and when i do, i might as well forget about meeting women..this s where Ghb shined back in the day, it killed anxiety, gave you energy and enhanced sexual desire and drive..
Liminality
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Phenibut increased my sex drive and made orgasm twice as intense and long. I seem to like it more than most people do though
Benzos and alcohol, can't get it up or just not interested.
I'd suggest an intense weight lifting regime if your up to it, otherwise just more exercise. Works for me best.
L-theanine and Phenibut occasionally is as far as I'll go into anti-anxiety drugs again.
Benzos / Heroin / SSRI's all fucked me up, sexually and in anxiety + motivation.
Benzos and alcohol, can't get it up or just not interested.
I'd suggest an intense weight lifting regime if your up to it, otherwise just more exercise. Works for me best.
L-theanine and Phenibut occasionally is as far as I'll go into anti-anxiety drugs again.
Benzos / Heroin / SSRI's all fucked me up, sexually and in anxiety + motivation.
^^^i workout pretty much every day, it helps but yeah i cant figure out the anxiety and sex drive mess..it does seem with me any benzo or drug that really lowers anxiety also just wipes my libido out..Phenibut does seem like the highest i should go but even at some doses it seems to have an alcohol type numbing effect which is NO good lol..
oh god, last thing i thought about on opiates was sex..i had desire to do one thing on opiates, just sit around, same thing happens with benzos..
ive heard good things about theanine, will try it out..
oh god, last thing i thought about on opiates was sex..i had desire to do one thing on opiates, just sit around, same thing happens with benzos..
ive heard good things about theanine, will try it out..
Hedonistica
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I've found pretty much most chemicals that dampen anxiety dampen sexual response in me (not so much the desire, as that's in my mind, it's more the ability to do anything about it, prolonged ad bonium performance is not a good thing when you want a quick jack off before work or something....). Phenibut I found the worst, it was like I had a numb bone sticking out in front of me, lol... Bali kratom similar effect, opiates too... I've never understood how people can go out and get laid after drinking all night, I would find that impossible. Horny hangovers, on the other hand, I do experience (though perhaps not so great if you wake with a space beside you and a message addressed to "whiskey limp dick" if that)
The funny thing is, I would actually enjoy the part of opiate withdrawal that leads to huge sexual urges and release, if it weren't for the almost unbearable anxiety and depression and all round pain that accompanies it... Maybe anxiety and sex drive are just wired together somehow - procreate before the tigers eat you, that sort of thing, turn one off and it turns the other off. But ironically too much anxiety also kills the libido. Hmmmm....
The funny thing is, I would actually enjoy the part of opiate withdrawal that leads to huge sexual urges and release, if it weren't for the almost unbearable anxiety and depression and all round pain that accompanies it... Maybe anxiety and sex drive are just wired together somehow - procreate before the tigers eat you, that sort of thing, turn one off and it turns the other off. But ironically too much anxiety also kills the libido. Hmmmm....