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Misc Mild SSRI causing early side effects?

WeedIndeed

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I'm a healthy young male, and I was recently prescribed 500mg St john's wort extract a day.
It's now day 4 of medicating, and in the first 3 I only took 250mg, as prescribed.

I should feel the effects 2 weeks into taking it, but it it possible that I'm experiencing trouble getting and keeping an erection *because* of the drug?
Will this side effect, if related, go away?

Please don't tell me to talk to my psychiatrist about it, I have my reasons.

thanks
 
The trouble with erection might be psychologically induced, if you were expecting it to happen. I doubt it could have such an effect in such a short time, but who knows... Just wait a bit longer and see whether the problems subside. Try to enjoy sex without thinking of that and see if it goes better.
 
SJW is very broad spectrum, it should not cause ED like other SSRIs.

But, if you notice your sex drive diminishing, it wouldn't hurt to stop taking SJW for a bit.
 
^ True, but the power of plant-derived extracts and tinctures should not be underestimated. For example, tinctures/extracts of Kratom, Opium, and Kava can be dangerously potent.

So, I advise starting out at 1/8th of the dosage prescribed for a couple of days and slowly work your way up and stop titrating your dose up when you start getting side effects, and slowly back down to a dosage where you get no side effects. I do this with all mood drugs, now including mirtazapine (at 1.5mg now), lexapro (at 1mg), and zoloft (at 2.5mg), all dosed once a day. I love microdosing medications and working my way up very slowly, as I believe proper medication dosing should bring about NO side effects, neither bad nor good, and that most dosages prescribed these days are way too high.
 
Lucky you.... I'm running low on codeine and vicodin. I last took about 200mg codeine(weak even for me!) yesterday at 9am to make it through class.

By 1 o clock it had worn off and i crashed on the couch.

Fast-forward to last night, i go to sleep soundly after .25 xanax, a bowl of chronik, thankful that i still have a little codeine for today(friday!).

Anyway when i woke up this morning and dosed back off for a few(as usual) i had a sexy dream and fuck if i didn't JIZZ IN MY PANTS(boxers)

I sure got up quick after that(no pun, my dick was completley FLACID when this happened)...God forbid i get jizz stains all over my sheets.

Anyway, this is the 2nd time this has happened from quasi-opiate wd. Not true WD just in the sense that it has been 2 half-lives since i took the drug, therefore i jizz in my pants.
 
Thanks for the replies,
I think I'll keep taking it as prescribed for like a week, and see how things are going.
So far the only noticeable effects are increased insomnia and the penis stuff
 
I didn't notice this effect however i already have a reduced sex drive due to SSRI's. This side effect doesnt seem to confusing based on the drugs effects. It shouldnt be so pronounced though.

Just one more thing. I recently tried some Kanna which have dismissed for ages now but thought id check out and was quite impressed.

In my research i found many others use it now with or in place of St Johns Wort since it provides similar benefits only much stronger or more effective. Not confirmed though but just an idea. I just need to confirm safety with SSRI's. I posted a thread for this to confirm.
 
Lucky you.... I'm running low on codeine and vicodin. I last took about 200mg codeine(weak even for me!) yesterday at 9am to make it through class.

By 1 o clock it had worn off and i crashed on the couch.

Fast-forward to last night, i go to sleep soundly after .25 xanax, a bowl of chronik, thankful that i still have a little codeine for today(friday!).

Anyway when i woke up this morning and dosed back off for a few(as usual) i had a sexy dream and fuck if i didn't JIZZ IN MY PANTS(boxers)

I sure got up quick after that(no pun, my dick was completley FLACID when this happened)...God forbid i get jizz stains all over my sheets.

Anyway, this is the 2nd time this has happened from quasi-opiate wd. Not true WD just in the sense that it has been 2 half-lives since i took the drug, therefore i jizz in my pants.

Lol that's freaky, I have never heard of this side effect before. I would say that its definitely not one of the worst side effect of wd. Perhaps its even a pleasant distraction, a gift from the opiate gods to make things a wee bit easier for you lol.
 
Anyway when i woke up this morning and dosed back off for a few(as usual) i had a sexy dream and fuck if i didn't JIZZ IN MY PANTS(boxers)

Don't take this the wrong way Treefa, but I'm so glad I ran across this!! This happens to me literally every time I go through an opiate w/d, or like you've said, there is a lull in the pattern of use my body has come to expect. I'll have no sexual appetite whatsoever but lo and behold, on nights 2 and 3 of my w/d, like clockwork, i'll blast myself in my sleep. It's gotten to the point where i just expect it and dress for bed accordingly haha. It simply has to do with the fact that I'm a fertile young man all backed up from weeks of sexual neglect, either due to a complete lack of sex drive or even more confounding, opiated sex that went on for hours but never came to fruition. subsequently, the second my prostate is feeling up to the task it flushes the pipes, with or without captains orders.

In a weird way it's actually a good sign. Every time I go on a binge, which are usually about 3 months long, I worry that Im doing some sort of damage to my prostate by suddenly neglecting it of its scheduled maintenance for an extended period of time. But I've come to realize that even though losing a few pints in my PJ's might make me blush, at least it means that despite my best efforts at sabotaging my endocrine system, it's actually continuing to function quite nobly. I recently read a book on modern space travel that included a conversation with a male astronaut who had lived aboard the ISS for months. The topic of "self-gratification" came up, and he confirmed that though it was impossible to get the privacy required for "manual release", he had been trained that the body simply took care of the problem internally, as in "the inside of my space bag while i'm dreaming" internally, whenever necessary (it differs from male to male). point being, if it's good enough for NASA, it's good enough for me.

I suspect this is quite a common side-effect of opiate withdrawal, likely as universal as restless legs and insomnia if not much more stigmatized and a bit messier haha. the secrets out. if you're a male opiate user and you've inexplicably and unexpectedly made a mess of your manhood while trying to focus on your more socially acceptable symptoms, like uncontrollable diarrhea and cold sweats, then you're among friends. wipe up and move along...
 
lucky you.... I'm running low on codeine and vicodin. I last took about 200mg codeine(weak even for me!) yesterday at 9am to make it through class.

By 1 o clock it had worn off and i crashed on the couch.

Fast-forward to last night, i go to sleep soundly after .25 xanax, a bowl of chronik, thankful that i still have a little codeine for today(friday!).

Anyway when i woke up this morning and dosed back off for a few(as usual) i had a sexy dream and fuck if i didn't jizz in my pants(boxers)

i sure got up quick after that(no pun, my dick was completley flacid when this happened)...god forbid i get jizz stains all over my sheets.

Anyway, this is the 2nd time this has happened from quasi-opiate wd. Not true wd just in the sense that it has been 2 half-lives since i took the drug, therefore i jizz in my pants.
... =d
 
I forgot to update:
I'm still experiencing insomnia, which is nothing new, but the ED is long gone - it only lasted a couple of days.
 
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