Re: Seems early yet worried sick

[Guest guest]

Since you were only on Zoloft for 2 weeks, you have a very good chance

of recovering within a few weeks or a few months.

>

> So I was in an abusive alcoholic marriage for years. The last several

years (maybe 5) I had held true to my vows while becoming more convinced

she won't actually do the work to fight her disease. No sex. Except

masturbation. No problems there except the constant feeling that I

wasn't good enough... low romantic self esteem. My self esteem virtually

everywhere else in my life has been good.

>

> So after a couple days of treatment for severe depression they offered

and recommended Zoloft. They said not to read the reviews because one or

two people could skew the results and lead me away from a potentially

positive result in fighting depression. Bad choice... I went in based on

one person's recommendation... without my prior investigation.

>

> And two weeks into my intense treatment for depression I realized that

I've been divorced from this woman for many years... in all senses

except legally. And within days I luckily met a nice girl... we hit it

off well. Going " slow " didn't seem to work in in a few days we were

sexually active. First time - all good... reminded me of the old good

times. I was only on Zoloft for a week. A couple days later...

completely zero response. Could not get hard. At all. Man... years of

nothing... now opportunity exists and I'm shot. Only 43 years old. And A

typical horny guy in a bad relationship... I masturbated a few times a

week until I met this girl. Visual and audible stimulus from porn sites

and I was hard. Heck visual from a mag was enough. Stories worked great.

Now I was caressing and otherwise enjoying this beautiful woman for 45

minutes - and zero response. She tried to help. Nothing. Embarrassing

and disappointing. She was a good sport... yet damn. Not good for my

romantic self esteem... nor my long burning desire to get back in the

game. And definitely not so good when attempting to please my new lady.

>

> So a friend had samples of Viagra... tried them - could get hard again

after a lot of caressing and eating her out. Not bad sex yet my orgasm

came earlier than I wanted. Tried to hold off by thinking of other

things and slowing down to a stop. Yet just being inside her dead still

and I'd blow. Really? Unfortunately yes. A couple nights I got it up

twice... and even a couple times the next morning.

>

> Without Viagra - nothing. To test out what I'd read of side effects by

that point on-line... back to the porn sites and attempt at

masturbation. Nothing. Again... really? Yup. Two weeks prior - at

attention in seconds. Now - nothing at all.

>

> Talked to the doc - for this specific reason got off Zoloft within 14

days... on to a week of 50 and now completed a week of 100mg of

Welbutrin. No change. What the heck. So I found this site... maybe seems

early... yet I'm frustrated that after 2 weeks away from Zoloft (and

only on the drug for 2 weeks total) that I've apparently now become

sexually impaired. For how long? Stuff I read here seems like it may be

permanent? Oh boy. Not good. Heck - that's horribly bad. I don't want to

pay big bucks for Cialis... or live on the 6 measily pills per month

that insurance pays for (glad to have that help... yet come on!).

>

> Used up the trial pack of Viagra... now have a script for cialis...

and a few pills. Unfortunately circumstances haven't panned out in the

last 3-4 days to try it out... yet I expect good things after my Viagra

experience.

>

> My anxiety is through the roof on this topic. That's an incredibly

small amount of time to incur such a horrible side effect. Almost

unbelievable. Shame on me for not doing my prior research. Shame on the

doctor for recommending such a drug as the first option... to a guy

recovering from a horrible relationship and vocally expressing desire to

restart sexual activity.

>

[Guest guest]

Your symptoms look the same as the ones I had after a few days of Paxil. No

erection, no appetite for sex (something which I discovered later, first I was

totally fixated on not getting a stiff one).

As of the influence of Zoloft, its half life time is 26 hours, which means after

2 weeks it should be out of your system.

I would quit the Welbutrin aswell though and see what will happen if you take

your brain back to a normal level.

I do hope your systems gets back into a normal state...mine never recovered

fully...so start acting as soon as possible.

Please consult your doctor, and if he does not believe you, bring the articles

you can find on this site, or a copy of the wikipage on PSSD. these pills

prescribing " wonder " docters should finally start realizing what they are

actually doing to people. These SSRI's are ruining a lot more brains than they

want to realize.

>

> So I was in an abusive alcoholic marriage for years. The last several years

(maybe 5) I had held true to my vows while becoming more convinced she won't

actually do the work to fight her disease. No sex. Except masturbation. No

problems there except the constant feeling that I wasn't good enough... low

romantic self esteem. My self esteem virtually everywhere else in my life has

been good.

>

> So after a couple days of treatment for severe depression they offered and

recommended Zoloft. They said not to read the reviews because one or two people

could skew the results and lead me away from a potentially positive result in

fighting depression. Bad choice... I went in based on one person's

recommendation... without my prior investigation.

>

> And two weeks into my intense treatment for depression I realized that I've

been divorced from this woman for many years... in all senses except legally.

And within days I luckily met a nice girl... we hit it off well. Going " slow "

didn't seem to work in in a few days we were sexually active. First time - all

good... reminded me of the old good times. I was only on Zoloft for a week. A

couple days later... completely zero response. Could not get hard. At all.

Man... years of nothing... now opportunity exists and I'm shot. Only 43 years

old. And A typical horny guy in a bad relationship... I masturbated a few times

a week until I met this girl. Visual and audible stimulus from porn sites and I

was hard. Heck visual from a mag was enough. Stories worked great. Now I was

caressing and otherwise enjoying this beautiful woman for 45 minutes - and zero

response. She tried to help. Nothing. Embarrassing and disappointing. She was a

good sport... yet damn. Not good for my romantic self esteem... nor my long

burning desire to get back in the game. And definitely not so good when

attempting to please my new lady.

>

> So a friend had samples of Viagra... tried them - could get hard again after a

lot of caressing and eating her out. Not bad sex yet my orgasm came earlier than

I wanted. Tried to hold off by thinking of other things and slowing down to a

stop. Yet just being inside her dead still and I'd blow. Really? Unfortunately

yes. A couple nights I got it up twice... and even a couple times the next

morning.

>

> Without Viagra - nothing. To test out what I'd read of side effects by that

point on-line... back to the porn sites and attempt at masturbation. Nothing.

Again... really? Yup. Two weeks prior - at attention in seconds. Now - nothing

at all.

>

> Talked to the doc - for this specific reason got off Zoloft within 14 days...

on to a week of 50 and now completed a week of 100mg of Welbutrin. No change.

What the heck. So I found this site... maybe seems early... yet I'm frustrated

that after 2 weeks away from Zoloft (and only on the drug for 2 weeks total)

that I've apparently now become sexually impaired. For how long? Stuff I read

here seems like it may be permanent? Oh boy. Not good. Heck - that's horribly

bad. I don't want to pay big bucks for Cialis... or live on the 6 measily pills

per month that insurance pays for (glad to have that help... yet come on!).

>

> Used up the trial pack of Viagra... now have a script for cialis... and a few

pills. Unfortunately circumstances haven't panned out in the last 3-4 days to

try it out... yet I expect good things after my Viagra experience.

>

> My anxiety is through the roof on this topic. That's an incredibly small

amount of time to incur such a horrible side effect. Almost unbelievable. Shame

on me for not doing my prior research. Shame on the doctor for recommending such

a drug as the first option... to a guy recovering from a horrible relationship

and vocally expressing desire to restart sexual activity.

>