Re: Starting to get better...slowly

[Guest guest]

How does this waves feel ? Are this waves over day ? SSRI are only a kind of

" alcohol " supressing feelings...

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> Almost 7 months of PSSD for me.

> Things seem to be getting in order. Veeeery slowly and in 'waves'. I am not

sure if its really like that or its just in my head. One day everything seems

like its 40% normal, then another day it looks like things are bad again. Has

anyone experienced something similar? Also with all this starting to get in

order, my anxiety and insomnia seems to be back too. Theres no way I will get

back on medication again. Any suggestions?

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[Guest guest]

Seems like things might be coming back for me. I occasionally have urges during

the day. Maybe once a day but that's better than nothing. Still having

problems maintaining erections as I just don't feel connected at all. But it's

still better than before which was nothing at all. I won't ever touch another

anti-depressant again either. Never.

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> Almost 7 months of PSSD for me.

> Things seem to be getting in order. Veeeery slowly and in 'waves'. I am not

sure if its really like that or its just in my head. One day everything seems

like its 40% normal, then another day it looks like things are bad again. Has

anyone experienced something similar? Also with all this starting to get in

order, my anxiety and insomnia seems to be back too. Theres no way I will get

back on medication again. Any suggestions?

>

[Guest guest]

Yes!..But for me this type of feeling is something separate from the PSSD. I am over 1 year off of paxil and benzos and I still go through good "waves" and bad "waves" where I feel good emotionally for a period then a few days later I feel like a helpless, crying infant. These emotions DO get better over time but for someone like me who took these meds for 14 years it takes a very very long time.

The only thing I can advise for this is a good diet, excercise, and try to surround yourself with supportive people.Pretty much the same things that we all need for coping with PSSD. You are not alone. The best advice that I found for coping with these bad waves is to accept them as a current problem that will pass and not to fight against them. It may sound stupid but following that advice helped me get through some dark periods over the past year. Good Luck!..(Fish Oil did help "smooth out" my moods a bit, but all of us react diferently to supplements). Mike

To: SSRIsex Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 8:21 PMSubject: Starting to get better...slowly

Almost 7 months of PSSD for me.Things seem to be getting in order. Veeeery slowly and in 'waves'. I am not sure if its really like that or its just in my head. One day everything seems like its 40% normal, then another day it looks like things are bad again. Has anyone experienced something similar? Also with all this starting to get in order, my anxiety and insomnia seems to be back too. Theres no way I will get back on medication again. Any suggestions?

[Guest guest]

I get these " waves " also. It's been 9 months since I last took Zoloft. Some days

I can feel my libido coming back with the pleasurable feeling. Yesterday I went

to the gym and got a good workout. There were some attractive women there and I

admit, I could feel some attraction to them, and my libido seemed to be kicking

in. So I went home from the gym feeling sexual again and had to masturbate

twice. I could even get an erection from visual stimuli and it was pretty good,

gotta admit. I felt about 70% normal yesterday.

But like today, zero libido, nothing and can't get an erection from visual

stimuli. I don't understand these " waves. "

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> Yes!..But for me this type of feeling is something separate from the PSSD.  I

am over 1 year off of paxil and benzos and I still go through good " waves " and

bad " waves " where I feel good emotionally for a period then a few days later I

feel like a helpless, crying infant.  These emotions DO get better over time

but for someone like me who took these meds for 14 years it takes a very very

long time. 

> The only thing I can advise for this is a good diet, excercise, and try to

surround yourself with supportive people.

> Pretty much the same things that we all need for coping with PSSD.  You are

not alone. The best advice that I found for coping with these bad waves is to

accept them as a current problem that will pass and not to fight against them.

It may sound stupid but following that advice helped me get through some

dark periods over the past year. Good Luck!..(Fish Oil did help " smooth out " my

moods a bit, but all of us react diferently to supplements). Mike

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> To: SSRIsex

> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 8:21 PM

> Subject: Starting to get better...slowly

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> Almost 7 months of PSSD for me.

> Things seem to be getting in order. Veeeery slowly and in 'waves'. I am not

sure if its really like that or its just in my head. One day everything seems

like its 40% normal, then another day it looks like things are bad again. Has

anyone experienced something similar? Also with all this starting to get in

order, my anxiety and insomnia seems to be back too. Theres no way I will get

back on medication again. Any suggestions?

>

[Guest guest]

I went to see a psychiatrist today. Yet another person who thinks that it is all

in my head. I probably will start believing this sooner or later since so many

doctors say the same. Anyways, I felt like a six grader again, he tried to

'educate' me on sexual things, on how this or that works and how everything is

in my head. What pissed me off the most is that he suggested going back on

antidepressants TO MAKE IT BIT BETTER. I don't know if I should laugh or cry,

since its actually funny and awfully sad at the same time. Oh he also told me to

stay off from things in sexshop, since they're all 'chemical'. Like ssri

aren't... LOL