Sexual Development in Adolescents Who’ve Grown up on Psych Meds

June 6, 2012

'Very interesting post today in Kali's blog, " " .

asks,

" What happens when the normal drive for sex and orgasm and romantic love is

muted or altogether absent because the kids are on SSRI or SNRI antidepressants

(and/or other psych drugs)? My friend talked with an adolescent counselor and

she's noticed that these kids are strangely uninterested in romantic love and

sometimes even appear to be asexual. "

She goes on to say,

" ...antidepressants are more commonly studied when the mainstream is being

considered. The fact is, however and unfortunately, that neuroleptics are going

mainstream. Historically, neuroleptics (antipsychotics) and the other psych

meds aren't taken by as many " normal " people as the antidepressants [are] so

they haven't been studied by this woman who is basically making a social

commentary. Someday perhaps such studies will extend to include all

psychotropics, as there are more and more people effected by all these classes

of drugs. "

In this same blog there is an article from the L.A. Times about the work of

antropologist, Helen Fisher, along with psychiatrist, J. Thomson of the

University of Virginia, who believe that Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil and other

antidepressants alter brain chemistry, blunting the intense emotional cutting

edge of new love, as well as killing the sex drive.

Finally, there is a video from YouTube in which Helen Fisher speaks on this

issue:

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Perhaps Dr. Fisher and Dr. Thomson would be a couple of reputable people we

might want to put on a contact list, in addition to Dr. Breggin and

Whitaker, for people to write to about their sexual dysfunction from psychiatric

drugs.

~ Kay

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