Re: Survey About Genital Anesthesia

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I have reason to believe it was Haldol.

Kay

> >

> >

> > Dear Vornan,

> >

> > What I would really like to see with this group is a survey of how many

> > people in it have experienced genital anesthesia, for how long, and what

> > drugs they think were responsible for it. Do you think there is some

> > way we could set this up, and do you think that we could somehow get it

> > out to the public?

> >

> > After writing to some very influential people, including Dr.

> > Szasz, Dr. Breggin, and Sharon Begley (journalist who wrote an

> > article about antidepressants for Newsweek), I get the feeling that

> > there haven't been any studies done specifically on this topic. Or, if

> > there are, they are not available to the average individual.

> >

> > I emailed Sharon in April of 2010. Here is what I said:

> >

> > " Dear Ms. Begley,

> >

> > I found your email address in a message posted by one of the members of

> > the Yahoo group on persistent sexual side effects of SSRIs. He

> > suggested we write to you so you would know how extensive the problem

> > is. Well, there are at least two of us in that group who have these

> > kind of effects from being forced to take antipsychotics, and then

> > discontinuing them. Neither of us could find a support group with a

> > specific forum for our kind of loss, so we joined the one for those who

> > have taken SSRIs.

> >

> > I have searched for others who, like me, have become numb from

> > neuroleptics, but I have only found a few that have written about it on

> > the web. It's a subject that is difficult for many people to talk

> > about, and then, if they think you're mentally ill, no one believes you

> > anyway. I did find an article in a journal that stated that one of the

> > main reasons people don't want to take antipsychotic meds is because of

> > the sexual side effects. It's called " Sexual Dysfunction: the Forgotten

> > Taboo " (from " Mental Health Nursing " , January 1, 2005)

> >

> > http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-777721421.html

> > <http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-777721421.html>

> >

> > (It is now an article you have to pay to see. Fortunately I made a copy

> > of it before it became that way.)

> >

> > I have been off neuroleptics for over 26 yrs, but I am still numb in my

> > saddle area. Here is the link to my channel on YouTube. On it I wrote

> > my story and posted a video explaining how I know what drug damaged me:

> >

> > http://www.youtube.com/user/Kay1948

> > <http://www.youtube.com/user/Kay1948>

> >

> > If you do write another article about sexual dysfunction from

> > psychiatric drugs, I hope you will consider including information on

> > antipsychotics as well. Thank you for your time in pursuing this

> > matter.

> >

> > Sincerely,

> > Kay "

> >

> > Sharon, when emailing back, said:

> >

> > " Thanks very much, . I have indeed been hearing from readers about

> > this issue, and will look into it. The problem so far is that data do

> > not exist showing that persistence of these side effects is indeed

> > caused by the meds, or if the connection is just a statistical fluke,

> > correlational but not causal.Anyway, I will continue to see what I can

> > find out. Allbest,

> >

> > Sharon Begley

> >

> > Science editor

> > Newsweek

> > 395 Hudson Street

> > New York, NY 10014 "

> >

> > Ginger Breggin, Dr. Breggin's wife, in emailing back to me, said

> > something similar, that they didn't know of any studies on this kind of

> > dysfunction. Dr. Szasz encourage me to write a book, even if it never

> > gets published. (I had told him that my husband discouraged me from

> > writing one, telling me that he doesn't think it would get published or

> > read.)

> >

> > Now that there are nearly 3000 of us on this site, surely there must be

> > some effective way we can get the word out to warn people, especially

> > the young, and those who are giving them psychiatric drugs, thinking

> > they are doing the right thing.

> >

> > Best regards,

> >

> > Kay

> >

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