Re: SSRIs/SNRIs with the least sexual side effects?

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NO NO NO, lexapro is among the list of SSRI's that

people here have problems with! NO ANTIDEPRESSANT is

the answer. Step up your exercise, man! NOT ONLY have

stories of the INEFFECTIVENESS of antidepressants been

out for a couple of weeks, but another study shows

that exercise is better than antidepressants at curing

depression. DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE WE DID, save

yourself--there are other ways to cure depression.

Most people here now have problems with lack of

emotion and feel pretty much nothing afer

SSRI's--which is MUCH worse than being depressed. I

think its normal to be depressed sometimes--i DOES

pass, its OK not to always be chipper and bubbly. Try

therapy, vitamins, force yourself to get outside and

force yourself into social situations, i think the

depression will lift. Sadness is part of life, just

like happiness. Take a nice long walk in nature, it

lifts my mood everytime i do. I feel like a new person

every time i check out of the rat race for an hour or

so and GO TO A WOODED PARK and just walk it out!!!

good luck,

lisa

--- keithrig wrote:

> I am going through a difficult time period and need

> to be on some

> anti-depressant. I was wondering which medicine

> tends to cause the

> least sexual dysfunction? I took prozac for many

> years and now on

> Cymbalta which is making my sex drive even worse. I

> heard Lexapro was

> better in preventing sexual dysfunction (or at least

> less of it). Is

> this true?

>

> Thanks

>

>

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http://www.smart-drugs.com/ias-milnacipran.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milnacipran

I just ordered this for a recently diagnosed atypical

trigeminal neuralgia by my orthosurgeon due to a

pinched nerve... hopefully it doesn't make things

worse tho as it says it has no sexual side

effects...He prescribed me Nortriptyline but i refuse

to take a TCA as they are worse for sex drive than

anything...You can only get Milnacipran in europe as

it still isn't fda approved here still in stage 3 will

probably be approved october 08...I'm very much

against using drugs b/c obviously they destroy the

sexual part of the brain with certain ones but not

all... but i have ordered this SNRI to combat physical

pain which is probably making my sex drive even

worse..I never lost my sex drive from SSRIs b/c i was

fighting physical pain there too...I lost my sex drive

from 6 weeks of risperdal with ssris which i am very

angry about...Hopefully i get to see some positive

sexual benefit from this drug although i doubt it...

you can order it here btw if you are

interested.....http://www.antiaging-systems.com/a2z/milnacipran.htm

--- keithrig wrote:

> I am going through a difficult time period and need

> to be on some

> anti-depressant. I was wondering which medicine

> tends to cause the

> least sexual dysfunction? I took prozac for many

> years and now on

> Cymbalta which is making my sex drive even worse. I

> heard Lexapro was

> better in preventing sexual dysfunction (or at least

> less of it). Is

> this true?

>

> Thanks

>

>

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I probably need to be on an anti-depressant of some type as well,

but I refuse to take another SSRI. 17 years of Prozac have destroyed me

sexually, and the brief 2 months I was on Paxil made me suicidal, the

same I believe it was with Pamelor. Welbutrin has little effect, and

Lithium and Elavil and it's generic forms are unacceptable due to side

effects such as weight gain, and elavil made me so drowsy I could not

function. I don't know if anyone else has experienced these symptoms,

but my attention span has become incredibly short since SSRIs and it

seems like thoguhts get jumbled up in my mind: I have a horrible time

typing these days. I have to check everything as I type, especially when

fatigue sets in.

Given what I have laid out, is there ANYTHING left ? Or do I have to

chose with a doctor between the lesser of the evils above?

Bill

B S wrote:

> http://www.smart-drugs.com/ias-milnacipran.htm

> <http://www.smart-drugs.com/ias-milnacipran.htm>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milnacipran

> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milnacipran>

>

> I just ordered this for a recently diagnosed atypical

> trigeminal neuralgia by my orthosurgeon due to a

> pinched nerve... hopefully it doesn't make things

> worse tho as it says it has no sexual side

> effects...He prescribed me Nortriptyline but i refuse

> to take a TCA as they are worse for sex drive than

> anything...You can only get Milnacipran in europe as

> it still isn't fda approved here still in stage 3 will

> probably be approved october 08...I'm very much

> against using drugs b/c obviously they destroy the

> sexual part of the brain with certain ones but not

> all... but i have ordered this SNRI to combat physical

> pain which is probably making my sex drive even

> worse..I never lost my sex drive from SSRIs b/c i was

> fighting physical pain there too...I lost my sex drive

> from 6 weeks of risperdal with ssris which i am very

> angry about...Hopefully i get to see some positive

> sexual benefit from this drug although i doubt it...

>

> you can order it here btw if you are

> interested.....http://www.antiaging-systems.com/a2z/milnacipran.htm

> <interested.....http://www.antiaging-systems.com/a2z/milnacipran.htm>

>

> --- keithrig <keithrig@... <mailto:keithrig%40yahoo.com>> wrote:

>

> > I am going through a difficult time period and need

> > to be on some

> > anti-depressant. I was wondering which medicine

> > tends to cause the

> > least sexual dysfunction? I took prozac for many

> > years and now on

> > Cymbalta which is making my sex drive even worse. I

> > heard Lexapro was

> > better in preventing sexual dysfunction (or at least

> > less of it). Is

> > this true?

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

I would not recommend using any SSRI/SNRI to anyone, especially

Lexapro since it is the drug that affected me. It is just as poisonous

as the rest of them. I took it for 3 days in late 2006 and I still

suffer from degrees of genital numbness, impaired libido, erectile

dysfunction, and anorgasmia.

If you are going through a grieving process, or you are dealing with

something awful, I recommend seeking the advice and counsel of a

therapist or support group.

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>

> I am going through a difficult time period and need to be on some

> anti-depressant. I was wondering which medicine tends to cause the

> least sexual dysfunction? I took prozac for many years and now on

> Cymbalta which is making my sex drive even worse. I heard Lexapro was

> better in preventing sexual dysfunction (or at least less of it). Is

> this true?

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

You might try St. 's Wort, cold showers, a hobby, joining a new

club, physical exercise, a loving relationship, friendship, cognitive

behavioral therapy and finding and solving large problems in your life

(health, job, relationship, conflicts, money etc...) Seek more

solutions for depression on high quality websites and forums about

depression.

Try to avoid too heavy difficulties in your life. Can you make other

life decisions? Re-evaluate your underlying life goals!

I advise you to do some research on the internet about possible side

effects of St.'s Wort before using it.

I would prefer not taking a chemically produced antidepressant if

possible. From the antidepressant mirtazapine are much less sexual

side effects reported than from SSRIs. Mirtazapine may give sexual

side effects though.

>

> I am going through a difficult time period and need to be on some

> anti-depressant.

>

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Try several alternative therapies. Acupuncture has proven good results

in reducing pain. Discuss this with your surgeon.

>

> http://www.smart-drugs.com/ias-milnacipran.htm

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milnacipran

>

> I just ordered this for a recently diagnosed atypical

> trigeminal neuralgia by my orthosurgeon due to a

> pinched nerve...

[Guest guest]

i totally agree with the majority of other responses you have had. do

not even think of taking an ssri. if i knew before what i know now, i

would have approached my anxiety and depression in any other way

possible. just read a few posts on this site and you will see that the

majority of people feel that they have more problems since taking

ssri's than before. do not make the same mistake. you may feel as i

did, so desperate that you really don't care about the consequences,

but i re-iterate i would much rather have lived through the pain and

suffering (which i did anyway as i don't even think that ssri's are

particularly effective in decreaasing anxiety or depression) and not

have the added problems that i have now as a consequence. time is the

only healer!

>

> I am going through a difficult time period and need to be on some

> anti-depressant. I was wondering which medicine tends to cause the

> least sexual dysfunction? I took prozac for many years and now on

> Cymbalta which is making my sex drive even worse. I heard Lexapro was

> better in preventing sexual dysfunction (or at least less of it). Is

> this true?

>

> Thanks

>