I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe no sex drive or desire in intimacy is a symptom of the DEPRESSION, not a side effect of the despression medication.
And whilst I'm no doctor or physiologist and I can't help you with the physical long term side effects (if any) of taking such medication, I HAVE witnessed how abolsutely imperative it is to stick to your prescribed medication... don't just pack the medication in cause it's too hard / dautning whatever.
Cause things can get much much worse when someone cold turkeys off the drugs that are helping them, and no one knows until BAM, something happens.
> I started taking them in August of last year and now I've
> been prescribed them for 2 more months. I tried to come
> off them myself by not taking them for a day. But I start
> to feel the withdrawal straight away like Vertigo,
> headache, severe tiredness, weird dreams. Having said that
> I'm more confident than I've ever been. But it looks like
> I'm hooked on this medication. Has anyone here ever taken
> anti-depressants of some sort and can you tell me how they
> helped you? If you take anti D's for a long period of time
> eg months, years do they do damage to your body? and
> please don't laugh at this when I tell you this, I've no
> sex drive now I masturbate very little and I have no
> desire for sex. I'm only young and stuff and I'm slightly
> worried about the outcome of my life. :-(
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