Has anyone taken SSRIs and actually thought it was worth it? I have severe social anxiety and I’m trying to decide if I should try medication or not.
Yes, 100% worth it for me.
Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
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Re: Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
#62I don’t usually post here, especially on such personal topics, but feel I should. I’ve been on SSRIs and SNRIs for some time now (Pristiq, and now Zolof), and can definitely attest to the some of the changes described in the article. I clearly remember reading the documentation in full that came with both drugs before starting each, and the mentioned side effects were only mentioned in passing, along with possibly ev…
When I was in my mid-20s my doctor wanted me to take blood pressure medication because when I went to her office in the morning I had blood pressure of 150/110. I told her I wanted to see what I could do on my own first. I cut out salt and caffeine, increased potassium and exercised every day. I went back in two months and my blood pressure was 120/80. She took it four times because she didn't believe it. I think the…
Lifestyle changes are the best treatment there is. Shame they can't make a pill out of it. Statistically most people fail to maintain lifestyle changes over the long term. Especially dietary changes.
Pharmacological treatments allow doctors to help those people.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I tied the knot in my early 30s, but friends who chose to remain free agents (even having had opportunities to marry someone great) report that the market thins out more and more as time goes by. And these are men, with easier access to a younger pool.
I wouldn’t say women have it much different — I end up dating a lot of significantly younger men. It is harder to have much in common outside of physical attraction with someone too far from your age group though.
My wife is actually five years older than me. But we met on a night club and made out before talking too much and it stuck. I think we developed a crush on each other in the ensuing daytime dates, came to admire each other and recognize common values. But we had kissed first and tested the chemistry.
People overthink dating and mating. We'd all probably be reasonably happy on arranged marriages. With apologies for the non-inclusive language of an old song, "woman needs man and man must have his mate, on that you can rely as time goes by".
Re: Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
#64My personal anecdote: I'm on Venlafaxine which is an SNRI (also cited in the article), and I definitely suffer some of those side-effects. It sucks. At times it makes me want to shy away from sex completely. Other times I think I'm doing OK, only to find out I can't finish, or I finish weakly with no adrenalin rush. So my choices are, come off the pills, and emotionally go down a dark well I may not come out of, or k…
Is this the only drug/treatment you've attempted to combat the dark well with?
This is not medical advice, only anecdotal interest, but, have known many to leave SSRI for well-timed CBD oil.
Wonder if issues requiring an SNRI are "similar" enough?
Wishing you well!
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#65Takes me a little longer on Zoloft. My psychiatrist and I agreed this is more of a good thing than a bad thing. The crippling anxiety I had without it was much worse for my libido.
That being said, I wish we understood these drugs better, because I know the side effects and efficacy vary in the extreme. I know for some people it's like trying to put out a fire with gasoline.
Continued anecdata: when I forget to get my refill, the withdrawal is terrible. Dizziness, malaise, and "brain zaps". One of these days I'm going to have to wean off of it carefully before I try psychedelics.
Re: Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I was in my mid-20s my doctor wanted me to take blood pressure medication because when I went to her office in the morning I had blood pressure of 150/110. I told her I wanted to see what I could do on my own first. I cut out salt and caffeine, increased potassium and exercised every day. I went back in two months and my blood pressure was 120/80. She took it four times because she didn't believe it. I think the…
Probably eating the oatmeal that made his cholesterol get higher. There are now tons of research coming out about how cereals (wheat and corn specially) are basically the culprit of a lot of diseases that in the past were blamed on "fat", and also that this past blame was partially due to corruption (for example coca-cola literally gave six digits money to Harvard scientists so they would lie and say sugar was safe a…
> Probably eating the oatmeal that made his cholesterol get higher.
I... don't think so
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/research-were-wa...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007085247.h...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5885279/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080108102225.h...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5394769/
> There are now tons of research coming out about how cereals (wheat and corn specially) are basically the culprit of a lot of diseases
Care to share more on what you are referring to?
Re: Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
#67My personal anecdote: I'm on Venlafaxine which is an SNRI (also cited in the article), and I definitely suffer some of those side-effects. It sucks. At times it makes me want to shy away from sex completely. Other times I think I'm doing OK, only to find out I can't finish, or I finish weakly with no adrenalin rush. So my choices are, come off the pills, and emotionally go down a dark well I may not come out of, or k…
Hey I'm also on venlafaxine! It's worked very well for me as well, though I don't think I can really speak to the topic of the OP since I started taking it when I was relatively young. I haven't noticed.. much? I guess?
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#68Has anyone taken SSRIs and actually thought it was worth it? I have severe social anxiety and I’m trying to decide if I should try medication or not.
I am not saying it is not for you.
But please consider alternatives as CBD or a healthier routine.
Re: Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
#69I don’t usually post here, especially on such personal topics, but feel I should. I’ve been on SSRIs and SNRIs for some time now (Pristiq, and now Zolof), and can definitely attest to the some of the changes described in the article. I clearly remember reading the documentation in full that came with both drugs before starting each, and the mentioned side effects were only mentioned in passing, along with possibly ev…
As a herbal observation, it seems like such a scam that medical pamphlets will list possible side-effects, but not frequencies.
Knowing that one person in one thousand saw some issue is very different from 20% of people. Especially as almost every medication I've ever seen advertised has a list two pages long of possible side effects.
How is a person supposed to make an informed judgment?
Re: Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
#70I don’t usually post here, especially on such personal topics, but feel I should. I’ve been on SSRIs and SNRIs for some time now (Pristiq, and now Zolof), and can definitely attest to the some of the changes described in the article. I clearly remember reading the documentation in full that came with both drugs before starting each, and the mentioned side effects were only mentioned in passing, along with possibly ev…
As a herbal observation, it seems like such a scam that medical pamphlets will list possible side-effects, but not frequencies. Knowing that one person in one thousand saw some issue is very different from 20% of people. Especially as almost every medication I've ever seen advertised has a list two pages long of possible side effects. How is a person supposed to make an informed judgment?
I don't know if it's the law here in France or just nice manufacturers, but I've seen side effects broken down by occurence rate ( 1 in 100,000: X, Y, Z; 1 in 1,000,000: A, B, C, etc.) multiple times.