Sexual Dysfunction

PSSD can set in during or after the use of an antidepressant. The absence of sexual feelings is the most common symptom, but this can be accompanied by dulled emotions, genital numbness, poor sleep and brain fog.

It really bothers me a lot that libido is part of what makes us US and yet the side effects could linger forever even when they had stopped taking the antidepressants.

It is really sad when they want to get rid of sadness in the first place, isn't it?

What do you think the patients should do if their physicians prescribe antidepressants for them for the maiden time? Should they consider CBT and digital therapeutic as a viable option too?

Where does suffering end and hell begins? When can we say with confidence that everything has gone out of hand?
It all began with an urge. My 'tools' weren't good enough to satisfy a girl but they were more than needed to quench my thirst.
And thus the avenue of online slut hunting began.
Camgirl sites, Cumtribute hunts and anonymous chatting websites became the norm of everyday and then came the Covid lockdown. All of these habits spiralled out of control. I started paying for the sites now. It almost cost me my relationship with the girl who accepts me with all my physical and mental flaws.
I stopped doing those things. But the urge is still there. Masturbation doesn't cut it anymore and damage to my self esteem and sense of being is irreparably shredded to pieces.

Not many of us know but antidepressants can cause sexual dysfunction. In fact the medicine prescribed most for depression, anxiety, OCD and related neuroses i.e. SSRIs are almost guaranteed to cause Sexual Dysfunction in men. Whether it is psychological, physiological or worse-the combination of both.
I was just 16 when I took my first SSRI. It was fluoxetine. But I didnt really feel its effects till I actually got laid l, and by then I was 21. At that time it happened occassionally and as it was the dawn of information age, I pinned it on other factors, like "not feeling like it" or lack of adequate exercise.
But as my age progressed, it became more and more evident, that this wasnt a fluke. The inability to perform started gaining consistency. All I could think was "Oh My Fucking God !! ITS ALL OVER !!"
I hope I could say I was over reacting. But I wasnt. It really was all over.
I gave up smoking, drinking, did everything Ayurvedic and Allopathic. But it was gone. I was 31 by then, and the sexual part of my life just vanished. Just like that.
But this wasnt the end. No, not in the way you are thinking. There is tragedy and then there is hell. The hell was opening up now.