Sex

Editorial Note: This post is by James Bennett who is organizing RxISK research on PSSD. In the last two decades there has been an explosion in the number of children being prescribed a range of drugs including antidepressants, antipsychotics and stimulants. There is also a dramatic increase in the number of children exposed to these drugs, especially antidepressants, before … [Read more...] about Asexuality: A Curious Parallel

Editorial Note: This is the fourth of five posts running over two weeks, about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD). The first was Wikipedia Editor inserts Foot in Mouth, followed by 120 cases of PSSD, and Recovering from PSSD. I first took citalopram in November 2007, at the age of 22. I had quite bad OCD and because there was a long wait to try CBT, I was persuaded to try … [Read more...] about A PSSD Story

Some weeks ago, a number of people linked to Paxil Progress got in touch. They were concerned that RxISK was putting out a message that there was no recovery from Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and that if people got this message they might go on to commit suicide. This post tackles the issue of recovery, first by offering an account of recovery, followed by a comment and … [Read more...] about Recovering from PSSD

Delete - Delete! No sooner was the original Wikipedia PSSD page restored that it attracted an extermination notice from the Wikipedia Daleks. The original page may or may not still be here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_SSRI_Sexual_Dysfunction_(PSSD). In Wikipedia Editor Inserts Foot in Mouth on Monday, we called on people to consider hosting Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, … [Read more...] about PSSD – One Hundred and Twenty Cases

Editorial Note: This is the first of several posts about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) over the next two weeks on RxISK. This post coincides with the restoration of the Wikipedia PSSD Page which was taken down earlier this year. We reposted the page on RxISK and outlined the controversy surrounding its removal. The restored Wikipedia page, within 12 hours of restoration, … [Read more...] about Wikipedia Editor Inserts Foot in Mouth

Editorial Note: This is the debate among Wikipedia referees about whether the PSSD post should be retained. The lead person in having it removed goes under the nom de plume of 'Formerly 98'. It is the third post in a Post Drug Sexual Dysfunction (PDSD) series that started with Sexual Death and went on to Wikipedia Stumbles. Background to Formerly 98 I'm a scientist by … [Read more...] about Wikipedia Falls: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

Editorial Note: There was until recently a Wikipedia post on Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), which helped put this condition on the map. On January 27 it was taken down. We reproduce the original post here and in a post tomorrow we will give the debate surrounding its removal. See our main PSSD page for more information about the condition. Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction … [Read more...] about Wikipedia Stumbles: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

Editorial note: This post is written in the first person but there are a lot of voices in here. Wikipedia stumbles and falls Wikipedia used to host a valued page on Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), a condition which can result from the previous use of SSRI antidepressants. On January 27th this was taken down. A Post-Finasteride Syndrome page has also been taken down. … [Read more...] about Sexual Dysfunction Enduring After Treatment Halts: Sexual-DEATH