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Editorial Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts about PSSD (Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction), with more to come. The earliest was Buried Alive, but in this recent series the first was Drugs and Sex Don't Go, followed by PSSD: If a Drug Caused Blindness and then No Sex and the City. Possible treatments In Drugs and Sex Don't Go, we outlined how the PSSD community has … [Read more...] about Treating PSSD

PSSD - the most reported syndrome to RxISK There have to date been 67 reports of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) on paroxetine (Paxil, Aropax and Seroxat), fluoxetine (Prozac and Fludac), sertraline (Zoloft and Lustral), citalopram and escitalopram (Cipramil, Celexa, Lexapro and Cipralex), venlafaxine (Efexor and Pristiq), fluvoxamine and nefazodone. This makes it the most … [Read more...] about No Sex and the City

Editorial Note: Of these 13 Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) cases, 12 came to us from a colleague who had been approached by others. If a drug caused anyone to go blind or deaf it would probably be removed from the market immediately. In the early days of Viagra, there was talk of it turning visual fields blue, which some worried might be the first steps to going blind. … [Read more...] about PSSD: If a Drug Caused Blindness?

Most doctors are told headaches or nausea are the commonest side effects of drugs. Nausea for instance is very common on SSRIs – not surprising as there is a lot of serotonin in the gut. But an immediate change in sexual functioning is a lot more common than nausea. Close to everyone taking an SSRI will feel some genital numbing. A one way ticket to losing your money For … [Read more...] about Drugs and Sex Don’t Go

Editorial Note: I saw my first case of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) 15 years ago and since then have met 10 or more people with it and corresponded with many more. There is a striking consistency to the clinical picture across sufferers caught in the account below. There is no doubt that serotonin reuptake inhibiting drugs cause this and can do so after as little as one … [Read more...] about Buried Alive: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)

It was Matt Miller’s case that started the ball rolling. The 13 year old had just changed school and was taking time to settle. He was referred to a Dr Geenens, who diagnosed Zoloft. A week later he hung himself in the bathroom between his and his parents’ bedrooms. Zoloft didn’t cause suicide Pfizer’s lawyers argued, it was a case of auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong. They … [Read more...] about Addicted to Sex: Venus in Lycra

When RxISK launched a Sex Zone, we press released it. We wanted as many people as possible to go to the Zone, explore what was there among the 4.3 million FDA reports we give away for free, and get word out about the site and especially that here was a site that could be used to report about things that doctors rarely report about. A site with a difference. We intend to put … [Read more...] about The Sexual Heatmap

EL's story I have been taking Mirtazapine now for several years and have noticed two major changes since taking it, one my menstrual cycle has been effected and secondly my libido has increased. My menstrual cycle has been quite erratic since starting Mirtazapine sometimes being completely absent one month to the next month being extremely heavy, other times I can get … [Read more...] about Fifty Shades of Mirtazapine