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Media Articles: PSSD & Related Conditions

Below is a list of media articles which either feature or mention enduring sexual dysfunction after stopping antidepressants, finasteride (Propecia) or isotretinoin (Accutane).

If you can find others, please let us know.

Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD)

2023

Independent.ie: An expert view on PSSD: ‘I have a hunch as to what might be causing it’

Independent.ie: Post SSRI sexual dysfunction: ‘I had no libido – my partner and I haven’t had sex in over two years’

BBC Panorama: The Antidepressant Story

The Telegraph: Antidepressants permanently destroyed my sex life

Indigo Buzz: Qu’est-ce que la dysfonction sexuelle post-ISRS (PSSD) et que dois-je savoir à ce sujet?

Enquête de santé: Antidépresseurs: utiles ou dangereux? [The segment that discusses PSSD can be found here with English subtitles.]

Zeit Online: Antidepressiva und Sexualität: Leider keinen Bock mehr

2022

Oh! My Mag: Commonly prescribed drug linked to sexual dysfunction, experts claim [Based on Daily Mail article.]

Daily Mail: REVEALED: The hidden epidemic of sexual dysfunction which experts blame on SSRI antidepressants

The Spokesman-Review: Sexual side effects persist despite tapering dose

Mel Magazine: For Some People, the Sexual Side Effects of SSRIs Never Go Away

2021

Toronto Star: ‘Something So Sacred Has Been Taken Away from Me’ [Reprinted]

The Tyee: ‘Something So Sacred Has Been Taken Away from Me’

Causette Magazine: Antidépresseurs le long sommeil sexuel

VD News: Quando gli antidepressivi ti portano alla depressione

L’Altra Medicina: Disfunzione sessuale da psicofarmaci

FOCUS Magazine: A new libido-destroying epidemic?

Gli Stati Generali: Disfunzione Sessuale post-SSRI, un esempio di quello che la scienza non dice

Business Insider Italia: Alcuni antidepressivi possono portare a disfunzioni sessuali permanenti e la Pssd è una sindrome di cui si sa ancora poco

2020

Zougla.gr: Αντικαταθλιπτικά και σεξουαλική δυσλειτουργία

Libero: Così gli antidepressivi rendono impotenti

Corriere della Sera: È vero che molti antidepressivi hanno effetti negativi sulla vita sessuale?

Psiconline: Disfunzioni sessuali dopo la sospensione di antidepressivi SSRI

Notizie scientifiche.it: Disfunzione sessuale post terapia antidepressiva, scienziato chiede maggiore riconoscimento della condizione [No longer available at https://notiziescientifiche.it/disfunzione-sessuale-post-antidepressiva-scienziato-chiede-maggiore-riconoscimento-della-condizione/]

2019

Gli Stati Generali: Quando, con gli antidepressivi, sparisce la sessualità

Poradnikzdrowie.pl: Zespół dysfunkcji seksualnych po SSRI – przyczyny, objawy, leczenie

Osservatorio Malattie Rare: Disfunzione sessuale post-SSRI: quando gli antidepressivi lasciano il segno

Quotidiano Sanità: Disfunzione sessuale persistente dopo terapia anti-depressiva

ZDF: Libidoverlust durch Antidepressiva?

ZDF: Nebenwirkungen von Antidepressiva – Nie wieder Sex?

Tages-Anzeiger: Zwanzigjährige sagen mir: Die Lust ist weg

Le Lanceur: Prozac, Zoloft, Deroxat… Des troubles sexuels après l’arrêt du traitement

Il Salvagente: Antidepressivi sotto accusa: “Così ho perso il piacere della mia intimità”

Daily Mail: How depression pills can wreck your sex life

2018

Metro: Antidepressants were supposed to help me but they ended up making me impotent

Lyon Capitale: Un antidépresseur peut-il détruire votre vie sexuelle?

U.S. News: Do You Have Sexual Side Effects From Antidepressants You Stopped Taking?

The Guardian: My life in sex: ‘After taking antidepressants, my genitals felt numb’

2017

The Guardian: ‘I don’t know who I am without it’: the truth about long-term antidepressant use

Daily Mail: Depression pills sabotaged my love life [The published article was heavily edited from the original version which can be found here: The Pills That Steal Sex]

2016

insalutenews: Antidepressivi ed effetti collaterali. La testimonianza di Leonardo

Narratively: I Started Taking Zoloft Five Years Ago. I Haven’t Felt Sexual Sensation Since

2015

Broadly: The Post-SSRI Orgasmic High

Progress in Mind: Some drugs, not much rock and roll

2014

SexSmartFilms: Libido Lost

La Stampa: Gli antidepressivi possono causare disfunzioni sessuali in donne e uomini. Il parere del sessuologo

Men’s Health: The Pill That Kills Your Sex Drive

Volkskrant: Blijvende seksuele stoornis door antidepressivum

2013

xoJane: I Went off Antidepressants, But My Sex Drive Never Came Back

2012

The McGill Daily: Killing your sex life?

2010

Streetvibes: Despair Takes a Young Man’s Life

Gesundheitstipp: Erst Depression, dann tote Hose

2008

The Boston Globe: Antidepressants may damage more sex lives

2006

The New York Times: Expecting Too Much From a Mind Drug [We have been informed that Dr Bahrick’s letter originally included reference to PSSD, but this was edited out of the published version.]

Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD)

The following articles describe PGAD after stopping antidepressants.

Women’s Healthcare: Persistent genital arousal disorder: The uninvited guest (Part 2) (2017)

Women’s Healthcare: Two additional PGAD accounts (2017)

The Guardian: Women with persistent genital arousal disorder: ‘People hear orgasm and they think it’s a good thing’ (2014)

Post-retinoid sexual dysfunction (PRSD)

Isotretinoin is a retinoid used in the treatment of acne.

Channel 4 News: Acne drug ‘linked to at least 14 deaths’ this year (2019)

BBC: NHS ‘should not prescribe acne drug’ (2019)

Mail Online: The acne drug that can steal young men’s virility (2018)

Cosmopolitan: “Miracle” pill thousands of women are prescribed for acne is having devastating effects on their sex lives… (2015)

Mail Online: Doctor ‘killed by’ patient who believed acne drug had made him impotent (2007)

Post-finasteride syndrome (PFS)

The PFS Foundation has a list of articles on its PFS Media Awareness page.

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