Posted by MarkinBoston on November 1, 2000, at 17:58:39
In reply to Re: Worried!!!, posted by Jenny F. on October 27, 2000, at 16:24:21
> Hi,
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> I'm 43 years old and have manic-depression since 1993. I've been on all kinds of antidepressant drugsin the past years. About a year ago my Pdoc put me on neurontin 300mg 3x a day. About two months ago I started feeling anxious asnt the Pdoc told me that I can up my neurontin to 1 more pill (300mg) a day. Well, I didn't do it and now I'm in major depression. My Pdoc is out of town for a month and I had to see my primary doc. She told me to start the paxil at 10mg a day for a week. Well the paxil gave me that stone and tired feeling most of all the time. Then she told me to stop the paxil and to start effextor xr in a couple of days. Well, by now after reading all the babbles about the effextor, I'm worried about its side effects. I'm in a 17 year relatioship with my boyfriend and for the past 6 years we've been having problems with sex. Right now the both of us are getting counseling for this issue. I'm worried that the effextor xr may make things worst for us at this point in time. Can anyone help to giveme some advice or feedback on this situation? Is there any recommendations on the meds that I can take that won't give me sexual dysfunctions and the less side effects?
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> JennyEffexor worked better for me than any SSRI's. It got me out of some major episodes and restored my libido due to the depression lifting. The bad part was anorgasmia, which made my girlfriend feel like she wasn't attractive to me, despite knowing my meds and reassurances etc.. She was thinking I wasn't attracted to her because men are simpler, with little variation compared to finding what succeeds on a woman - so it must be her (it triggered an existing insecurity of hers).
I had no withdrawl problems, just some excess sweating, and apathy. Wellbutrin made me feel like I had the flu, and Serzone initially gave me some sexual dreams, but has stopped doing that. I'm about to give up on it. More than 50/150mg a day fogs my brain and sedates me.
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