Posted by SLS on January 12, 2001, at 17:36:06
In reply to Re: any sexual side effects?, posted by MarkinBoston on January 11, 2001, at 22:46:17
> > > This is kind of embarrassing....... But has anyone had any POSITIVE sexual side effects with Effexor XR????
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> > >Yes. I have found that my sex drive is pretty much back to normal since taking Effexor XR. I was on Paxil before that, and Zoloft before that. This drug is much better...Have been on it now for about 1 month. So far so good.
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> I'll second that it helps my depression so that helps my libido. Can't orgasm at all. The backup causes that ache called "blue balls" and feeling like I have to pee. Also, there is the male version of spotting, without any associated sensation.
My experience while on Effexor for several months is that orasmia will return if you are persistent. I know this sounds wacko, but I think that it helps to retrain the brain and CNS to either build more roads to work around the "blockage" or retrain the existing ones to compensate for the exertion of drug effects on the involved neurons. It is important punch to that first hole through the brick wall. From then on, you will be widening the hole as you progress over the course of months. Be persistant, but patient. Hopefully, you will regain your orgasmia as had I.The "spotting" is probably pre-ejaculatory fluid that is normally secreted by the bulbourethral gland (Cowper's) that functions to lubricate and prepare the transpenis urethra for ejaculation.
- Scott
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