Posted by PhoenixGirl on February 8, 2001, at 13:53:25
Yes I know I complain about this all the time. *lol* This is a weird question and is really graphic, but I'm 23 and have been on some kind of AD since I was 13. For a long time I was on the heavily serotonergic ones, which completely killed my sex drive and physical sensation down there. Recently I went on desipramine, and things improved some. But I've never had an orgasm in my life, even when the libido problem did not seem too bad. I remember that I used to get horny and try to satisfy myself, but ended up frustrated. So I've had sexual problems for so long and for most of my post-pubescent life that I don't know what is healthy and what isn't.
My depression has never been fully cured either, and I've never gone "all the way" or had a real relationship. But I've noticed big changes in my sexual functioning depending on what AD I was on. So I know the drugs are doing at least some of it.
Currently, my libido isn't as strong as I remember it being years ago, at the beginning of my AD use (I was on imipramine, which is supposed to have worse sexual side effects than desipramine...I don't get it).
Sorry for all this rambling, but I guess what I'm asking is, how do I know what my goal is or what is normal? I don't know how else to put it. Feedback would be appreciated.
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