Posted by kreedi on March 8, 2002, at 23:31:31
I stopped taking Paxil after 10 days, because even the low dose, 10 mg, was pretty much completely inhibiting my ability to reach orgasm.
On my last visit to my psychiatrist -- supposedly THE best in the non-US city where I live -- said, with distinct annoyance, "You can do the therapy on your own, leave the psychopharmacology to me." So I continued, for a while anyway, with the Paxil, despite the aforementioned side effect.
I'm not sure I'm feeling all that depressed any more, in the despairing sense -- more like a kind of listless numbness, lack of enthusiasm, motivation.
Should I try Celexa? -- with or without the pdoc's approval? God knows I've read enough about dosage and side effects, here and elsewhere (it helps, too, that my mother is a physician and my dad a pharmaceuticals executive).
One complication: after a potentially unsafe sexual encounter last week, I started PEP, or Post Exposure Prophylaxis. Two anti-HIV drugs (AZT/ZDV and 3TC) taken twice a day, for 28 days. One more physical -- and psychological -- problem to deal with. Does anyone know of potential interactions with psychotropic medications? MOST importantly, should I wait until the PEP is done (end-March) before loading my body with another chemical, or begin right away (given the long depressive episode, December through February)?
Confused, Kreedi
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