Posted by gare on May 14, 2002, at 15:00:23
In reply to Gare, no sexual s.- effects ?, posted by Butterfly on May 14, 2002, at 14:48:46
I think there is a transition phase for everyone that may involve different things. I certainly never lost my desire to want to have sex but I was affected in what could be taken as a positive thing.
I use to yawn and just felt that I had an orgasm. Now it only happens in the evening. When I yawn, I don't think of sex and I am not "hard" per se. So that was the awesome thing about taking it at the beginning - yawning and feeling as if I had just come.
During my zombie phase, I did find it much more time consuming to have an orgasm on my own (my partner is overseas and thus I haven't had a chance to really try sex with my baby). Time of day didn't matter, whether it be morning, noon, or night. I had to spend about twenty to thirty minutes to achieve the same effect that spending seven to ten before. And this wasn't good especially if I expected to have an orgasm before hitting the shower in the morning to go to work. It was either that or breakfast!
But now, I am back to normal during the afternoon to night. In other words, I don't have a delay response any longer in the evening, but if I chose to have an orgasm in the morning, I must have some time to do it.
So I don't see this as a problem with Effexor XR.
When I was on regular Effexor, I couldn't come and I didn't even think about sex. So it's odd that there is a difference in taking the XR and regular version for me.
I am happy to report that my libido is in tact, I can please myself and I can't wait to please my partner without worrying if I will take longer.
Sex just isn't about the orgasm in the end.
Gare
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