Posted by Questionmark on June 10, 2004, at 21:13:20
In reply to Re: cyproheptadine sucks » Questionmark, posted by Sad Panda on June 3, 2004, at 3:11:08
Panda, thanks for your comments. You said "Your ED problem was probably due to a lack of interest since you were falling asleep." Hah, good point. But i should have mentioned that the night i took the cyproheptadine, i was not considerably drowsy (though slightly), but i still experienced E.D. The next day the E.D. was even worse, but i was extremely tired, which is, as you mentioned, quite a reasonable explanation for the problem. But i can't think of an obvious explanation for why i experienced E.D. the night i took (nor for why i was so much more tired the following day).
Also, i did take Remeron daily once-- for about 5 or 6 weeks-- but now that i think of it i think i was only taking 15mg and i think i had just stopped taking Paxil (& Effexor) so i was not dealing with any significant anorgasmia, i believe. i'm curious to how Remeron would work for me again if i eventually started taking 30mg or more daily, but the thought of dealing with that ungodly H1 antagonism for that long again is a put-off.Todd (KingVultan), thanks for your comments too. Yeah, i have been interested in using nefazadone for these purposes, but i don't know if it's okay with an MAOI either. And i doubt very much that my pdoc would prescribe it anyway.
Yeah, antipsychotics are a no-go, too. Their side effects are too many & too severe and their DA blockade prevents them from being useful for this side effect anyway.
i'm in the process of experimenting with amantadine, but so far it is surprisingly weak-- sometimes unnoticeable. If it does not help then i am moving on to another, more potent dopaminergic.
Oh, and bupropion did not help either (with my Paxil-induced anorgasmia).
i detest this side effect. And there is nothing that alleviates it. Unbelievable.P.S., i have seen contradictory articles and views on 5-HT2A & 5-T2C agonism and which is responsible for serotonergic anorgasmia, and you guys disagreed as well. Is there ANywhere to verify the answer to this?? Actually, i'm gonna start a new thread asking this question.
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