Posted by Racer on August 9, 2004, at 0:51:30
In reply to sexual side effects on effexor xr, posted by grateful on August 8, 2004, at 21:55:39
My experience was -- sex crazed on the stuff, wanted to spend half my life rolling up the sheets (maybe related to a new partner? Partly, not entirely) I had desire, is what I'm trying to say. I did have some trouble with anorgasmia, but not nearly as bad as on Paxil. And, for me at least, periactin helped a lot -- helped my partner, too, since instead of wanting to take a deep breath and either run around the block a few times or just start over, I was content to go to sleep.
By the way, I am a woman, in my mid through late thirties when I was on Effexor XR. The drug brought me back to my former, natural level of desire and functioning, except for that one little problem of anorgasmia. Periactin has been offered up as one option for sexual dysfunction, although it doesn't work for everyone -- and no afternoon quickies in the office, unless you can sleep the rest of the afternoon...
Best luck.
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