Posted by Mind on October 24, 2004, at 0:06:18
In reply to Re: Cymbalta -sexual side effects? » awatts, posted by yznhymer on October 20, 2004, at 16:03:18
Yohimbine by presciption (don't get Yohimbe Bark, IMO). Just one 5.4 mg taken about 1/2 an hour before sexual activity should take care of the anorgasmia. Whether this would have negative impact on your anxiety or not, I don't know. I don't have what I'd call anxiety.
I have found Yohimbine to be very effective, but your orgasm will still not feel like one w/o the drug.
It's very cheap, too.
Mind
> Thanks for the feedback, awatts, and others. I was on klonopin before (to stay asleep)but switched to ativan cuz the klonopin left me drowsy into the day. Otherwise it worked well and there were no dependency issues for me. I'd have no problem going back to it if I were gonna stay on Cymbalta and my pdoc went along with it.
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> However, the anorgasmia is a deal killer... at least for a long-term solution. Its never gone away on other ADs for me so I suspect the same here. My pdoc says it can go away in some cases but I don't think it will from what I'm experiencing. He also says augmentation to counteract anorgasmia doesn't work, though for erection issues viagra helps. My previous pdoc said the same thing.
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> Given that, lemme ask you this: would you throw in the towel now on Cymbalta in my case? I'm thinking why mess with the anxiety and other side effects if I know I won't stay on it with permanent anorgasmia? i.e., why put up with 6 more weeks of nastiness if I'm gonna end up ditching it anyway?
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> I guess I need some objective input since I don't trust the clarity of my own thinking so much these days. Thanks again,
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> Mark
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