Posted by blueberry1 on December 17, 2006, at 11:33:37
In reply to Can't stay on my antidepressant--help!!!, posted by DannaB on December 16, 2006, at 20:54:07
Since celexa works for you, consider that a blessing. It is more of a blessing than you are aware. Actually, when you stop taking it, you are aware I know.
There are other options for the sexual dysfunction. Buspar has been mentioned. It works sometimes.
Boosting dopamine temporarily helps. Dopamine is the feel-good pleasure neurotransmitter that has a lot to with sex. Celexa dampens down dopamine. You could try a tyrosine supplement from the health food store. It's cheap. You would likely feel very alert, probably insomnia, and the next morning you would maybe have some of the fear, but it would fade fast back to just celexa. Other options...the theory is that sexual dysfunction is caused by too much serotonin at certain specific serotonin receptors...drugs that block those receptors are remeron or zyprexa. And there are dopamine agonists, drugs that basically mimic dopamine.
The closest med to celexa is lexapro. Other than that, you would just have to do a trial and error thing of zoloft or prozac. Forget paxil and effexor, they almost always cause the same problems you already have. Prozac is often, but not always, the most tame in the sex department. Zoloft is ok at low doses. I think though that since celexa works it would be best to keep experimenting with antidotes. You've tried a few already, but there are more.
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