Antidepressants can wreak havoc on your sex life 💊
The pills allow them to manage their mental health problems, but this positive change can come with negative side effects, such as a declined sex drive.
The first time I tried to orgasm after taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors , it just didn’t happen. Naturally, being unable to reach orgasm leads to overthinking, which is the least sexy mindset ever – the constant thought of ‘okay, this must be so annoying for my wife’ makes it even harder to ‘get there’ so in the end I give up.As such, it’s a bit of a vicious circle, as then the thoughts of being a failure both in sexual performance and having a baby create more depression – which means coming off the medication seems an unlikely future prospect.
Differentiating between hormone and psychological symptoms can be difficult, but I have definitely noticed a decline in my sex drive. I’d get home from work and totally ignore my partner and just get into bed. We went from sleeping together at least once a day, to once a week, to nothing at all. The antidepressants totally numbed me. The silver lining is that I emotionally checked out of that relationship, after six long years of mental abuse I was finally able to leave him.Shortly after I ditched the antidepressants, scared for my well-being, and my drive soon returned – I was still down but had a renewed strength kicking my ex and the meds to the curb.
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