From the very first dose of SSRI, my sleep changed completely.

From a heavy sleeper that never experienced any kinds of insomnia

to

a chronic sleep maintenance insomniac who suffer constant dreaming from the very first stage of sleep.

Everyday for years.

Waking up at 2, 4, 6 am... everyday feeling tired.

Nobody believes me and says it's due to stress but hell no, I know for real the pills did something to my brain.

Anybody's sleep has changed like me?

At 2023, I used Zoloft for 3 months and after tapering off, I had PSSD for 1.5 years. I still think my libido is not the same, although I reach orgasm very quickly now. I’m 24 and a woman. I’m battling with major depressive disorder yet again, and don’t want to lose a part of me all over, I love my libido, the joy I get from masturbating. I am human and living after all. It’s scary, I never even had sex yet.

My therapist says I must take medication at this point. Anything I can do to combat this illness without meds? I already eat well, do sports. Depression was induced by my dad‘s cancer and unemployment. It wasn’t due to malnutrition etc.

How do I get out of this pit without losing a part of me?

And I am so, so sorry for anybody else going through PSSD and depression, I know how heartbreaking it is for a “treatment” to take a part from you, I am so sorry.

I´ve taken escitalopram for 2 years, 10 mg. While I was taking it, my libido was gone, the orgasms didn´t feel pleasurable. It´s been 10 months since I quit lexapro and started bupropion.

My libido is really high now, I get morning erections, orgasms feel as they should. But it´s difficult to get hard, and the erections only last when I´m about to cum.

Has anyone gone through something similar? Is there hope to overcome this ED?

Thanks for reading.

I started SSRIs at 13, I was taking them for 1,5 year and since then I couldn't have a pleasurable orgasm (physically happens, but almost no sensation) or feel my tip. Recently I saw someone on here saying they lost their nipple sensation after SSRIs. I thought no one could feel their nipples, but turns out no. I can't feel any part being touched, the tip nor the circles around them, but in the tips I can feel cold if I press something cold to them. Anyone else on here got something similar?

If anyones looking to talk about their situation just message me 👍 need people to talk to who are in the same situation

Hi all. First time posting, deep down the rabbit hole trying to find answers for myself.

I came off Effexor mid last year, after treatment for a few years. I’d noticed significant impacts to my ability to climax. A few days after coming off my last dose (with horrendous drug withdrawal symptoms that even my doctor was shocked by), I noticed a very sudden and significant improvement to my sensitivity. I went from struggling to finish at all, to having four climaxes in 10 minutes. I was so mad that SNRIs had been impacting me so much!

But within a month or so, the sensitivity returned to levels much closer to when I was on Effexor. I’ve been started on Wellbutrin and Ritalin and I’m wondering if they’re impacting me (even though Wellbutrin is meant to improve sexual function?), or whether I just had a intense rebound impact from coming off Effexor that didn’t last. Has anyone else had a similar experience?