Hello everyone, i am a long time lurker and decided I should make an account and post about the success I have been having with this combination. Because we all know how few and far between positive stories about this shitty condition are. Hopefully this can help in some way.
I am a 23 year old male and I have been suffering for a little over a year with PSSD from 5 days of 5-HTP use. I was taking it with Rhodiola and EGCG which is green tea extract. I lost my libido and could barely get an erection, and my semen became much more clear and watery when it used to be thick and pearly white before this. This persisted after I stopped taking it.
I have had windows and waves of full functioning once in a great while but for the most part I have had very poor functioning and no libido. I also have PSSD in the form of pleasureless orgasm from 3 months of prozac in 2015, that did not effect sexual functioning or libido though.
I have found that taking these supplements have restored my sexual functioning greatly. My libido is much better. I can get an erection from thoughts and watching porn. And my erection does not die out on me. Also the tianeptine gives me lots of pleasure back into my orgasms.
What I'm taking every day:
Multivitamin every morning
10,000 IU vitamin D every morning
Ashwagandha 400mg every morning, sometimes 800mg (root powder. NOT EXTRACT. Organic India brand) this must be increasing testosterone and lowering cortisol as stated in the medical studies. Makes my muscles look pumped up without working out much and makes me look leaner. Also makes my erections much Fuller. I believe Ashwagandha also reverses opioid tolerance and allows me to take low doses of Tianeptine without having to increase all the time. Takes around a week of consistent use to see results.
Tianeptine sodium - one 70-90mg dose after work every day. ( Bought from newmind) YES I take enough to get me high. Tianeptine works on μ-opioid receptors and will get you high like a painkiller if you take a high enough dose. This seems to greatly help my erectile function and libido. Sometimes after it kicks in I will start to get a boner without thinking about anything. It' also works greatly as an antidepressant and the afterglow I get from this one dose lasts me around 24 hours. If you plan to try this please only start with 30mg or so doses to figure out what works for you. Taking too much when you have no tolerance will give you horrible nausea and you'll have to lay down for a long time.
Moclobemide 150mg in morning and 150mg after work at 4pm. I have only been taking this for 2 weeks and can't tell if it's doing anything. I bought this from Brandmedicines. com
The two biggest factors in this combo I think are the Tianeptine and Ashwagandha. Both of these have an effect on the HPA axis it seems.
The novel antidepressant, tianeptine, reduces stress-evoked stimulation of the hypotalamo-pituitary-adrenal axes
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 999190284W
During one randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 64 individuals with a history of chronic stress, those taking 300 mg BID of a high-concentration, full-spectrum ashwagandha extract for 60 days showed significantly reduced (p<0.0001) stress-assessment scores. Serum cortisol levels were also substantially lower (p=0.0006) in the ashwagandha group compared to those in the placebo group.30
http://ndnr.com/anxietydepressionmental ... -hpa-axis/
I personally think this problem has something to do with hormones rather than brain neurons, but who knows.. I had my testosterone (free and total) and thyroid checked in April when I wasn't taking anything and both were in range, but I had no libido or erection capability. Hopefully some of you can try these and get some relief!