Hi meso, I really appreciated your help
1- What is your gender?
Male, 26 years old
2- Why did you take antidepressants in the first place? and for how long were you on them? which med?
I used 2 doses of sertraline 50mg 8 months ago for depression and social fobia, they work great and the effect whore off after 5 days whitout any noticeable symptoms. 6 weeks ago my social fobia came back and I decided to use sertraline again (2 doses 25mg) this time, I experienced a rush feel in my head and become kinda hypersexual.
I believe the last pill fuck me up, because it was empty stomach, it probably got absorbed to quickly into my bloodstream. After that, I started to feel serotonin whitdrawal syndrome, very tough, and I was realizing that I was losing my sexual drive in general, no erections. I go into a total despair.Most of the whitdrawal symptoms seems to had gone at this point, but emotional numbness, soft gland, ED, diminished sexual drive, moderate anhedonia persist. No brain fog.
3- How was your sexual and emotional function before antidepressant intake?
Pretty high, I've reaching climax almost daily whit no problems for 10+ years, emotionally normal, I fall in love a couple of times, depressed most of the time.
4- What are your symptoms exactly and when did they start? sexual dyfunction alone, or cognitive/emotional/hedonistic as well? which symptom is bothering you the most?
My symptoms started after 1 week after my last sertraline dose. While I was on whitdrawal, I was suffering from brain fog and pretty severe cognitive issues, such a memory problems and cognitive impariment. Lightheaded, diarrhea and depression (this depression felt so much stronger than normal, like somewhat of chemical induced depression) Now they are resolved, but my sexual dysfunction has not got any better (unable to feel love, or aroused) I feel less excitement towards things I used to like (reduced emotionally response) and some of my healthy aggressiveness is gone. Unable to respond emotionally and ED is my biggest issues. Somehow I got "stuck" in the sertraline effects
5- What meds/suppplements have you tried so far?
Not much, I'm about to star a dopaminergic diet, which is very proteithic, chicken, milk, and cheese and so on.
SJW: make feel calmier, probably worsen my ED
6- Do you have access to meds without prescription (buy online), or would strictly require a prescription for meds to try?
I need a prescription, but I'm willing to try everything.
7- Can you tolerate galicky foods? what about proteins?
I had stomach problems whiting whitdrawal, now I think they are gone
8- Have you done any blood testing? what were the results?
Im about to check my hormones this week, can you tell me which hormones should I would looking for?
I cannot get the arousal sex response and is so frustraiting.
Also, I believe I have some dopaminergic problem, because before sertraline, even whit depression, I used to be a very competitive and ambitious person, and all of this seem to be gone.
There's some days that I got into a truly despair because not feeling like my self anymore, I would give anything to see my old self back
My orgasm are like 50% of what they used to, 70% gland numbness