erectile dysfunction?

[martin-sheff]

I think i might have done something a bit stupid,because the dr kind of scared me a bit re-propranalol side affects,ive stopped taking them all together,so got home from dr's and flushed them all down the toilet,but still taking the citaloptram,even tho they have the simular side affects errection/ejaculation problems,so as you can tell im very confused about it all,i feel a bit rubbish with not taking the propranalol.

[Frightened_guy]

I take 20mg Citalopram and it effects my sexual performance a fair bit, my erections are not as hard as they used to be and can go limp very quick for no reason its quit irritating but i feel i need the medication.

What can i do? :/

[Emphyrio]

If you find a solution I'd love to hear it! I heard taking zinc can help increase dopamine therefore leading to stronger erections and libido, though it hasn't worked for me so far...

[martin-sheff]

If you find a solution I'd love to hear it! I heard taking zinc can help increase dopamine therefore leading to stronger erections and libido, though it hasn't worked for me so far...

i was lead to believe zinc only helped you to produce more of the white stuff.
ps i used to take it yrs back and did nothing for me.

[Piano]

Hi, I was once told by a psychiatrist that he prescribed buspar to counteract erectile dysfunction caused by ssris. I am not certain that I remember it correctly, though.

[Mark13]

Sheffield

I realise I'm a month late to this thread, but if you're still around...

I've been on propranolol before, also tried atenolol, both beta-blockers.

Slowed my heart-rate nicely, there were no sexual side effects.

Citalopram however...I certainly had sexual side effects. I had to take a Viagra, and even then I was numb (down there) couldn't feel any pleasurable sensations. It was horrible, came off that fast (no pun intended )

The effect is called "genital anaesthesia" I believe, highly unpleasant

Mark (another Owls fan)

[Emphyrio]

Hi, I was once told by a psychiatrist that he prescribed buspar to counteract erectile dysfunction caused by ssris. I am not certain that I remember it correctly, though.

The docs in the UK don't seem to prescribe any augmentation to SSRIs to deal with sexual side effects. I asked my GP and he pretty much said the best he could do was give me a private prescription for viagra or something similar. The prices are ridiculous though so I made the decision to take no more prozac and see what happened to my body in the next few weeks before going down that route.

It seems that I have to choose between good mental health and normal sexual function...why does it have to be one or the other? :(

[CameronG]

I'm also On citalopram, I don't have any issues with getting or maintaining an erection, it's more the ejaculation side of things, before the meds I would ejaculate every time
I had sex / masturbated, now it's probably just over half the time & my sex drive has gone down quite a bit, which is fine for now as the misses is pregnant and is always tired, she has her excuse so saves me making one haha

[Mark13]

I asked my GP and he pretty much said the best he could do was give me a private prescription for viagra or something similar. The prices are ridiculous...(

My GP gives me a private prescription. For 100mg tabs, which I cut in half with a pill splitter. Cheapest cost for 4 100mg tabs, £23.50 from Superdrug, in my experience.

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It seems that I have to choose between good mental health and normal sexual function...why does it have to be one or the other? :(

Mirtazapine and Pregabalin have less chance of causing sexual side effects. The Mirt does cause problems for me, but didn't for the first few years, but I've been on it a while now. Only been taking Viagra for the past 2 years.

[martin-sheff]

Sheffield

I realise I'm a month late to this thread, but if you're still around...

I've been on propranolol before, also tried atenolol, both beta-blockers.

Slowed my heart-rate nicely, there were no sexual side effects.

Citalopram however...I certainly had sexual side effects. I had to take a Viagra, and even then I was numb (down there) couldn't feel any pleasurable sensations. It was horrible, came off that fast (no pun intended )

The effect is called "genital anaesthesia" I believe, highly unpleasant

Mark (another Owls fan)

hello, mark,just picked this up not been on for a few weeks,i got the all clear from my blood tests,but have been taking the propranolol 1 tab 3 times a day,not convinced it was the propranolol, as I woke up with the morning wood (blush) but I hadn't decreased the meds then,and shall we say I went a bit mad with different partners (one nighters) is the easiest way to put it lol,and everthing went to plan apart from one were I didn't ejaculate,still taking the same dosage of citalopram 30 mg/day, ps the dr did suggest the private prescription for Viagra I refused,if need be I can get them off the net cheaper.