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keval
02-12-10, 15:03
Hi Folks,

I appreciate that this is a delicate subject to approach and I do so with a degree of trepidation. But I feel that it is an important topic and that's why I have taken the plunge.

Pregabalin is known to have some common sexual side effects (SEs) according to, for example:

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100005038.html

I myself am currently experiencing sexual SEs having been taking pregabalin for just 15 days. I will refrain from going into any detail here but would be happy to enter into a private discussion using the PM system, if appropriate. At the moment, what I'd like to know is:

[1] Do these sexual SEs subside with the passage of time?

[2] If, for whatever reason, I withdraw from taking pregabalin, do the sexual SEs disappear? I would certainly hope so!

Other people may want to add to this list - please feel free to do so.

keval

Belfry1973
02-12-10, 22:58
Well my sex drive isnt the biggest ever, but then when I wasnt taking them and was just anxious and miserable I didnt want to have sex either!
Is it you've just noticed it because you've been reading the side effects, or can you think back to before you were taking them and realise it was just the same back then?

keval
03-12-10, 14:17
Is it you've just noticed it because you've been reading the side effects, or can you think back to before you were taking them and realise it was just the same back then?
Hi Belfry,

Thanks for the reply.

Changes have taken place in me that could not possibly be attributed to reading about the side effects.

All the best!

keval

Belfry1973
03-12-10, 20:28
The mind boggles! Have you changed sex?

JT69
05-12-10, 12:13
Interesting??? You are keeping us all in suspense???

keval
05-12-10, 16:39
The mind boggles! Have you changed sex?
Hi Belfry,

I've had a quick look at the Package Leaflet for Lyrica and can find no mention of anyone undergoing a sex change in the Side Effects section! :laugh:

keval

KK77
05-12-10, 17:09
Hi Belfry,

I've had a quick look at the Package Leaflet for Lyrica and can find no mention of anyone undergoing a sex change in the Side Effects section! :laugh:

keval

Well I take these too, so thank God for that! I have enough to deal with without gender transformations thank you :shades:

keval
05-12-10, 17:10
Interesting??? You are keeping us all in suspense???
Hi JT69,

I guess the choice of words in my post on 3 December have given the wrong impression entirely.

The side effects to which I am referring are listed in the Lyrica Package Leaflet, which is supplied with the Lyrica that I receive from my local Sainsbury's pharmacy. I presume it's the same leaflet that is supplied with Lyrica regardless of pharmacy. It appears to be published by Pfizer, not surprisingly.

The leaflet has a section 4 - Possible Side Effects. The side effects I'm experiencing appear under the 'Common side-effects' and 'Uncommon side-effects' headings.

Hopefully, that's cleared up any mystery.

keval

JT69
05-12-10, 17:27
Hi Keval,

Sorry to hear that....I do hope that the side effects settle soon for you.

Take care
Jo.xx

keval
05-12-10, 18:25
Hi Keval,

Sorry to hear that....I do hope that the side effects settle soon for you.

Take care
Jo.xx
Hi Jo,

So do I. Hence my original post.

At the moment, I appear to be the only person on this forum who is experiencing sexual side-effects! Anyone else out there?

Anyone?

keval :sad:

Belfry1973
05-12-10, 21:40
I cant see anything in the Uncommon Side Effects that suggest any sexual side effects, I've already commented on the decrease in sex drive which I have had, and I cant comment on the impotence because I'm not equipped for that!

The dcrease in sex drive was a problem at first, it does get better though but that did take a while, but when it finally settled, it really settled! :D
If you are worried about the side effects though you really need to be telling your doctor.

keval
06-12-10, 14:21
I cant see anything in the Uncommon Side Effects that suggest any sexual side effects...
Hi Belfry,

Perhaps you have a different Package Leaflet but I would have thought that unlikely. In my copy of this leaflet, the second bullet point in 'Uncommon side-effects' includes several side-effects, the last two of which are of a sexual nature.

I fully intend to speak with my GP about this next week. I suspect that my GP will not be able to answer the questions I have posed in the first post of this thread, which is why I chose to put the question to end-users.

In the final analysis, it's a balancing act. I will tolerate some side-effects if the pregabalin is helping my anxiety but I haven't reached that stage yet.

All the best!

keval

keval
08-12-10, 13:15
Hi Folks,

Well I guess I've been a little slow to realize that I'm one of very few males currently active on this pregabalin forum. Had I cottoned on originally, there would have been little point in starting this thread.

What can I say? I'm embarrassed. :blush:

Put it down to the fact that I'm new around here!

keval

Mac09
29-12-10, 11:17
Hi Folks,

I appreciate that this is a delicate subject to approach and I do so with a degree of trepidation. But I feel that it is an important topic and that's why I have taken the plunge.

Pregabalin is known to have some common sexual side effects (SEs) according to, for example:

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100005038.html

I myself am currently experiencing sexual SEs having been taking pregabalin for just 15 days. I will refrain from going into any detail here but would be happy to enter into a private discussion using the PM system, if appropriate. At the moment, what I'd like to know is:

[1] Do these sexual SEs subside with the passage of time?

[2] If, for whatever reason, I withdraw from taking pregabalin, do the sexual SEs disappear? I would certainly hope so!

Other people may want to add to this list - please feel free to do so.

keval


Hi,

As you know with Lyrica orgasm are difficult to achieve, in some cases I used to push myself for hours to attain climax.

I had been taking lyrica for a year and i stopped 2 weeks ago. I am a 30 yrs old male.

Problem: since i stopped taking lyrica, i started feeling some of the withdawel side effects such as: dizziness, drouziness, anxiaety, trouble breathing. ESPECIALLY AFTER HAVING AN ORGASM.(if i do not have an orgasm for a while all withdrawal effects cool down)

this is very annoying and i am seeking help!
thanks,
Mac

keval
29-12-10, 16:44
Hi,

As you know with Lyrica orgasm are difficult to achieve, in some cases I used to push myself for hours to attain climax.

I had been taking lyrica for a year and i stopped 2 weeks ago. I am a 30 yrs old male.

Problem: since i stopped taking lyrica, i started feeling some of the withdawel side effects such as: dizziness, drouziness, anxiaety, trouble breathing. ESPECIALLY AFTER HAVING AN ORGASM.(if i do not have an orgasm for a while all withdrawal effects cool down)

this is very annoying and i am seeking help!
thanks,
Mac
Hello Mac,

Many thanks for the useful feedback.

Do you mind my asking what dose of Lyrica you were taking?

You say that you stopped taking Lyrica 2 weeks ago and have experienced withdrawal side effects since doing so. Did you gradually taper off the Lyrica over the 2 week period?

Once again, more questions, which I hope you don't mind answering. Why did you decide to stop taking Lyrica? Were you taking it for anxiety?

I apologize for bombarding you with all these questions but your experiences are certainly of interest to me and probably will be of interest to others - now or in the future.

Thanks in advance.

keval

sunset30
09-05-11, 17:12
Hi Folks,

I appreciate that this is a delicate subject to approach and I do so with a degree of trepidation. But I feel that it is an important topic and that's why I have taken the plunge.

Pregabalin is known to have some common sexual side effects (SEs) according to, for example:

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100005038.html

I myself am currently experiencing sexual SEs having been taking pregabalin for just 15 days. I will refrain from going into any detail here but would be happy to enter into a private discussion using the PM system, if appropriate. At the moment, what I'd like to know is:

[1] Do these sexual SEs subside with the passage of time?

[2] If, for whatever reason, I withdraw from taking pregabalin, do the sexual SEs disappear? I would certainly hope so!

Other people may want to add to this list - please feel free to do so.

keval


HI what does SE's and PM mean no one will be offened is all to do withe the condition and would help me as im confused and experiencing increase in sex drive. Does anyone else have this?x

kibbutz83
09-05-11, 17:39
Side-effects and personal message :) Is the increased sex-drive a problem I wonder? My sex-drive disappeared before I started taking the ad's... due to the extreme anxiety and exhaustion I suffer with I think :(

belvederebabe
09-10-11, 07:45
It happens to us women too so don't feel embarrassed...:) the side effects of those drugs do effect more people than you ...

Balsawood
11-09-12, 12:49
Hi. My partner has been on pregabilin for about 2 months aling with mirtazipine. I am on Duloxetine. We both suffer from anxiety and depression and are in our 50's. I have not had any sex drive for the last two years until starting Duloxetine. My partner's was normal until he started pregabilin. What I think Keval in talking about is impotence but he is too shy to say. This has been affecting my partner recently and he finds it wuite dietressing although I have assured him that there is no problem as far as I am concerned. I suspect most women would not feel too worried if their partner is impotent except that if affects a man's self image so much and that is a major problem for someone who is taking these sort of medications as we already have little self esteem. Has anyone found any solutions to the problem of impotence?

You may notice I deliberately chose a humorous sign in name as this seems to be the best way of dealing with such a delicate issue.

Edward_1980
29-09-12, 19:26
Hi. I am on Lyrica for a few weeks now and I seem to have no sexual urge or desire at all.

Ando1967
03-10-12, 19:40
yes IMPOTENCE - big time- (hmmm can you have big time impotence?) i have not been on Lyrica for long but defo impotent since starting (at least on 150 BID) dropped to 75 BID things improved- now back to 150 BID - impotent. I'm not sure if it will improve. At the moment the control of anxiety (which is well controlled by pregabalin) outways the loss of potency - my girlfriend has left me so at least i am not under pressure to perform so i was just planning to "sit it out". Side effects hey!! "he giveth and he taketh away" you have to laugh :-)

hanshan
14-10-12, 11:15
Hi D

I just caught your post on this thread - I was wondering why you weren't posting on the other.

Impotence sucks (perhaps that's not the best choice of words, either).

I did a quick check on the web, and it said impotence affects about one in twenty men taking pregabalin, but I strongly suspect impotence is under-reported for specific parts of this group. One study reported that pregabalin-related impotence affected only men over forty - this group would possibly under-report, and as a subset of the total have a higher percentage of ED.

I'm in the over 50 bracket, and pregabalin has knocked my sex drive and performance back a few notches, but not completely. However, when pregabalin was combined with a blood pressure medication I was taking, I didn't have any sexual feeling - just nothing. I've stopped taking that blood pressure medication - the irony is that it was the best medication I've had for blood pressure.

I'd love to have some sage advice to give you, but it's a tough call. Maybe you can get by on the lowest dose. How is the bupropion going? It has a low profile for ED. I'm always the eternal optimist - I suffered 40 years or so of anxiety-related illnesses until pregabalin came along, and I believe there are more anxiolytics under development. It's just that it's years before the best of them come onto the market, and then another decade or so until your local GP decides it's safe to prescribe them (or even knows about them).

Mark13
06-12-12, 23:55
Thought it best to resurrect a 2 month old thread rather than start another on the same subject.

I also have sexual side effects from both Mirtazapine and Pregabalin (aren't I lucky).

Mirt causes erectile dysfunction and the Preg causes delayed ejaculation. The latter would be fine if I was 18 and had unlimited stamina but I'm in my 40s :)

Fortunately my Doc gives me a private prescription for Viagra, which certainly helps, but is very expensive.

Wish they'd allow Viagra on the NHS for people suffering from medication sexual side effects.

Mark

Kobey
09-01-13, 21:32
Hmmm might be a bit to detailed but I have a very very high sex drive so it would probably do me good lol. I was on Prozac for about 6 months and my sex drive stayed the same but sorry to be blunt, could go on forever :S. not sure if lyrica has the same effect ?

Mark13
09-01-13, 21:46
I've found Lyrica delays orgasm. Whereas Mirtazapine causes erectile dysfunction. Lucky me :) Glad Viagra exists although I wish it were cheaper.

Shaman
25-01-17, 10:36
Sorry for reviving old thread but i desperately need a help!

I was taking pregabalin for 3-4 days, and developed impotence and anorgasmia. My dick is dead. Please tell me how long may it last after drug withdrawn? Will my libido come back? I was so ashamed last night... No more pregabalin EVER!

hanshan
26-01-17, 00:56
Hi Shaman,

Sorry to read about your sexual side effects - but rest assured that all performance should come back to normal quickly after stopping pregabalin. I can't say how long, but days, not weeks.

Unfortunately, loss of sexual performance is a side effect which affects a number of people but is not given much prominence in the warnings.

Anyone reading this and contemplating taking pregabalin should be warned but not deterred as it does not affect everybody and can be reversed by stopping the medication.

Shaman
26-01-17, 06:35
Hi hanshan

I took my last dose at sunday 21 jan (and before sunday dose i have three days break from pregabalin).

To this date i am still impotent. I cannot got erection strong enough for sexual intercourse, nor achieve orgasm.

hanshan
26-01-17, 09:54
Hi Shaman,

Give it a few days, and don't put pressure on yourself. It will come back, I assure you.

braindead
21-03-17, 12:17
i can still get it up , orgsam not so strong but early days , i am 69 so if it was going to alter your sex life a younger guy should be up for it anytime

lost_in_my_thoughts
30-03-17, 16:17
I had bad side effects on Sertraline, delayed orgasm, which was a pain - until you hit it, the intensity was immense! But my libido dropped over the 2nd month as well. I took myself off them in the end. I've gone on Pregabalin - but requested it as a PRN. Everything within me was back to normal 72 hours after stopping the Sertraline, I managed fine on my own (should we say, I had to test) 3 hours after a Pregabalin, but as I said I'm PRN. I would suggest if the side effects don't go away - change the meds. I'd rather try to cope with the anxiety, than lose my libido again.