Sertraline/zoloft Round One Of Meds...

[holdenmonty]

not really it was terrible. It was like going to the amusement park but not being able to have any fun... But my doc gave me some other antidepressant to take with the Zoloft can't think of the name right off hand but he said that it usually helps people with that problem. Now we just have to see if it works.

 

[Grizzly]

not really it was terrible. It was like going to the amusement park but not being able to have any fun... But my doc gave me some other antidepressant to take with the Zoloft can't think of the name right off hand but he said that it usually helps people with that problem. Now we just have to see if it works.

I was just breaking balls (not a pun). Hope it all works out. Unfortunately I am one of the % who have developed ED from the Paxil. I need bring this up the next Dr. visit. But it sucks.

Hope you work things out. Again, no pun.

 

[holdenmonty]

I figured you were being a smart arse. It was funny I told him that I saw it was labeled as a serious side effect and I told him that I didn't really see it as serious.

 

[HereticCurt]

@holdenmonty - If you're having problems with anorgasmia, I can recommend a few suggestions to run by your doctor.

Yohimbe - A powerful natural herb derived from the bark of a tree in Africa. It is literally bark mashed up and put into a capsule. It is more effective than Viagra for a lot of men. For me it made me so hard I could poke a hole through a steel drum. It also helped me achieve orgasm pretty easily. It is considered a mild MAOI, but is different from your typical MAOI antidepressant. It affects dopamine and penile bloodflow, so you're more sensitive and have more to work with. The downside to it is that it has f*cking weird side-affects. I never take it at night because I will not sleep if I do. I can't tell if I'm hot or cold when I take one, as I experience extremes of both (something to do with dopamine for sure). Also, anxiety can be an issue, as yohimbe can counteract the affects of an SSRI (eg. Sertraline). One of the active alkaloids in Yohimbe is Yohimbine, which is safer and can be prescribed by your doctor. It is not as affective as the pure bark though.

Welbutrin (Bupropion) - this is a NDRI, norepinephrine/dopamine reuptake inhibitor. Taking an SSRI in combination with welbutrin is very common. Doctors often prescribe welbutrin to patients who are having problems sexually because of SSRIs like Sertraline. The two medication classes typically work really well together. They kind of complete the triangle of feel-good hormones. The only thing that is missing is oxytocin really if you're taking both.

Time - if you're okay with not being on your medication for the entirety of the half-life of Sertraline (with your doctor's permission), you can wait 26-30 hours, and the medication should have no affect on your ability to orgasm.

Dopamine reuptake inhibitors in general will give you the effect you're looking for. I know there are drugs out there that deal with oxytocin as well; however, taking such combinations of drugs will probably end up giving you problems with premature ejaculation. Or, it may balance things out. It's hard to say. I'm no expert on the subject, but I've done a lot of digging because this is something that I've struggled with for some time.

 

[Jimmy1]

I was watching the discovery channel and they were talking about how scorpions paralyze their victims. here is an extract from another site.

What is scorpion venom made of?
The scorpion's venom is comprised of a variety of compounds, most of which have not been investigated. The venom from a single scorpion may include several neurotoxins, histimine, seratonin, enzymes, enzyme inhibitors, and other unidentified compounds. Each of these compounds must have evolved for at least one of the above purposes of the scorpion's sting. The venom may also contain mucous, various salts, peptides, necleotides, and amino acids. Because of the medical importance of a few species, it is the neurotoxins that have received the most research attention. The numerous neurotoxins in the scorpion's venom are often considered to be target specific. Each one targets the nerve cell of a specific kind of animal. Some neurotoxins may have greatest activity against insects, others may be most lethal to molluscs, and still others may target mammalian nerve cells. Furthermore, different toxins may target different sites on the nerve cell.

And what is in Zoloft and most anti-depressants?

 

[Deleted member 43454]

So that's why I feel like a f*cking zombie. :P

 

[holdenmonty]

Now I get it. It blocks some stuff in our brains to dumb us down a bit from our over active ptsd brain. And why I was even crazier the first two weeks of taking it.

 

[Friday]

Oh noooo.... So now they're gonna tell me zoloft's safe because it's 'all natural'. Shit. Jimmy I live in the city of morons where nothing natural is more dangerous than a floppy bunny. Fall off a cliff? The mother earth will cradle you in her arms :eek::rolleyes: Please please please let them not have TVs. Curse you, Discovery Channel!!!

 

[holdenmonty]

So now I'm having another weird thing. So Saturday I forgot to take my Zoloft, on Sunday I remembered, yesterday I forgot and today I remembered but today I just feel like anger has swallowed me whole. My supervisor pissed me off a little bit yesterday and I can understand frustration from that but it's like if somebody looks at me funny I have to keep myself from saying a nasty comment to them. So I'm thinking that I'm still probably pissed at my supervisor for yesterday but it also has me wondering if me forgetting to take my meds the two days out of the last four might be making my anger a little worse.

 

[dutchiedelta]

@Holden, can you remember how you were before you started taking your meds?

 

[holdenmonty]

I remember being anxious, and hyper vigilant, and angry 24/7 so I feel like I did before my meds. But I do remember the few times that I have gotten very intoxicated that the next day I felt generally angry for a couple days after. I think I'm just trying to not give myself an excuse for being angry today but it does seem a little familiar to an extent.

And I have also noticed a little disassociation which I had a little bit of before I started my meds. It's like I look down and see myself typing but it doesn't seem real...

 

[dutchiedelta]

If you want to take your meds daily, how about setting a notice up on your phone?