So I think nofap won't help me. I have had numb genitals and low libido since I took Prozac 1 year ago. It is a really frustrating condition. I am going to give nofap another try but I know I will be depressed af once I realize my problem is not due to fapping. Has any of you heard of PSSD (Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction) or were you on SSRIs and you regained your normal sexual functioning? I am just so desperate and don't know what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
Exactly the same here. I was on SSRIs for 7 years, though, and I have been off for about 3. In addition to PSSD, I now suffer from brain fog, anxiety, anhedonia, premature ejaculation and dysphoria, all of which weren't a part of my life before I took SSRIs.
So what do we do now? I am only 23 years old and I don't wanna live with this condition for the rest of my life having remember I only took them for 14 days and I am doomed forever. I can't get married or have a normal life due to these "safe drugs". Oh God, please tell me this is not permanent. nofap is my last resort to get back my genital sensation. I can live with low libdo but not with numb genitals.
I take anti depressants too, and nofap helped me a lot. I recovered my libido and sometimes i have good spontaneous erections. However i'm looking for getting rid of these pills because now with nofap i don't need them, but my psychiatrist refuses and it bothers me so much. PSSD is real but i think with a healthy lifestyle and without pills it's possible to heal correctly. This is a story of a guy that apparently recovered from PSSD: https://www.survivingantidepressant...y-from-protracted-zoloft-withdrawal-and-pssd/
From my own experience I can say that SSRI really affects your sexual function. I started to take SSRI in 2015, before that I had no problems reaching orgasm. After I started to take AD I hardly could achieve any orgasm and ejaculations were painful. Year later I stopped taking SSRIs, but the problems persisted. Sometimes I was able to reach orgasm faster, sometimes it was delayed ejaculations and even if I was not taking AD anymore my sexual system wasn't functioning as well as prior taking AD. In 2017 I went nofap 'hardmode' and started taking SSRI's again as my depression got worse. I have no idea how it would be now as I don't masturbate and don't have sex. All I can say, SSRIs can have severe side effects on your sexual function and these effects might remain even after you stop taking AD.
I really don't know because i didn't experienced that yet, but i had 2 wet dreams and after those my libido was stronger.
When I abstained from PMO my libido slowly decreased to zero. I don't have any desire to have orgasm anymore. I don't know why. It might be the side effects of AD I'm taking or maybe I'm still in severe flatline. I was expecting to have wet dreams, but I didn't got them, maybe I'm already too old for this. As for sex I'm not married and don't date anyone, but it isn't a big problem as I have no libido anyway. Sometimes I wonder if libido will ever come back, but I have no clue. Right now sex is out of interest for me. I even don't have any urges to watch porn anymore. As for 'genital numbness', I don't think I have this, I still have healthy morning erections, just no desire to have orgasm. When I see beautiful woman I feel nothing, not interested at all.
Your psychiatrist cannot refuse! He is a doctor and can only advise. What patients do with that advice is a matter for them. He can fill out the prescriptions, but you don't have to collect them or if you collect them, you don't have to take them. Some people have unpleasant side effects for a short time if they stop suddenly, so you could phase them out over a few weeks. But you are in control of what you put into your body!
I Recently stopped venlafexine and my psychiatrist said sexual dysfunctions should be gone in about a month so im excited!
