Does something like sex drive have anything to do with how far you'll go to find a girl?

My suggestion is to take the medicine that you are prescribed for the moment. The changes the brain will undergo will still happen imho. This is because, it is believed that SSRIs affect seratonin levels, and nofap affects dopamine levels. Dopamine is where the problem is. A person into pmo is spiking their dopamine and rewarding themselves for doing nothing, and in huge amounts. The brain develops a tolerance to dopamine. You can look all that stuff up if you want. But I'd say that after you go through the withdrawals, which for me were intense, and lasted for 4 days, then changes start to happen. I had been addicted to pmo for 28 years. My withdrawals were so bad, I kept wondering if I should go to the hospital. I didn't. I stuck it out, like a man.

Once you get a full reboot done, things will get better. But it won't be easy. Do what ever it takes to complete a reboot, if you haven't yet. Stop at nothing.

 

I've been on trazodone and wellbutrin, and honestly they didn't put a dent in my depression. But I would not stop taking them they way they were prescribed. Keep the dosage where your doctor has it. It won't affect a reboot. If you are only going no P, maybe consider trying hard mode, no PMO. For me, that was when things really kicked in. Then I went on a treasure hunt to rid myself of everything that spiked dopamine. First it was sugar, next caffiene/coffee.

 

I will not tell you what to do, but I will tell you that those drugs fuck your brain up with the intended goal of suppressing dysfunction which was caused by legitimate suffering in your past (as far as I understand). Needless to say I am personally very glad that my parents never drugged me as a kid. I had plenty of problems they could have drugged me for. Due to not having sadness/reward centers being suppressed, I'm experiencing the amazing highs as well as the lows in this journey. It is your choice of course. You know yourself best. I'm not advocating going off cold turkey either! My mother went off of "antidepressants" and she had some bad withdrawals.

I thought this video was fascinating about "mental illness" and the drug industry

 

Awesome good for you! Cool, I've been listening to him for a year and a half now.

I'm sorry for missing the first sentence in your post. I just noticed - "I mean, I'm on a couple ssris that I'm trying to get off of."