I was legally castrated by psychiatrist for no reason

[tuto170]

When i got schizophrenia 4 years ago, they put me on haloperidol and risperidone, I tried first time to jack off at he hospital when i was bored and nothing came out, no ejacualation which left me baffled, throughout the months my erection weakened, lost morning erection and ability to get hard while watching hard-core porn or kissing with beautiful girl. 1Year ago I decided to go off meds and erections returned with spontaneous erections and orgasms were unbelievable until i was put into hospital and all the same happened. Now I have no urge to talk with a girl, no intention to flirt or even to watch porn that i liked. I feel like Eunuch that psychiatry made me to be. I think sometimes even of conspiracy, that mental medication make women lose their menstrual cycles, men make them impotent for a reason that we no longer have children and spread our 'imperfections'. This is one of the main reasons I want to ctb, i dont feel like a man anymore, just a boy that is miserably ill and being stuffed toxic medication.

 

[Final Escape]

Psychiatry is a very corrupt field. Healthcare is not there to cure anyone these days unless it's like surgery. The meds can be more dangerous than the mental illness. I hope u get out of there and get off those meds. One of the functions of psychiatry is to sterilize as many people as possible by getting them to think they have an untreatable mental illness and they will need to remain on meds that can harm the pregnancy but also to kill libido and make it impossible to enjoy or have sex. The meds don't fix any chemical imbalances but they might help for awhile until u build tolerance.

 

[Moonicide]

I'm so sorry to hear that, love. I've also been put in medication that has impacted my sex drive as well... Have you voiced your frustration to your care team by any chance? There's medication out there without all the sexual side effects. I'm currently on medication that doesn't interfere with my sex drive at all, thankfully. If it's something you can look into before you ultimately ctb I'd definitely suggest giving it a shot.

Wishing you nothing, but love and peace.
We are here for you.

 

[Hunter100]

I'm so sorry to hear that, love. I've also been put in medication that has impacted my sex drive as well... Have you voiced your frustration to your care team by any chance? There's medication out there without all the sexual side effects. I'm currently on medication that doesn't interfere with my sex drive at all, thankfully. If it's something you can look into before you ultimately ctb I'd definitely suggest giving it a shot.

Wishing you nothing, but love and peace.
We are here for you.

If you don't mind me asking what did they put you on. As a woman I have had the same issues in the past. One of the reasons I refuse to go back on

 

[Moonicide]

I am on Lamictal for Bipolar, Trazodone for insomnia / depression, and Gabapentin for anxiety / chronic pain. No sexual side effects whatsoever.

Antidepressants with the lowest rate of sexual side effects include:

• Bupropion (Wellbutrin XL, Wellbutrin SR, Aplenzin, Forfivo XL)
• Mirtazapine (Remeron)
• Vilazodone (Viibryd)
• Vortioxetine (Trintellix)

Antidepressants most likely to cause sexual side effects include:

• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which include citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil, Paxil CR, Pexeva) and sertraline (Zoloft).
• Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), which include venlafaxine (Effexor XR), desvenlafaxine (Pristiq, Khedezla) and duloxetine (Cymbalta).
• Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants, such as amitriptyline, nortriptyline (Pamelor) and clomipramine (Anafranil).
• Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil) and tranylcypromine (Parnate). However, selegiline (Emsam), a newer MAOI that you stick on your skin as a patch, has a low risk of sexual side effects.

Antidepressants: Which cause the fewest sexual side effects?

Sexual side effects are common with antidepressants in both men and women, but there are options to prevent or reduce such side effects.

www.mayoclinic.org

I also took a Mental Health DNA test that can display what kind of medications you would respond better to as well, saves a lot of time when it comes to trial and error. I'm on Medicaid and they covered it for me.

For those that are interested:

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[Hunter100]

I am on Lamictal for Bipolar, Trazodone for insomnia / depression, and Gabapentin for anxiety / chronic pain. No sexual side effects whatsoever.

Antidepressants: Which cause the fewest sexual side effects?

Sexual side effects are common with antidepressants in both men and women, but there are options to prevent or reduce such side effects.

www.mayoclinic.org

I also took a Mental Health DNA test that can display what kind of medications you would respond better to as well, saves a lot of time when it comes to trial and error. I'm on Medicaid and they covered it for me.

For those that are interested:

Home - Genomind

Your Medication Management Partner Unlocking better outcomes through precision health technology View Solutions Evolving how we prescribe medicine Our understanding of genetics is changing how we prescribe. As the science of medicine evolves, we feel a responsibility to deliver solutions that...

genomind.com

Gabapentin hasn't worked for me AT ALL. So frustrating

 

[Pan]

My late wife took lamictal and trazodone. She was never on gabapentin. Looking back now, I wonder if it would have done some good.

 

[Wayfaerer]

This is why I won't bother getting back on SSRI's. I'd rather be dead than live the rest of my life as an emasculated eunuch.

 

[SHThrowAway213]

I know exactly what you mean.
Currently on Risperdone and Ablify, no sex drive whatsoever.
Causing a bit of problems with my husband

 

[k75]

It sounds to me like you're experiencing very unfortunate side effects, not that they deliberately tried to do this to you.

As a patient, it's your responsibility to tell your prescribers this is happening and that you need it fixed. This kind of thing is why it's so hard to find the right meds. A lot of trial and error is involved.

But you've got to communicate, and you've got to be loud about it. They aren't mind readers, and you don't deserve to have to live like this.

 

[c824767]

I know exactly what you mean.
Currently on Risperdone and Ablify, no sex drive whatsoever.
Causing a bit of problems with my husband

Ability in my experience is the worst makes you feel like a cow

 

[jrums]

SSRIs did this to me permanently. They refer to it as PSSD. I got a chemical castration and lobotomy after taking those awful medications off and on for 18 years. Some people get it after 1 pill. It's a genetic response I guess and you won't know if you will be one of the unlucky ones until it hits you. I'm now just a logic brain and nothing else. All emotions and sexuality gone. Everything that makes you human gone. Plus physical symptoms and insomnia. Don't know how it's possible but it is. Will make drinking that SN easier because I can't even feel fear. What a nightmare this life has been.

 

[Nem]

Sorry to hear this, a neurologist told me that ALL pharma drugs are poison to the body of varying degrees. Wish I had stayed clear of them myself
Peace/hugs

 

[Wrennie]

I was put on an SSRI by my parents when I was ten because they blindly trusted doctors. The effects on my libido were permanent even though I went off of it recently as an adult, most likely because I was on it while going through puberty.
I'd at least be thankful that you went on those drugs in adulthood, because unlike my situation there's a very real chance of you recovering.

 

[heheb27595]

Antidepressant make you unable to achieve orgasm.
There are indeed, very antidepressant.
This America world is nothing but a joke.

 

[Guizin239]

There's no conspiracy. Unfortunately, the meds that treat mental illness usually have a negative impact in your sex life. The same way antialergics usually make you sleepy. There's no major conspiracy to make people with allergy sleepy, it's just a side effect of the medication.

 

[c824767]

I think it is naive to assume that these "side effects" are accidental, they are just way too convenient.

 

[Guizin239]

I think it is naive to assume that these "side effects" are accidental, they are just way too convenient.

Convenient? I'm not sure if I follow.

 

[jrums]

It's more likely that our genetics reacted poorly to the meds. Most people that take psych drugs don't wind up permanently castrated and/or lobotomized.

 

[BadDoctors]

It's more likely that our genetics reacted poorly to the meds. Most people that take psych drugs don't wind up permanently castrated and/or lobotomized.

Most people never connect medicine with the reason they feel differently they used to. Everyone blindly believes medical drugs are impossible to cause damage. This is simply false. All drugs are highly damaging to the body at various degrees. All drugs have their roots in poisons targeted at smaller animals and organisms. But because we are larger animals they don't kill us instead they give us funny effects.

 

[Nova]

There is no conspiracy in this. It's related to the receptors that are targeted by the medication. The brain is complicated, and frankly stupidly designed by evolution. Anything that targets the 5-HTP receptors ( that deal with serotonin, and usually influences anxiety ) are likely to create sexual issues, because those same receptors are involved in arousal. That is simply how the brain is built .
I used to take escitalopram and pregabalin for anxiety. Escitalopram killed my libido ( although it reverted back once I stopped, after a few weeks), and achieving an orgasm was nearly impossible. Pregabalin on the other hand made me MORE horny.

 

[Wrennie]

Regardless of whether it's a conspiracy theory or not, I do think it's irredeemable that potentially irreversible side effects aren't mentioned to patients before they agree to take these drugs. I also believe it to be criminal that young children are put on SSRIs without being informed of any long term side effects. Even if their parents *were* told, who are they to make an untetractable decision that could potentially deprive their offspring of the ability to lead a normal life and pursue healthy relationships in the future, etc.?

 

[terry_a_davis]

I've been on paliperidone injection and risperidone tablets. Side effects were i gained alot of weight, slept more, sometimes felt groggy, and reduced libido. But they did make my schizophrenia go into remission so it was worth it.

The worst for sexual side effects was risperidone.

 

[tuto170]

I've been on paliperidone injection and risperidone tablets. Side effects were i gained alot of weight, slept more, sometimes felt groggy, and reduced libido. But they did make my schizophrenia go into remission so it was worth it.

The worst for sexual side effects was risperidone.

I don't have much options, haldol gives me tardive diskenesia and my pdoc won't put me on abilify, so I'm kinda stuck with risperidone

 

[CURSED again]

the drug companies know about bad sexual side effects but they dont care - the doctors dont bother warning you - they dont care either - i just wanted a sleep pill and they give trazodone that changes the way your nipples and penis feels to numb - SSRI's etc should be illegal but Pharma got their money and destroys someones sex life - welcome to modern life - i've grown to despise this world.

 

[Daffodil]

ya i feel some people here saying MeDiCaTiOn Is a CoNsPiRaCy don't have real life threatening mental illnesses where you're unable to function in society, and arent at risk to themselves and others, like psychotic episodes or schizophrenia. I lost a year of my life basically dreaming while awake that the Illuminati controlled the world and people's thoughts. it was fucking terrifying. the type of illness that winds you up losing your job (happened to me - even though it was a human rights abuse) and homeless (thankfully have a safety net so not homeless). i know with my mental illness if i didn't have a supportive family i would have ended up a drug addicted prostitute. there is no doubt - there is just nothing from preventing me from falling to the very bottom. so getting fat or losing your sex drive is honestly a little price to pay for fucking SANITY. these are some of the worst mental illnesses that exist, the treatments are very strong and in order for them to work hurt your sex drive - same chemicals are impacted.

i'm struggling too but i honestly am in shock at how much psychiatry can do - turn me from a madperson into someone who sees reality.

 

[Zoltiel]

ya i feel some people here saying MeDiCaTiOn Is a CoNsPiRaCy don't have real life threatening mental illnesses where you're unable to function in society, and arent at risk to themselves and others, like psychotic episodes or schizophrenia. I lost a year of my life basically dreaming while awake that the Illuminati controlled the world and people's thoughts. it was fucking terrifying. the type of illness that winds you up losing your job (happened to me - even though it was a human rights abuse) and homeless (thankfully have a safety net so not homeless). i know with my mental illness if i didn't have a supportive family i would have ended up a drug addicted prostitute. there is no doubt - there is just nothing from preventing me from falling to the very bottom. so getting fat or losing your sex drive is honestly a little price to pay for fucking SANITY. these are some of the worst mental illnesses that exist, the treatments are very strong and in order for them to work hurt your sex drive - same chemicals are impacted.

i'm struggling too but i honestly am in shock at how much psychiatry can do - turn me from a madperson into someone who sees reality.

That is why I believe medications should only be used in extreme circumstances. Obviously the OP's case wasn't bad enough for it to justify losing his sex drive, they should have never put him on it.

 

[Daffodil]

That is why I believe medications should only be used in extreme circumstances. Obviously the OP's case wasn't bad enough for it to justify losing his sex drive, they should have never put him on it.

the poster said nothing about his condition, just that he has schizophrenia - so i think you came to that conclusion on your own.

 

[k75]

the drug companies know about bad sexual side effects but they dont care - the doctors dont bother warning you - they dont care either - i just wanted a sleep pill and they give trazodone that changes the way your nipples and penis feels to numb - SSRI's etc should be illegal but Pharma got their money and destroys someones sex life - welcome to modern life - i've grown to despise this world.

This is why it's important to ask questions yourself. That's our responsibility as patients.

I'm on a ton of meds. I don't have any bad side effects, because I either avoid it or don't stay on ones that cause them. So I know it's possible to not get damaged.

When I discuss taking a new medication, I make a point to ask my doctors about side effects first.

Then I double check about specific ones that I'm worried about, especially if they weren't listed. Usually weight changes and sexual issues.

Then I always read the paperwork that the pharmacy gives when I pick it up. Sometimes there's things the doctor missed.

I've decided to not take so many things that way. And they can't force you to take something. You just tell them why you don't want it and look for something else.

I've even found meds online I wanted to try and told my doctors that. Usually they're willing if there are no interactions with other things you take.

So take some responsibility in your own care, and things can be a lot less conspiracy-like. And possibly more helpful.

 

[Zoltiel]

the poster said nothing about his condition, just that he has schizophrenia - so i think you came to that conclusion on your own.

You wrote

ya i feel some people here saying MeDiCaTiOn Is a CoNsPiRaCy don't have real life threatening mental illnesses where you're unable to function in society, and arent at risk to themselves and others, like psychotic episodes or schizophrenia.

So I assumed you were talking about OP, since he said he thinks it is also a conspiracy