Someone like me who has lost their libido due to drugs or depression?

[Placo]

Lately I feel like I've lost my libido, I don't know whether to blame the drugs, the depression or both but the fact is that I feel asexual.

 

[eatantz]

Are you upset by this? I'm thinking of maybe taking antidepressants since i don't mind loosing my libido

 

[Placo]

Are you upset by this? I'm thinking of maybe taking antidepressants since i don't mind loosing my libido

Not so much, the fact is that motivation in general seems low to me and this is a big problem, I had read that SSRIs can cause a sort of amotivational syndrome as well as destroying libido, but it is difficult at this point to establish whether it is to fault them or depression.

 

[Hollowman]

Could be PSSD, pretty sure I have it.

 

[Placo]

Could be PSSD, pretty sure I have it.

That seems to me to happen when you stop taking the SSRI but the sexual dysfunction continues, I'm under treatment at the moment so I can't determine that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor#Post-SSRI

Obviously the problem of sexual dysfunction also exists during treatment.

 

[seph25]

That is definetly due to the SSRI. No doubt at all. Depression does not cause sexual dysfunction.

Lately I feel like I've lost my libido, I don't know whether to blame the drugs, the depression or both but the fact is that I feel asexual.

Just read this.

 

[DaniDee]

My depression definitely cut into my libido quite a bit, but as soon as I started taking meds it was annihilated ... which makes life even harder when your partner has a healthy functioning libido and can't understand why you don't... basically I just pretend all the time. It's been almost 18 years now of playing pretend. Oh well.

 

[Placo]

I noticed that cariprazine has a positive effect on libido, perhaps it can counteract SSRIs but it has its side effects, bupropion can also be a good idea but obviously has side effects too.

 

[greebo6]

Losing labido is a classic side effect of depression and anti depressants.