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Old 05-16-2004, 07:49 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Talk to your doctor - there are some medications and herbal remedies that can counter the sexual side effects of antidepressants. Your doc might also try changing the dosage. Are you on Paxil or Paxil CR (controlled release)? The CR is what I'm on, and because it's a timed release, it has fewer side effects and they're less severe. I was anorgasmic for a while when I first started taking it, and it happens every once in a while now, still, but it's rare. You can try the usual herbal remedies for this kind of thing - drink lots of ginseng tea, eat a lot of garlic, blah blah blah, but bottom line is talk to your doctor and see if you can either get on the Paxil CR, change the doseage, or take something else to counter the sexual side effects. Good luck! This is so fucking frustrating, I know. Oh, and exercise regularly - that'll help, too.
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