Hey, I just started my SSRI (Sertraline), because I needed that I was feeling terrible last week.
To be honest it’s been 2 days since I took Sertraline and somehow I feel wired in a weird way. Like I have too much energy but not in a manic way.
At least I’m feeling good. It’s weird I didn’t expect the effects to start that fast and expected to feel empty… Anyway, the effects will most likely stabilise. But here’s my main issue. My libido has dropped immensely. That and I’ve barely slept, too much energy last night I hope tonight will be better.
To be more explicit, let’s say the anticipation has stayed the same but the effect of being touched has dropped like 90-95% on pleasure. I barely feel anything which is quite annoying and at some point the anticipation will just lower too because there will be a difference between what I expect and got. Like my tits used to be so sensitive and now it feels like pre-hrt level (which honestly I’d rather not it to stay like this I hate it.) I’m finally with a person I love physically and it feels bad that my body doesn’t respond the same.
My question basically is : Will it come back when my body adapts to the SSRI? Have anyone had a similar experience?
When I started my SSRI I got nausea for three (?) months while my body adapted.
My libido was also affected, but as I had no partner at this time I didn’t care. When I started to touch myself again—yeah, libido was back—I wasn’t able to climax as easy as before or at all. This lasted until I reduced the dosage.
Talk to your doctors about dosage, side effects and how to start psycho therapy, as an SSRI enables you to be therapyable.
Last words from me: staying alive is more important than having a sex drive.
I would like to emphasize this as well.