Posted by ocdforyears on January 7, 2004, at 15:32:38
Hey gang,
man, this board blows up. Lots of posts. Very cool. I've been posting to other places on this site the last couple days and I love it.
I tried zoloft for my ocd and I felt like an anxious de-realized spaceman within a week; then a few months later I tried lexapro, and it was like speed. Insomnia, anxiety, very jittery; twelve days of that. Now paxil.
So far Paxil has been great (five days on the starter dose). I don't have any side effects (with the others I felt something wrong with a couple days). The side effects that worry me, of course, are the sexual ones: according to other posts on the net I've seen it can cause no orgasm, complete impotence, delayed orgasm (that one might be okay...not too much delay though please) and plain loss of libido. Again, I could lose a little, but I don't want to lose much. So far I've felt none of this, but I'm not taking much yet and I haven't been taking it long. I wonder how long it takes those things to surface? I'll let you guys know. Personal as all this is, it will hopefully help another ssri person out there.
I know every med is different, every body is different. Hopefully this one will work for me without ruining my sex life with my wife. The ocd already affects my relationship, a lot, so I'm crossing my fingers.
Wish me luck.
poster:ocdforyears
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