
dreamwhip asked:
sexual side effects. my husband is 64 and i just turned 40, up until about a year ago we had a great sex life. he has been on some kind of anti depressant since 1985. he really needs them, but lately we have noticed an inability to climax or if he does it takes sooooooooooo long to get there. He stopped the prozac 40 mgs and within two weeks our sex life was great again, but soon thereafter he became depressed and irritable, then i finally cslled his doc and got him back on prozax starting with 20mgs and our sex life was still good, but eventually the same problem occcured. then his doc put him on lexipro and added klonapin, well not only did he have a difficult time reaching orgsasm then he began to experience erectile dysfunction. having enough of no sex, he stopped the lexapro and for about two weeks we had the best sex ever, but the long half life ended and he became the most irriitable, irrational man, he was biting everyones head off. he does have a very stressful job, we both d
we began fighting over little things, arguing all the itme, he was always tired, NEVER EVEN IN TH EMOOD FOR SEX, SO THE POINT WAS DEFEATED he lost all desire, never initiated sex and when i did he had no interest, ion the rare occasion we did he could achive orgasm quickly but there was no intimacy, no emotionsa connection. i could not live like that anymore so back to the doc, noe he is back on the lexipro, still on all his other jmeds for high blood pressure, heart medication, ambien to sleep hydrocodone for pain, xanax for anxiety and now chantix -he did quit smoking. he has slowly returned to his fun pklayful self, also added provigil for narcelepsy, but we have not tried to be intimate yet, it has been two weeks. i am just so happy to have him bag, we cuddlle, we kiss we touch we talk etc. i am just wondering if there is an anti depressant out there that does not cause such serious side effects, taking into account all the other meds he has to take. any help greatly appreciated,