Off zoloft for 5 weeks and sex drive feels like its back!!!

This is really weird but im wondering if ANYONE has experienced this while on and off zoloft? Basically i went on zoloft at 2 weeks post partum with my son hes 17 mo old now... it made all my fears, thoughts, paranoia, anxiety worse than it ever has been, and also i had LIKE NO SEX DRIVE AT ALL, and related it to just having a baby, and being tired, and whatnot, and maybe partly the drug. So.... after a rather disturbing dream i had a couple of mo ago, i weaned off and now ive been COMPLETELY off zoloft for 5 weeks.

I do FEEL way better!!!! im doing far less ruminating than i was on the drug.. but im still not quite there yet... but what im experiencing is that i actually think my sex drive is back like BIGTIME... i had practically NO DESIRE at all for well over a year, and now the past week Ive been feeling like i m actually having this feeling "down there" like i want to just get off... sorry if TMI i dont know how to explain it, but it feels crazy like it never has b4.. another thing that could be adding to it is the fact i dont have anyone to be intimate with for two mo now... we broke up.

But i guess my question is, can it be normal to just have your sex drive come back so quickly and so intense like this after the drug leaving you system? has this happened to anyone coming off an anti depressant? At first it scared the hell outta me.!!! now im thinking its my horomones settling and getting off that drug thats causing it to come back, and maybe time of month being high in drive for me.

[Julia2010]

i guess noone can relate ? wow i thought for sure someone would be able to.

[greenlydia]

Sorry nobody responded yet, Julia. Give it a bit more time........it's only the 30th today, Halloween week-end, so maybe the women with kids are busy sewing last minute Avatar outfits!
Have you thought about posting this on one of the many pregnancy forums? My guess is that you'd be more likely to find another woman who knows exactly what you're going through.
I can't offer much personal advice as I am long past having my kids, but what I CAN remember is my sex life being really buggered up for a long time. I'd had both boys by C-Sec, I was nursing, I was exhausted, I think I most likely WAS depressed but put it down to being lonely because I was the first in our crowd to have kids and I was "stuck" at home while all my friends were out having "fun" working. (Yeah, right!) I was doing the cooking, the cleaning, the shopping, the child care, I'm know there were times I ran to the store with two kids on my hips and me in my pj's! I'm pretty sure I didn't always smell so great and when the husband thought playing "hide the salami" sounded like great fun, I was just hoping it would dry out and fall off.
Probably wasn't much help and hopefully someone else will post soon.............don't give up.
Peace
Greenlydia

P.S.
I was born in Winnipeg and we moved to Seattle when I was little. I had an aunt and uncle that lived in Nanaimo, spent many summers up there. Beautiful place.

[whitecat78]

the exact thing happen to me, about a couple weeks after lexapro withdrawal. i was really horny and orgasmed like 3 times a day, but the whole time i was on lexapro i had no interest in sex and it was very hard to orgasm.

[greenlydia]

If it seems the Zoloft is the cause of your sexual downfall, don't take it! Many of the antidepressants have the unwanted side effect of killing the sex drive. In my Nursing Drug Reference book, it states under Zoloft............"MALE sexual dysfunction."
I think it's normal for a woman to be "off" sexually for a given time after birth and I think it is highly individualized. I don't think a year is horribly excessive, but I'm sure some would.
I think that your sex drive has returned rather suddenly and quite greedily (LOL) is great and you should enjoy it, even if you are flying solo at the moment. And who cares if it came back because of being off the meds or because your hornones are setteling down! Bottom line it's back! Woohoo!!!!!
Perhaps to ease your mind that all is as it should be, a discussion with your OB/GYN might be a good idea.
Rock on!
Peace
Greenlydia

[Julia2010]

Ty for your guys replies... im seeing a therapist tmmrw about my obsessing and stuff to do with my anxiety. But i do believe my desire and drive is def back. again TY for sharing your exp and replying.

[Julia2010]

Yes nanaimo is very beautiful .. i love it here :)