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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.
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.
I stopped using Zoloft after day 5 , lost my sex drive ...do you reckon it will come back after Zoloft gets out of my System ? How long does it take especially after only 5 days of using it ?
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This post is a couple years old, so don't know if anyone's still following this thread, but the Zoloft is already out of your system. The problem with stopping antidepressants isn't having them still in your system, it's not having them in your system anymore. At that point the brain has to re-learn how to function normally because the medication has been making your body work artificially. When this happens easily there aren't many problems. When this doesn't happen easily, things can be harder. You don't say if you tapered off the Zoloft slowly or quit abruptly nor how long you were on it; both will affect how easily you stop taking it. If withdrawal side effects -- meaning things now bothering you after quitting that weren't bothering you either before you started the med or while you were on it -- begin to linger a long time, you might have to consider going back on the med and stop it more slowly. So far it's very early days and your brain is working hard to get back to working the way nature intended. Hopefully this goes easily for you; for most people it's a couple of bad weeks and then they're wherever they are. For some it's a long process. We're all different and we also react to different meds differently. The time to worry about this isn't right now, if you did this properly and tapered off slowly; it's if you're still having problems after some time has passed.
I am 48. I stopped taking Citalopram 2 weeks ago and have been having some side effects.. The most noticeable were flu. imsonia and restless legs at midnights. To ease the restless anxious feeling I started to masturbate and now I find myself very horny and need to masturbate a few times a day like my teen years!! I have been low with sex drive and can only think its a good sign.
I had high axienty after being hurt in Iraq and the Army and Va had me on a lot of zoloft for about 8 years now. I ordered a refill and it never showed so I went without and now I feel horny all the time. The past 8 years it has been hard between me and my wife because my sex drive was gone but now it is all I can think about and I wasn't this bad as a teen. Did it go away after a while or do you still feel the same way?
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Hey mate , I stopped using Zoloft after day 5 , lost my sex drive ...do you reckon it will come back after Zoloft gets out of my system n 5 days on the meds would have done much damage hey !
Hey! I am going through the same thing! i am a 23 year old mother to a beautiful 16 month old girl and had been taking generic zoloft for about 3 or 4 months i had anxiety really bad always thought i was dying with no history of anxiety before that just had a tough 2 years. and i finally stopped taking zoloft about a week ago cold turkey because i just knew i didnt need it anymore. I've never been this horny in my entire life! and when i start pleasuring myself it just makes me want more and more orgasm after orgasm. i finally feel alive, everything seems brighter. the feelings are coming back and i can finally feel all the negative starting to release from my body. you are the only person i could find that has posted on the internet about exactly what I am going through! So thank you for sharing!
Hi,
Yes I'm 39 year old male (single) and I've been off Sertraline for about 3 months and I'm horny as a dog, I have quite a high sex drive normally but this is off the scale. I never thought I'd say this but I hope it calms down a bit, no other effects from coming off the meds.
Well I hope things settle down for you soon
Yes I'm 39 year old male (single) and I've been off Sertraline for about 3 months and I'm horny as a dog, I have quite a high sex drive normally but this is off the scale. I never thought I'd say this but I hope it calms down a bit, no other effects from coming off the meds.
Well I hope things settle down for you soon
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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