Low sex drive after getting off antidepressant

Hi!  I am a 24 year-old male.  I was taking 150 mg of Effexor XR daily for about two years for depression/social anxiety.  While I was on the medication, my sex drive was normal but I noticed that my erections were difficult to maintain and about half the normal strength.  I have been completely off the medication for over a year.  Every since I stopped taking it, I noticed that my sex drive has been severely reduced.  Seeing attractive women produces hardly any physical response.  I also still suffer from the same erectile difficulties described above.  I am wondering if getting off the medication somehow permanently affected my sex drive.  I am generally happy now without any symptoms of depression.  Is this a common situation and is there anything I can do to restore my sex drive and performance?  Could getting off the medicine have left me in some kind of hormonal imbalance?  Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

There are many variations of this, and sometimes, there is a loss of sex drive after antidepressants, but it usually only lasts several months.  I would look into other causes ...perhaps you are ready for a love relationship that is serious and just visual imagery of an attractive woman is not enough real stimulation...perhaps the women you have been with recently are not yet the love of your life.