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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
I think it takes a lot more than an SSRI to permanently damage sexuality.
When I worked in psych we had several men court-ordered to get hormone shots every month to effectively chemically castrate them because they were serious sexual predators. It took quite a bit of depo-provera to do the job and even then some of them would have it start to wear off before the next shot. If an SSRI would have done it everyone would have been happier (you can imagine how happy those men were to get their monthly injections).
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Wow chemical castration?! Well, they deserve it! I'd gladly give a sexual predator their monthly shots. That sounds like an interesting/scary job! And yes I'm also on risperdal which does this same thing to me however I only take it PRN because of this reason. I would benefit greatly if I took it regularly but again, it's not worth it. I rather learn tools and techniques in therapy to deal with the emotions rather than taking a med that won't even allow me to enjoy sex.