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Nov 12, 2012 at 08:26 AM
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I need to vent...so I'm on 3 vistarils a day, 2 klonopins, and now I'm taking 1/2 a pill of paxil at night (the doc is weaning me off of it). They diagnosed me with anxiety/panic disorder and PTSD. It's not that I'm exactly a "sex addict," but I *do* like to "take care of business" every night before I go to bed and have done so for years. My husband isn't really interested in sex, which is fine, whatever. I think it helped me relax afterwards so I could sleep.
What used to take 3-5 minutes now takes close to an hour and a half. My psychiatrist & therapist both agree it's the medication. Since I haven't had any major "freakouts" in over a week, I think I'm ok. But this business of not being able to achieve orgasm - even an unsatisfying one - is downright depressing, no thanks to the antidepression pills I take. 
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Nov 13, 2012 at 12:53 AM
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I had unorgasmia for three a half years due to antipsychotics. What helped was simply reducing the dose in half. I am now able to come alone and with a partner.
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Nov 15, 2012 at 06:12 PM
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Have you tried using a vibrator? may sound obvious but there's usually nothing that can keep me from achieving orgasm that way. If not, maybe in the shower could help?
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Nov 15, 2012 at 08:58 PM
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I'm having similar issues, and I'm on nothing. I'm a bit of an addict, so I guess it's more masterbation. Sex helps me relax, kinda disassociate a bit, and I prefer taking care of it myself. I get too emotional otherwise. Doesn't matter what I do, vibrator, sex toys, shower, doesn't happen. Maybe I've done it so much I'm desensitized to it...I don't know.
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Nov 16, 2012 at 06:34 PM
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Lack of sleep can cause it.... which can cause lack of sleep. Yucky cycle.
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Nov 16, 2012 at 08:50 PM
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I've recently resorted to using vibrators (because doing it manually leaves my fingers cramped up and useless), and even then it still takes close to an hour. I am officially out of double-A batteries, I think I've got maybe 2 days of life left in the only one that works.  I'm weaned off of the paxil completely now, so that's supposed to help. I think a lot of it is psychosomatic with me...one of those, "if I can't have it, then I need it that much MORE" sort of things. *sigh* Eventually I'll get my, uhh, 'mojo' back. In the meantime, I just hope I don't ruin things physically with battery-operated toys. 
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Dec 11, 2012 at 12:50 AM
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Paxil killed my ability to orgasm. I too first noticed it was taking longer and long to orgasm. It was the sole reason I stopped taking it.
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