[Boatie McBoatface]

Hey, all. I was prescribed Prozac for panic attacks at 19. I'm 42 now, and I've learned that the generalized anxiety disorder and hypervigilance I've also fought most of my life were side effects of the drug, so I'm slowly weaning off of it.

My original dose was 80 mg. When I hit 20 mg a ton of my anxiety went away and I went on something like thirty different dates in two months. When I hit 15 mg I stopped dating. Now that I'm at 10 mg I have almost no interest in sex. It's like my brain has been running on overdrive for two decades and now that drug is gone, it's off completely and I'm okay with it.

I've been looking online and have read that Prozac can cause hypersexuality in people as a side effect. I know it's usually prescribed to people to *lower* their sex drives, but I've already been having a paradoxical reaction for anxiety so this seems to fit.

Being on 10 mg has totally changed my outlook toward sex, dating, and relationships. I used to use sex to boost my self esteem with women (which was rare because the drug also made me so anxious around them). I used to think all that matters was getting sex and I didn't really care what the fallout was. To that end I once got an STD, was beaten up (and hospitalized) by a guy for sleeping with his girlfriend, slept with four married women, and had a 1.5 year affair. I slept with two different women on the same day with three different sets of women, and slept with three different women in five days. I damaged a lot of relationships and friendships along the way.

But this attitude has vanished at the 10 mg of Prozac. The idea of sex now is almost a complete turn off. I've deleted all my dating apps and closed my accounts because the whole notion of it makes me cringe. I have no interest in going on dates or meeting new women. I just want to live my life free of anxiety and free of this sexual compulsion which I'm convinced was caused by the drug. It's not like the drug made me constantly aroused. It was all cognitive, like I couldn't stop thinking about it.

I don't even know what an appropriate level of sexuality is! I've been on Prozac for my entire adult life.

I'm not sure if I'm posting this to see if other people can relate, or as some sort of mea culpa asking the internet for forgiveness, or just wondering if anyone else on here has had their sexuality affected by their meds.

So...that's my story. Any thoughts?