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I Took Cipralex 3 Months Ago For Depression But Till Now I Have The Side Effects

hi! I was on anti depressant past 2 years. It has already been three months that i quit them. The last drug that i took was cipralex and took it for complete one year before tapering it. It is known to have bad withdrawal effect. I am done with all my side effects EXCEPT that i still have very low libido..it is almost nil...i am scared. it is already three months and i still have this sie effect..is it normal?
Sat, 1 Jan 2011
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Sexual side effects are very common with SSRIs.Cipralex is an SSRI.60 to 80 % patients
develop some sexual side effects with this drugs.Side effects are mainly related with ejaculation and orgasm in males.Desire(libido) is not commonly affected,but stil it may occur.It may take months to clear.Sometimes loss of libido is part of depressive symptoms.Certain drugs are there that can be tried to reverse the SSRI induce sexual side effect.Talk with a your psychiatriat.
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I Took Cipralex 3 Months Ago For Depression But Till Now I Have The Side Effects

Sexual side effects are very common with SSRIs.Cipralex is an SSRI.60 to 80 % patients develop some sexual side effects with this drugs.Side effects are mainly related with ejaculation and orgasm in males.Desire(libido) is not commonly affected,but stil it may occur.It may take months to clear.Sometimes loss of libido is part of depressive symptoms.Certain drugs are there that can be tried to reverse the SSRI induce sexual side effect.Talk with a your psychiatriat.