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movespebpyesterday at 12:46 PM1 replyview on HN

The sexual side effects can be much much worse, and far more permanent than delayed orgasm or low libido - https://www.pssdnetwork.org

It's also not difficult to spot - the complete removal of libido, sometimes permanently for life, with these drugs has been seen in animal models, and also is not present in other classes of ADs. A lifetime of chemical castration effectively.

Clinicians really have been misinformed about these drugs, the awareness campaigns of the 90s still cast a long shadow, with many not really truly understanding the actual potentially permanent and serious effects of these drugs, or assuming that they're rarer than they are (they aren't rare) - because that's what the pharmaceutical company campaigns have told them.


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gib444yesterday at 12:58 PM

Right! No thread on antidepressants is complete without a downplaying of PSSD