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Re:Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction by iammisc on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:52PM (#29029950)
I am a straight man, so have no experience with other men obviously, but this is fascinating. How can it be that so many of us are on antidepressants? Something is surely wrong as you've said right?

There may also be selection effects as men in their late 30s may not have 'paired up' so to speak due to depression. But still, I'm curious if anyone has stats on how many people are on these drugs.

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Re:Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction by wayoutthere on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:15PM (#29030320)
About 15-20%. But that’s just the antidepressants; sexual dysfunction can also be caused by blood pressure medication, epilepsy meds, etc. Anecdotally I would say regular sexual dysfunction among men over 35 is probably closer to 50%.

I don’t know how this compares to past eras though.

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Re:Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction by anon-guy on Friday October 29, 2021 @05:12AM (#29036709)
Just 200 years ago, that 35 year old man would probably be dead already. Medicine has given us a longer life span and evolution hasn’t caught up.
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