To affirm you experience, the meds can most certainly have the effects you are witnessing. There’s a few gems of the stories told in Dopamine Nation including of the author that touch on this topic about antidepressants and the side effects. It’s worth having her dose and medication examined much closer by the right professional in your country (I’m in the US and know the system best here). If you need any help navigating, I’m pretty easy to get in touch with and happy to help point you and/or your partner in the right direction along with any supplemental information that may help.
Re:Loving Someone with Depression
by ycombinete on Monday January 03, 2022 @12:07AM
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> have some side effects that have effected us.
I assume part of this is the typical effect that she now has almost no libido
Re:Loving Someone with Depression
by TranquilMarmot on Monday January 03, 2022 @01:18AM
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To be fair, depression has enough of an effect on libido on its own
I had a similar thing happen with my long time girlfriend, 5+ years. She had a rough childhood and covid measures eventually made her suicidal as we graduated college. Eventually she got treatment, and is doing better (yay!).
This is all great other than the meds have now evened her out too much. She’s a totally different person and antidepressants have some side effects that have effected us.
Even if the meds are good for you, and they probably are, it was difficult to adjust to a whole new person after so long. I could even see either the side effects or who she is now ending our relationship.
We’re working on it, but i think in part the meds messed with our dynamic.