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Re:Why Antidepressants Don't Live Up to the Hype by apmee on Thursday May 07, 2009 @03:15PM (#598483)
What's interesting is that antidepressants such as Prozac have a few established, proven and well-documented side-effects, one of which is orgasm inhibition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssri#Sexual_side_effects

So I'd imagine that the men who are prescribed antidepressants for things like premature ejaculation find that they very much do live up to (a different kind of) hype.

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Re:Why Antidepressants Don't Live Up to the Hype by anigbrowl on Thursday May 07, 2009 @05:13PM (#598695)
From personal experience, I can say that the compulsion (to have sex) remains but the pleasure doesn't, resulting in a lot of frustration. I prefer the mood swings. I'm pretty skeptical of this as a therapeutic option for p.e..
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