Posted by Bob on July 9, 2009, at 13:30:33
In reply to Re: Best Antidepressants for men?, posted by SLS on July 6, 2009, at 5:12:25
> > > Some studies that women responded better to SSRI's wherase men responded better to imipramine. SSRI's make me a little....wimpy.
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> > A word of warning: imipramine gave me erectile dysfunction. Apparently it's fairly common.
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> Hmm. I don't know about that.
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> This is the first time I have heard this said of any tricyclic with the exception of clomipramine. I have been on quite a few of them, and never had a problem, even at maximum dosages. I'm just one person, of course. However, I don't believe that TCAs cause ED. They might perhaps exaggerate the cremaster reflex during orgasm, but this does not affect the orgasm itself.
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> - ScottI have been sexually affected by many AD's, including Nortripyline. Admittedly not as much as Citalopram or other SSRI's, but it is not zero either.
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