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New member here. Middle aged male. Married.

Have been reading this forum for a month now.

I was prescribed escitalopram 10mg in 2010 for anxiety/stress symptoms and stopped abruptly after 1 year as I was feeling good. I had very minor withdrawal symptoms back then. Just some dizziness and brain zaps that resolved in a month or two.
Then within one year after stopping I went back on the medication and felt just fine for many years. I kinda liked it as it made my life easier back then. Then I gradually developed minor ED and had minor emotional blunting but Viagra worked great and I wasn't worried at all. I tried to quit couple of times but for some reason I couldn't do it easily anymore as in the first time. I always had to go back on medication in two weeks as some super unbearable withdrawal symptoms emerged.

In 2021 I started slow tapering and when I finally went under 5mg I started to notice some changes in sexual function (mostly diminished libido and at the same time super sensitive penis and premature ejaculation). After 1.5 years of tapering I was at 1mg and in a period of few weeks got really bad anxiety because of strange tingling sensations and pain all over my body. I was desperate and went back to 10mg as my doctor advised but that only gave me panic attacks and did not resolve any of the symptoms that had occured after I first started slow tapering (emotional blunting, ED, almost non existent libido). The tingling and other pain resolved and once again started tapering. I am at 1.5mg dosage now after 9 months of tapering and now I think I have severe PSSD. The strange thing is that currently I don't feel any difference when I lower the dose. No brain zaps. Nothing. Every time before the tapering has been hard for me.

Symptoms now:
Loss of sensitivity (basically all erogenic areas).
Weak orgasm
ED
Almost nonexistent libido
Extreme Anhedonia (Cannot feel anything positive most of the time. Cannot enjoy music at all. It has been very important for me all my life. Cannot even feel stress anymore. Stress has been a major problem for me always)
Very bad sleep quality (feels like I'm partly awake all night even though I have dreams). I am not tired in the morning or during the day. Just this unreal anhedonic state all the time.
Cognitive issues (bad memory. especially short term, occasional brain fog, lack of motivation)
Cold fingers and toes on my left side (when exposed to cold).
Cold tip of penis.

Also suddenly cannot feel alcohol, nicotine or caffeine which fits the diagnosis.
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