PSSD 4 Years Later

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Daboba
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PSSD 4 Years Later

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Hi all,

I last took Citalopram around 3/4 years ago, I did at one point around that time get switched to Sertraline but it did nothing whatsoever so I left it. Fast forward 4 years later, the beginning of June I experienced ED out of the blue. Then a week or so later the numbness began. At first I suspected MS as my uncle has it, but was ruled out but full MRI. I then began to get loss info sensation through my body, so touch it requires more to feel pain and most recently, insomnia. I feel like my genitals are quite anaesthetised which is unfortunate as it started as soon as I began talking to the girls I’m in a relationship with now, but having to mask my symptoms as not to scare her off. Sex requires viagra and I’ve also began to experience the emotional blunting, it’s been about a month and a half now.

Though I haven’t heard of anyone developing PSSD so long after stopping SSRI’s. I know it’s that because my symptoms match up with many others and I’ve done so many tests that come back normal. Neither antidepressant at the time gave me sexual issues other than citalopram which just delayed ejaculation, nothing else. Having stopped taking AD’s my sex life from then since a month and a half ago was absolutely normal, 0 issues whatsoever until out of the blue a month and a half ago. Has this been anyone else’s experience?

This stuff is tough to deal with, I hope there are some solutions soon, symptom treatment would suffice at this point. Not sure what to do. It’s even less believable because I stopped SSRI’s so long ago but no one’s taking me seriously.
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Sorry to hear your condition....


But i think its too much time after for pssd to happen... Even in the literature dont know if there is possibility for pssd to happen years later.....

Maybe something else for your situation?
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Daboba wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:56 am Hi all,

I last took Citalopram around 3/4 years ago, I did at one point around that time get switched to Sertraline but it did nothing whatsoever so I left it. Fast forward 4 years later, the beginning of June I experienced ED out of the blue. Then a week or so later the numbness began. At first I suspected MS as my uncle has it, but was ruled out but full MRI. I then began to get loss info sensation through my body, so touch it requires more to feel pain and most recently, insomnia. I feel like my genitals are quite anaesthetised which is unfortunate as it started as soon as I began talking to the girls I’m in a relationship with now, but having to mask my symptoms as not to scare her off. Sex requires viagra and I’ve also began to experience the emotional blunting, it’s been about a month and a half now.

Though I haven’t heard of anyone developing PSSD so long after stopping SSRI’s. I know it’s that because my symptoms match up with many others and I’ve done so many tests that come back normal. Neither antidepressant at the time gave me sexual issues other than citalopram which just delayed ejaculation, nothing else. Having stopped taking AD’s my sex life from then since a month and a half ago was absolutely normal, 0 issues whatsoever until out of the blue a month and a half ago. Has this been anyone else’s experience?

This stuff is tough to deal with, I hope there are some solutions soon, symptom treatment would suffice at this point. Not sure what to do. It’s even less believable because I stopped SSRI’s so long ago but no one’s taking me seriously.
Have you tried filling out an RxISK report?
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I developed PSSD from Citalopram about 6 months after last taking it, for what it's worth. 4 years seems really long, but I suppose it's possible.
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Too long to be PSSD.
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Brain food wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:11 pm
Daboba wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:56 am Hi all,

I last took Citalopram around 3/4 years ago, I did at one point around that time get switched to Sertraline but it did nothing whatsoever so I left it. Fast forward 4 years later, the beginning of June I experienced ED out of the blue. Then a week or so later the numbness began. At first I suspected MS as my uncle has it, but was ruled out but full MRI. I then began to get loss info sensation through my body, so touch it requires more to feel pain and most recently, insomnia. I feel like my genitals are quite anaesthetised which is unfortunate as it started as soon as I began talking to the girls I’m in a relationship with now, but having to mask my symptoms as not to scare her off. Sex requires viagra and I’ve also began to experience the emotional blunting, it’s been about a month and a half now.

Though I haven’t heard of anyone developing PSSD so long after stopping SSRI’s. I know it’s that because my symptoms match up with many others and I’ve done so many tests that come back normal. Neither antidepressant at the time gave me sexual issues other than citalopram which just delayed ejaculation, nothing else. Having stopped taking AD’s my sex life from then since a month and a half ago was absolutely normal, 0 issues whatsoever until out of the blue a month and a half ago. Has this been anyone else’s experience?

This stuff is tough to deal with, I hope there are some solutions soon, symptom treatment would suffice at this point. Not sure what to do. It’s even less believable because I stopped SSRI’s so long ago but no one’s taking me seriously.
Have you tried filling out an RxISK report?
Hi Brain, I have not. But I will do so. Thank you
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vk13 wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 5:19 pm Sorry to hear your condition....


But i think its too much time after for pssd to happen... Even in the literature dont know if there is possibility for pssd to happen years later.....

Maybe something else for your situation?
I understand that, I was skeptical at first and suspected MS for the numbness which I underwent 3 MRI’s for (Brain, Spine and Pelvis). This ruled out no issues in that department. I then visited a Urologist who’s conclusion to my symptoms were stress/performance anxiety which is not the case, at all.

My symptoms went as follows:
Unexplainable ED beginning of June, noticed with partner that I was falling soft intermittently.
Lack of sensation gradually occurred in the genitals and noticed that the tip of my penis wasn’t filling up.
Erections became rare (morning wood and random erections no longer occurred), even with physical contact it was a struggle.
My skin became less sensitive, everywhere. There’s not an inch of skin on my body that doesn’t feel somewhat muted.
Most recently I’ve had chronic insomnia, 6 nights with about an hours sleep in total. Dr put me on Zopiclone which has gotten me 5/6 hours for the last two nights. Not to mention emotional bluntness that I recently began experiencing. It seemed to have happened with the onset of insomnia.

If this doesn’t sound like PSSD, are there any other conditions that I could potential suspect? Given my bloods and other tests have been fine, no flags have been raised by healthcare professionals.
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Scout19 wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 8:57 pm I developed PSSD from Citalopram about 6 months after last taking it, for what it's worth. 4 years seems really long, but I suppose it's possible.
Hi Scout,

If you don’t mind me asking, did you experience any of your PSSD symptoms whilst ON citalopram?

I’m guessing the damage was there, just needed a trigger. But I’m not sure, at a loss in terms of what it could be other than PSSD. 3/4 years is a long time indeed. Were you fine between last dose and onset of symptoms?

Thanks!
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Daboba wrote: Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:18 am
Scout19 wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 8:57 pm I developed PSSD from Citalopram about 6 months after last taking it, for what it's worth. 4 years seems really long, but I suppose it's possible.
Hi Scout,

If you don’t mind me asking, did you experience any of your PSSD symptoms whilst ON citalopram?

I’m guessing the damage was there, just needed a trigger. But I’m not sure, at a loss in terms of what it could be other than PSSD. 3/4 years is a long time indeed. Were you fine between last dose and onset of symptoms?

Thanks!
No I did not. My sexual functioning on citalopram was totally normal.

It's hard to remember exactly when the symptoms started. I quit in fall of 2017, and around spring 2018 I noticed there was a problem. That's when I discovered PSSD. Hard to say whether it was gradual or not.
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Hi scout!

Could you tell the symptoms you have right now?
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