The user u/Thechaddinator claims to have recovered from PSSD after reinstating and abruptly discontinuing sertraline.
"Hi. I used to have mental problems, and before i started SSRI i would have plenty of sex drive even when feeling down. On SSRI and after i stopped taking them, my sex drive never returned to normal. I started SSRI again for health reasons, but had severe side effects this time. I had to stop immediatly, so i went from 100 mg of Sertraline to 0 without any stepping down. Now my ability to have sex, feeling, orgasm has all returned to normal. I am not suggesting that you get on a high dosage SSRI and then suddently stop as that can have bad side effects, however i feel i must report this as it has truly happend to me. I feel much more sexually and i no longer have to spend 45 minutes to achieve orgasm. It was terrible for a young man with a girlfriend before. I have in my time stepped in and out of SSRI many times, always doing gradual decreases and the sex drive never returning. I believe the difference this time lies in the sudden stop, which may have had some sort of shock effect on my sexual system. It has been about 2 weeks since i stopped and the effect is still lasting, it is however possible that i might return to some sort of baseline eventually.
My own doctor does not even recognize that PSSD is a real thing and are not open to this sort of idea at all, but i feel i have a moral obligation to share this with the world so that it may be studied.
Best regards,"
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Recovery after sertraline reinstatement
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