Doctors reveal how antidepressants can PERMANENTLY destroy your sex life, cause pleasureless orgasms and numb genitals - as young people who have taken them say: 'I've feel like I've been castrated' By Katinka Blackford Newman For The Daily Mail Published: 12:15, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 12:21, 13 June 2024 e-mail 1 View comments When 25-year-old Rebekah Kane was prescribed antidepressants at the age of 15, she had no idea of the devastating consequences. ‘These drugs have wiped out my sex drive,’ the former student told Mail+. ‘I have total genital numbness, zero libido and have no response to sexual stimuli.
’ Rebekah is one of thousands around the world who report experiencing permanent sexual dysfunction as a result of taking antidepressants. The condition is known as post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) - SSRIs are a type of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, but the side-effect can also be the result of taking other drugs that act on the brain chemical serotonin. Rebekah Kane was prescribed antidepressants at the age of 15, and it has left her with devastating consequences These include antidepressants known as SNRIs (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) and some of the older antidepressants known as tricyclics.
It’s widely accepted that sexual side-effects happen while people are actually taking antidepressants. Indeed while antidepressants can be life-changing for some, there is now growing recognition that sexual problem.
