Hi,

i am a 33 yr old male with a history of depression. Over the years I have taken pretty much every anti-depressent med at one time or another. The reason I kept switching is because they all triggered the well-known sexual dysfuntcion side-effect. I had particular success with lexapro, paxil, and luvox, but they destroyed my sex life. I also ended up trying others like wellbutrin, and they just didn't work (and sexual dysfunction).

My doctor and I tried a number of options and combinations, but against all the general recommendations such as building tolerance, trying combinations, etc, nothing ever worked.

I recently read an article in newsweek, I jumped because the title promised a new idea or solution to this problem, but it ended up describing the same common suggestions I have heard a million times.

With every ssri I had a decreased libido and inability to climax. With all the other classes of meds, they just didn't work. I have also been in therapy on and off for years.

So, I go untreated.

Question: is there any hope for me? Is there any new medication development that maybe hasn't been popularized yet? Anything radical out there?

Thx