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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. UBB Code™ Images not permitted. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Karybu: [QB] As Robin said, this is something to discuss with your psychiatrist - sexual side effects are quite common with SSRIs, and it's something they will have heard before. You said that you're moving towards not taking the medication anymore, so it could be that time will solve this. Citalopram has a half-life of 35 hours, sure, but tapering off an SSRI can take weeks or months, and it can take quite a while for your body to go back to it's "default" state. There isn't really anything you can do that will improve your sex drive, unfortunately; that's something that's pretty much out of our control, but your psychiatrist may have some suggestions. One thing to remember though is that "never" is a very, VERY long time, and it's incredibly unlikely that your sex drive will be at this level (or any one level) for the whole of your life. It may seem that way now, I know, but the possibility of that is almost zero. The best thing you can do at the moment is be patient, even though that might be tough. [/QB][/QUOTE]

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