from Marianne Demassi’s report: “Antidepressants have the following effects: cause Severe, sometimes irreversible, sexual dysfunction that persists after the drug is stopped. Victims describe it as “chemical castration,” a type of genital mutilation caused by antidepressants, mainly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). This condition is known as SSRI Postsexual Dysfunction (PSSD), but it is largely unrecognized and its actual incidence is unknown.
David Healy, Psychiatrist, Founder RxISK.org “In 2000, my first PSSD patient was a 35-year-old woman who told me that three months after stopping treatment, she felt nothing when she rubbed her genitals with a stiff-bristle brush. “This condition is very distressing and will cause profound changes in the lives of you and those around you,” said Josef Witt Doering, a psychiatrist and former FDA medical officer. rice field.
In 2020, as Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown dragged on, 23-year-old Rosie Thilli felt a growing sense of anxiety and depression. Her psychiatrist prescribed low doses of Lexapro (escitalopram), an SSRI, to calm Rosie’s mind, and told her that if she had side effects, she would be cured if she stopped taking her medication. Guaranteed. She felt that Rosie took her medication and immediately her emotions dulled, which she took as a positive sign. She said, “At first, I thought it was amazing because it felt like the medicine was working. has become paralyzed.”
After four months, Rosie decided to slowly wean herself off the drugs. Some of her symptoms improved and the fog cleared, but over the next two years her libido disappeared. “It’s been two hellish years. Now I have no sexual function. It’s numb. I can’t have an orgasm. I feel like my soul has been sucked out of my body. I’m completely void.” I feel sexual,” said Rosie. She sought help from various specialists, but no one believed it could be an antidepressant because it had already left her system. They concluded that it was all in her mind.
Rosie went home youth center I asked for help, but in the end they mental health law and Involuntary Treatment Order, claimed to be taking antipsychotics. “I refused to take antipsychotics because I knew I wasn’t psychotic. forced me,” said Rosie. “It was the most traumatic event I have ever experienced in my life. I felt helpless, but my parents just watched. I know you’re doing
In her clinical record, doctors wrote:Rosie shows delusional intensity stereotypes about ongoing sexual side effects from Lexapro. “A psychologist asked me if I had tried seeing a male sex worker to get my libido back. I was shocked. I said it would help me face my body,” Rosie said. “I’m chemically castrated, but no one believes me. In retrospect, my original anxiety was nothing compared to this. It’s reduced my quality of life.” Completely ruined. I feel trapped inside my own body,” she added.
doctors don’t understand
“Most doctors are not used to enduring side effects after antidepressants and believe that stopping the drug will end the side effects,” says Witt Dohring. . .Healy said that PSSD is often ignored as the person’s “underlying depression” and that patients Gaslighted by the doctors It leads to repeated trauma. “I know many patients who have committed suicide because of this disease. DignitasThat’s access to death assistance in Switzerland,” Healy said.
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