Recommendations please... Anti anxiety medication that does not effect orgasms

[AimeePullman]

I am looking to help my partner find an anti (social) anxiety medication that does not effect sexual function, in particular climax.

He has tried two SSRI's and they both helped the anxiety but they block climax.

Is there someone in this forum who experienced this and was able to overcome it?

Thanks in advance 🙏

[white knight]

Hi, welcome

Unfortunately this is a medical question and along with advice of a medical nature we are extremely limited. We can however cover parts of the topic in terms of anxiety overall, like ways by which we have overcome the symptoms as peer advisors.

It took me 22 years to conquer anxiety. I actually remember the day I realised I no longer had anxiety attacks nor panic attacks, it was 2022. So in 1987 my anxiety from childhood peaked, I was then 31yo. Yes I had all the common consultations but living in a rural area transport to those professionals had to be limited. So, I had to include some self help. So here is some threads of the topic I've written. You only need to read the first post of each unless it spurs your interest.

https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/anxiety-how-l-eliminated-it/td-p/183873

https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/anxiety-it-can-be-overcome/td-p/369160

https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/staying-well/meditation-words-of-wisdom-it-helped-me-for-25-year...

I hope they help. Feel free to reply and thankyou for reaching out.

TonyWK

[AimeePullman]

Thank you 😊 

[sbella02]

Hi Aimee,

Thank you for your post, and welcome to the forums. As TonyWK has mentioned, this is a medical question, and something that your partner should take to his GP to discuss. 

To that end, if his particular GP is limited with his suggestions, there's no shame in switching to a different professional who may have greater experience or knowledge regarding medications that affect sexual function. Doctors have different levels of experience or specialty in different areas, and it's okay to approach different people if you find that you need more or different advice. 

Hope this helps, and I wish you all the best. 

SB 🙂

[geoff]

Hello Aimee, what one type of medication does for one person may not happen to other people, so as much as we'd like to comment on this, we aren't allowed to say, but what I can say is that within a few days he will know whether it's going to affect him, then he needs to revisit his doctor.

What will work properly for someone may not happen to another person.

Geoff.

Life Member.