Happy Pills

[lnr]

Off to the docs soon for another doze of happy pills. Dunno if I need them. Talk to him about it maybe. I seem pretty good at the moment (other than worrying about if rjk is OK, and a bit about work). And I definitely think they must be at least a factor in the weirdness of my sexual responses at the moment (mentally can be very interested but actually getting anywhere is annoying, or even *feeling* much in the way of physical stimulation sometimes, despite it being things which would normally feel *good*). Don't want to assume it's just the pills though or it'd be even more upsetting if things don't perk up once I'm not taking them, IYSWIM.

A reduced dose might be the answer, but I'm bad enough at remembering one-a-day (I seem to have forgotten 2 of them over the last 30 days, judging from how many are left in the packet) and every-other-day I'd just never manage. *giggle* I'd have to set up a cron job to remind me or something.

Update: Pah. Didn't breach subject of effect on sex to doc, just said I was feeling much better, and nodded meekly and agreed when he said it was best to carry on with them for now. He wants to see a prolonged period of being OK before stopping the pills, which makes sense, but I'm such a wimp sometimes. Oh well, it only took about a minute, and then 20 mins waiting in the chemist.

Comments

[k425.livejournal.com]

Are you on the OCP as well as the happy pills? It's not unusual for that to affect libido and sexual response, the combination of two types of pills may be making things worse. It may be that different happy pills/OCP may make a difference.

[lnr]

I am indeed taking contraceptive pills (Microgynon) as well as the happy pills (fluoxetine): so it could well be that. Something worth asking about next time I guess. It's just another month though, and I still seem to be having fun even if things are behaving a bit oddly, so I think I'll be OK til I see him again. Must remember to buy batteries for the bunny rabbit so rjk can have the ones from his camera back </TMI>

[angua.livejournal.com]

I'm on the same combination of things as you I think and I've noticed strangeness too so I'm pretty sure it's the drugs, I wouldn't stress too much, I'm hoping to come off the happy pills soon so I'll let you know if things get back to normal :)

[nassus.livejournal.com]

Depending on which AD's you are on there can be some pretty strong and opposite side-effects along those lines for males and females. There is a lot of good legitimate medical stuff on the web including reports the drug-companies publish from the testing. It takes a bit of wading and weeding but you can do the research yourself and it is less embarrasing than asking the doc *grin*. Then you can work out exactly what to ask and if you need to say anything.
Don't forget it can be due to other stuff like tiredness/stress/illness as well *grin*.

[quis-ego.livejournal.com]

Almost certainly a side-effect of the happy pills. It definitely numbed bits of me so that they didn't work like they used to. Normal service resumed once I came off the pills, though.

[lnr]

Ah cool, good to know at least.

*giggle* cool icon.