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

[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 :)