# 250,000 Pedofiles. Can this number be correct? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 14, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-000-pedofiles-can-this-number-be-correct/148507 "2003-01-14T14:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-000-pedofiles-can-this-number-be-correct/148507/21 "2003-01-14T23:55:11Z")
I probably she have included that I do know that ephebophilia typically means that they are exclusively attracted to minors, not incidentally. ---
**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-000-pedofiles-can-this-number-be-correct/148507/22 "2003-01-15T06:26:37Z")
boring ! i am sure that a lot more kids (worldwide) die from hunger and lack of medical care than are sexually abused. and nobody ever gets punished or even condemned for their deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-000-pedofiles-can-this-number-be-correct/148507/23 "2003-01-15T07:02:48Z")
[hijack] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SCSimmons \* > **OK, that is weird. The focus of the article, once you get into it, is the use of SSRI medicines on paraphiliacs to suppress their sex drive. It includes cites of studies showing success in this treatment method. This clashes with my experience of using SSRI’s as a treatment for my clinical depression; in the depths of depression, I don’t have any sex drive to speak of, whereas after successful treatment with those drugs, I do. I don’t know if that’s a widespread phenomenon, but I can’t imagine that these types of medicines would be very popular treatments of depression if they took away the patient’s interest in sex along with his depression …** It depends on the person taking them. Reduced sex drive, anorgasmia (yes, _exactly_ what it sounds like), weight gain, nausia, insomnia, lethargy and a whole host of other things are known side-effects of SSRI’s. What the patient is willing to put up with depends on the severity of the side-effect and how bad things were _without_ the meds. Not everyone is going to be affected the same way, and some SSRI’s may give better results/fewer side-effects than others. For my part, my sex drive was only moderately reduced, no big deal in contrast to how I felt pre-medication. The big problems for me were weight gain and anorgasmia (and boy did that suck). I also had problems with both insomnia **and** extreme lethargy, on the same brand, depending on the dosage. Of course I don’t believe anyone is really sure why SSRI’s would improve mood while simultaneously decreasing sex drive, but mucking about with brain chemistry is bound to create some weirdness somewhere. Most, if not all, prescription meds have websites where you can look up things like side-effects etc. [www.celexa.com](http://www.celexa.com) is one. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-000-pedofiles-can-this-number-be-correct/148507/24 "2003-01-15T14:55:21Z")
Good point, Kaio. In fact, I had a problem with anorgasmia with the first med I was put on. I actually thought is was a kinda cool side effect for a few weeks after it started. Woo-hoo! Bang away all night! (I could reach climax, with an inordinate amount of effort …) But it got real old before too long … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/250-000-pedofiles-can-this-number-be-correct/148507.md?page=1)