# If you take antidepressants when you are not clinically depressed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 20, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-take-antidepressants-when-you-are-not-clinically-depressed/613376 "2012-02-20T00:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-take-antidepressants-when-you-are-not-clinically-depressed/613376/41 "2017-07-07T18:22:27Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > By the way, when drug makers warn about “sexual side effects”, they are not talking about _positive_ effects. So don’t expect a swinging time with Paxil. ☹ Well, with me, I could get and maintain an erection, but climaxing was next to impossible. For that reason, I’ve always wondered if male porn stars take SSRIs to help them last during scenes. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-take-antidepressants-when-you-are-not-clinically-depressed/613376/42 "2017-07-07T18:27:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by JustFeelingMeh > I have zero interest in sex, at all. Its really negatively effected my relationship. My doctor put me on an anti-depressant, not because he thought I was depressed, but to ‘cure’ my lack of interest in sex. If I stop taking it cold turkey, can it make me depressed, even if I wasnt depressed when I started taking it? Sadly appropriate user name / post combo [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-take-antidepressants-when-you-are-not-clinically-depressed/613376.md?page=2)