# SSRIs and libido - totally TMI **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssris-and-libido-totally-tmi/613761 "2012-02-23T19:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssris-and-libido-totally-tmi/613761/21 "2012-02-25T00:00:57Z")
> [@FlyByNight512](#): > > … There’s also an atypical antidepressant called Citalopram ([bupropion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bupropion)) that can sometimes counteract the sexual side effects of SSRIs, as well as being a good add-on if the SSRI isn’t doing everything you need as an antidepressant. . . I’m sure bupropion (which is what your link points to) is the bee’s knees, but it ain’t [citalopram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram), which is what I’m on now and is a different Rx as I understand. ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssris-and-libido-totally-tmi/613761/22 "2012-02-25T00:46:48Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’m sure bupropion (which is what your link points to) is the bee’s knees, but it ain’t [citalopram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram), which is what I’m on now and is a different Rx as I understand. :smack: Yup, you’re right. Substitute “Wellbutrin” for “citalopram” in my original post to get the correct reading. Wellbutrin is a brand name that bupropion is often sold under. Citalopram (aka Celexa and its daughter drug Lexapro) is a different drug entirely, in fact it’s the one that most of the people in this thread have been complaining about. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssris-and-libido-totally-tmi/613761/23 "2012-02-25T01:06:54Z")
> [@nikonikosuru](#): > > Did you take any other medication after quitting the citalopram? No. I stopped cold turkey, which sucked for a week (I got the ocu-shocks). ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssris-and-libido-totally-tmi/613761/24 "2012-02-28T10:44:30Z")
I learned that I could orgasm with difficulty when an SSRI made me anorgasmic. But it hurt immensely. But I did it anyway, more than once. I may have damaged my prostate somehow. I quit the drugs and didn’t look back. For me, being on such a drug meant worrying about how the drug was screwing with my perceptions and moods. I felt better off them in general, and having my urinary tract back to near normal was good in particular (though I think I had a weaker stream for a long time after the experience). ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssris-and-libido-totally-tmi/613761/25 "2012-02-28T12:24:47Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > No. I stopped cold turkey, which sucked for a week (I got the ocu-shocks). I wish that was an option for me but unfortunately it isn’t at the time. ☹ I know that when I go off the meds the ability returns but right now I’d have to choose having stable moods over being able to orgasm. Even though I miss orgams like crazy. Damn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssris-and-libido-totally-tmi/613761.md?page=1)