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SSRI's are known to have side effects on your sex drive, libido and anorgasmia in some cases.

The bar for informing patients on potential side effects is so low. The silver bullet attitude many doctors carry with ssri prescriptions is quite misleading.

[0]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9934946/#:~:text=Among%20the....

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Sexual dysfunction is literally the most well-known and most-discussed side effect of SSRIs. Every doctor I've spoken to has mentioned it, and so does the information sheet that accompanies the prescription bottle. And of course any google search will bring it up immediately. It's not exactly a dirty secret.

Lol, I got prescribed SSRIs as a teen with no discussion of side effects. Doctors just prescribe these things like they give out candy. Most people just do what their doctors tell them to do, they don't nerd out and look up the details of every, or any, medicine they take.

And perhaps a special case of emotional numbing and blunting.

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