Is having 70% erections and able to orgasm (no pleasure really just increased heart rate) but no libido and significantly reduced genital sensation a positive sign for recovery in terms of the “hardware” still being in tact?
I haven’t had any relief and I’m around 30mg of my meds from 75mg. Some people say they see improvements under 20mg or so. The only thing is the med that actually caused this, I haven’t taken for years, so it’s almost like the two mixed together badly so I’m worried that even getting off the one I am on now, won’t do anything as it was caused by another, and then I feel I’m stuck..
I have quite intense emotional blunting from when 2.5mg of olanzapine was introduced while I was on effexor. I got off it and now I’m tapering the effexor very slowly. The anhedonia and sexual dysfunction came on very very slowly which I found odd. I have reduced sensation but still there and no libido/any chemical reactions but I still have normal function and very slowly came about, just no pleasure. My head feels like nothing now. I’m very slowly tapering effexor and it’s good that I’m still able to do things normally but for the ones who are off meds now, did this get better when you were on a really low dose or off? Or are you stuck in this?
It’s been 3 years or so and I’m still able to work, socialise, watch things but I don’t feel anything, the music aspect hurts the most. So do I have a chance of recovery? I just thought I would have noticed some changes while tapering.
I switched immediately from coffee to matcha and I’ve been feeling more zombish and flat, and almost worse focus and care for things. I already suffer with emotional numbness from meds but I feel even more so now. Is this just a recalibration thing?
I have quite intense emotional blunting from meds as well as reduced sensation and no libido/any chemical reactions but I still have normal function and very slowly came about, just no pleasure. My head feels like nothing now. I’m very slowly tapering effexor and it’s good that I’m still able to do things normally but for the ones who are off meds now, did this get better when you were on a really low dose or off? Or are you stuck in this?