Anyone care to share their experience with this topic? 

I'm still relatively new to Cymbalta, but have been on one anti-depressant or another since before I became sexually active in any sense of the term.  How does Cymbalta stack up against other drugs? Particularly in ability to achieve orgasm?  Is it one of those that makes me glad that at least I don't really know what I'm missing, since generally NOTHING works?

damn, is there any way for me to edit out my typo in the subject line? 

That'll teach me to preview.

I don't believe so. And I mean for registered members who remembered to log in.

For me, Cymbalta sucks.  It's just as bad as any SSRI, maybe worse.

Knowing Burns...
since you seemed to want the typo fixed, I popped in and did it.  It only took a second, I hope you don't mind....


I haven't found Cymbalta to be much of a deterrent to orgasm, but I'm also on Wellbutrin, so maybe they cancel each other out?

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I'm beginning to think going off the Adderall was a bad idea.

Thank you

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Dammit, I did it again.

Knowing:

I've been on Zoloft which took away everything.....and Wellbutrin made me a little manic.....so I'm on Cymbalta now.  The first month or so, the big O was totally gone.  It has come back, although it takes a little longer to get where I'm going.

It hasn't affected my libido, but I live with a guy who really likes sex, and we talk about it and run around naked.....so maybe that's why it feels like that part of it hasn't changed.  Give it a good 8 weeks before you decide.  Is this more information than you wanted?? lol

olga

I have been taking Cymbalta 60 mg (+Adderal 15 mg 1-2 x per day) since February. Before that I took Wellbutrin 200mg. I stopped the Wellbutrin only because the combo made it very hard to go to the bathroom (dryness); otherwise, I felt great. The Cymbalta was good for the first 2 months, but I have just made the decision to go off of it...it didn't seem to be working. Back to the Wellbutrin.

Sexual side-effects for me were not too bad on Cymbalta (delayed orgasm and some decrease in feeling). I have found that taking 1,000 mg of L-Arginine daily seems to help a bit, but it may be my imagination. Most of those "herbal erection" formulas use L-Arginine 1000-2000 mg as the main ingredient. No clue, though, if they interact with the drugs. Check that out before taking any chances.

I'm very new to these boards but was wondering if anyone else has had any luck with adding Wellbutrin to Cymbalta.  I had taken Prozac in the past and when I added Wellbutrin I was able to orgasm again.  Do you think the Wellbutrin will do the same thing with Cymbalta?

Thanks

Anybody out there lol

Look for Becca's post near the top of this thread.

I've been on Cymbalta 30mg for six months.  It totally wiped out any sex drive and orgasms.  We added Wellbutrin and things have improved.  My libido isn't quite back to normal but the orgasms are ok.

Hi

I'm on Cymbalta and Solian (only a week now), and am now not able to orgasm at all any more. Hasn't affected the sex-drive, just the end result.

Are there any fixes for this, or should I just grin & bear it?

I see alot of people talk about Wellbutrin, but won't this interact badly with the Solian, with both being drugs that act on dopamine?

I think you have to wait a little longer and let your brain get leveled out with all the meds.  One week on anything really isn't enough time to know the final effect.

I'm on Cymbalta 5 months now, and everything is working fine.  It took 4-8 weeks for it to be really good, though.

Remember how Grandma used to say that "Patience is a virtue"???  Give it time.

olga

I have been on Cymbalta for 4 weeks now.  My anxiety is still somewhat an issue.  My doc said I could either try upping the dose or change to something else.  I decided to give Cymbalta another chance and upped meds to 90mg.  Today is my first day with the increase.  I feel ok so far.  Kinda in a good mood.

On a side note I was finally able to orgasm on Sunday.  The first one in about 4 weeks .. !!!

I guess there is hope of me being able to again.  I also asked about adding Wellbutrin because this worked well for me when I was on Prozac.  But she stated it would just make my anxiety worse.  We will wait and sewe

hahahaha... you all lose... being an Aspie/avoidant, it doesn't matter if I can't orgasm!!!












err, wait..... that's not a good thing, is it.

Cymbalta user here, 60 mg daily for 7-8 weeks now. I seem to have as much fun on the journey (by myself or with a partner), but the destination is illusive. Which, when I'm alone I tend to just say fuck it and quit after a certain point. That is frustrating, but Cymbalta tells me, "who cares?"

Like when my guy and I first started taking Prozac together many, many moons ago. We both noticed the immediate lack of libido, but both our depressions responded so well to the Prozac that we used to speak almost philosophically about sex. Like, "we don't have sex, but Prozac makes us not care that we don't have sex." I have found Cymbalta to have the same tranquilizing affect on the knowledge that my decreased libido is a side effect of the drug.

I found with all ADs if you're on them long enough, the effect they have on the "O" goes away. Prozac, Effexor, both of them had me really working hard for about 6 mos., but then it got kinda normal again. So, hang in there. I will paraphrase the mysteriously ageless and wise Olga who says, "it's about the journey not the destination." But then she IS running around her house naked with a sex maniac, should be all be so cursed! 

Suze

This is a great thread.  I now have so much more knowledge than before.

Honkingbird:
Not ageless---I'll admit to mid-50s!!  But wise--???  I don't know if I'll own up to that!

But I've been married longer than most of the CBers have been alive, so maybe still having sex after all that time implies a kind of wisdom.  Then again, my husband is a guy--and they have a universal desire.

**smirk**

And I'm a lucky woman!

Here's to orgasms!!  **tips her glass of seltzer and taps Honkingbird's glass**  Let's have more!

olga

You are the coolest chick in cyberspace. I wish you lived in mah trailer court!

HB

Honker:
I live in the country--bring your trailer over!

How's everybody else doing with the big O???

olga

I have tried once and it was freakin amazing.  I feel that I'm getting more feeling back to the way I use to be. 

Been on Cymbalta for quite a while now.  Most side effects have subsided...but still...no orgasm except...with toys...nothing natural - zip, nada, nothing.  I have GREAT ones with the vibrator though but I really want a "normal" one with my dh again.  I want au naturel...oh well... probably way TMI...I have pdoc appt tomorrow and this will be the main topic of discussion!

I'm not sure if this has been said yet or not, so bear with me. Whenever I am on any type of SSNRI I get VERY sexually active. When I was on Cymbalta my orgasms were fantastic, and when I "came" it was usually more then enough. Too much as a matter of fact, I generaly needed a very porous piece of cloth to get it all off me.

Good stuff though. I could have been a porn star on Cymbalta.

This has gotten interesting.  Here's more TMI but I'm sure you all won't mind.  The first time I slept with my new bf I came so much that the bed had a huge wet spot.  But I did not orgasm.  I'm weird like that.  I can't just orgasm from sex.  I need manual stimulation.  Sorry guys but I find this type of shit very interesting.... Hopefully I didn't scare you off.  But that time was the only time.  So weird.  I've had a few Os on Cymbalta.  They're really good but take a long long time.  But they end kind of abruptly.  I added more WB so I have yet to try again. 

Bianca, have you researched female ejaculation? Perhaps that's what happened.

Yes...now we're really treading into interesting territory, people.

Karen

Yeah thats what it was I guess.  Kinda weird lol

That's what I have ever since the au natural has eluded me and I've had to use toys.  My husband finds it fascinating, but we go through a lot of towels on the weekend  He was so fascinated that he even videotaped it happening Okay, WAY TMI.  I hope some perv isn't reading these and is going to hunt us down.  I may have to delete this...

And my husband wonders why I spend so much time on my laptop. 

Oops, just in case VE is reading this....yes, folks, I too am on Cymbalta and it takes longer to have an orgasm.  But I'm in my 50s, so EVERYTHING takes longer, these days!!

ollllld olga

Olga....LOL you're so damn funny!  had my pdoc appt friday.  I so wanted to fix the O problem, but since he added Lamictal, he wanted to wait another month to see how I'm doing on that before we FINALLY address the O.  Meanwhile...artificially yours...Anne

Yeah it is kind of strange but once you get used to it, it can be quite enjoyable.  Go for it, I say!

Karen

I've had this happen in the past few years but wasn't exactly sure wtf it was.  This happened again this Friday.  The whole bed was soaking wet lol

late to the party, as usual.

I'm taking Cybalta (?60?), Wellbutrin (? round white pill, too lazy to go to kitchen, I know I started out with the starter dosage and stepped up.  Could it be 300mg?) Cymbalta and Wellb. for MDD.  Found this a magical combination.  After all the dosing levelled out,  took about a month,  my sex life was real nice. 

Incredibly,  Cymbalta took effect within one week.  I went from being whale-shat to sleeping eighteen hours a day and oblivious to my surroundings, no more death-spiral thoughts, and mellow-ly vegetating in front of the TV for my six daily hours of awake time.

Adding Wellbutrin got me back up off my rear end and - while not exactly in gear - sort of functioning.  I was able to snag a low level sales job and actually do it and be content with my clients and colleagues.  Of course I'm not MAKING enough to pay the rent, but it does have health insurance.  At this point I'm glad for small victories.  It's been  seven months and I have not - to my knowledge - behaved inappropriately, snapped at anybody, told a client to shove it (figuratively), or committed any greater indiscretion than regularly going too long between hair washings. 

I love my Cymbalta and Wellbutrin.  My pdoc told me I was severely ADD as well and prescribed Concerta, which I have been too chicken shit to take.  Hey, ADD does not appear overnight - I must have had it forever.  Always thought it was part of the syndrome of being an absent minded professor type.  It is sometimes annoying, as when I drive by an exit going one way.... drive by it again going in the opposite direction... and then, upon turning around once more, spacing out thinking about something else and wondering, forty miles later, where on earth I was originally going.

Since I'm the original bookworm and study geek (two graduate degrees in tough subjects from tough schools, publish or perish variety,  'unless you snag this grant you can kiss your ph.d good-bye' variety, but really, book learning and labwork were the only things that EVER came easily, so why change a winning strategy, eh?  It's a living, after all),  the absent minded professor thing was/is part of my idea of self. 

Oh look!  a Puppy!

But really.  Someday, when I have more courage and dare to rock the boat, I will take the Concerta I've been filling prescriptions for religiously.  The stockpiling is for the time when I once again don't have health insurance and have to pay for everything at 100%.  Too bad I can't do it with the Cymbalta and Wellbutrin, I actually refuse to LIVE without them. 

What was my boyfriend's name again?

With a little more effort  and the right guy I have been able to cum again YIPPIE

NOT ME 

Anne it will happen again someday I promise