Why no sexual side effects?

[OCDme]

Is it bad in a way to NOT experience sexual side effects from ssris or snris even at high doses? I read somewhere that if a med has no side effects it may not be doing anything.

 

I dont understand if some of my serotonin receptors are 'burned out' or something cuz it seems really weird they never cause me any sexual side effects. I hope my brains normal

[dancesintherain]

it's an amazingly wonderful thing to not have sexual side effects.  They are some of the most common reasons for people to stop a medication.  Not having them takes away that. 

If a med has no side effects but you are asymptomatic and/or have improved symptoms, that's a good thing.

[Fluent In Silence]

Meds have a different effect on everyone. You no doubt have the leaflet that comes with the meds which lists all the possible side effects. It's usually a pretty long list and mentions some scary shit. Blood in urine, heart attack, genital discharge (ew!), diabetes. Cheerful stuff like that, though those are some of the rarer side effects. Some people say you shouldn't read the list of side effects because it will only make you feel worse. I did of course and one of the things which was mentioned was that it may cause you to express breast milk. Didn't specify a gender so I did wonder for a while if I was going to start squirting milk out of my nipples. Unfortunately that never happened. Would've been interesting.