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Latuda for major depression and (lack of) sex drive


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Hi,

Been on Latuda for about 6 weeks along with Cymbalta, Lexapro and Adderall for MDD. I feel much better, my mood has been more even though I do seem to have a "shorter fuse." Other main effect I've noticed is complete lack of sex drive, even more so than usual. Is this normal of antipschotics or Latuda in general? Thank you,

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What makes you think that it is the Latuda? When did you start the other drugs in your cocktail?

I ask because Celexa (practically the same as Lexapro) killed my libido. You are on a number of meds that can affect libido. As for antipsychotics, I take Abilify which, if anything, has helped my libido.

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I would more readily point my finger at the Cymbalta and Lexapro than at the Latuda. I personally don't recall sexual dysfunction across a range of 10-80mg while I was taking it. But like @koali777 said, I still did have issues from time to time because I was actually too tired to have sex or not motivated to "self-please". But it wasn't really a libido issue. If I genuinely wanted to, everything functioned as it should. Note that I am male and sexual dysfunction can manifest differently between genders. For example, Trintellix has a very low rate of sexual dysfunction compared to other antidepressants, but those who did report sexual dysfunction were predominantly men, not women.

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