I took lexapro for a little over a year, it helped a lot with my anxiety and depression but killed my sex drive, made it impossible to orgasm, and after a while made me disinterested in things that used to bring me joy. Talked to my PCP and added Wellbutrin to help with the sexual side effects. It helped as far as ability to orgasm but was still extremely difficult and still had no sexual desire.
I stopped both about 8 months ago, and while I am able to orgasm easier, I still have no interest in sex. I don’t feel attraction, never get horny, just zero libido. I used to be somewhat on the hyper sexual side before getting on meds. I knew it would take time to get back to “normal” but now that it’s been close-ish to a year I am losing hope. Am I doomed to basically be asexual for the rest of my life? This is so upsetting especially as I’m in a long term relationship and have always been a very sexual person. I feel so hopeless atp, like I’ve lost a part of myself. And also a bit frustrated that doctors (or at least mine) do not warn you how common this seem to be. I can’t imagine never enjoying sex or being horny again. Has anyone else experienced this? Did you ever fully recover? Did anything in particular help?