u/Runningonlasthope

I don't know if this update is appropriate, per rule 7.

Because I don't want people to go experiment themselves.

Still, I owe it to share the fact that for me, getting back on my ADHD meds (for which I have been officialy diagnosed by a multi pannel of doctors) has showed clear results.

I started taking them 16 days ago. Took them for 14 days.

• Almost immediate increase in erogenous sensation in my penis when masturbating. Day and night difference. Actually feeling good and pleasure for the first time in a year.
• Increased erogenous sensation in turn led to immediate increased erectyle quality.
• Orgasm quality improved a little bit (still low).

What I do have to say is, while I got diagnosed with ADHD in 2018 (way before getting pssd) and got the same meds, I quit them then because of the negative side effects they gave me.
These same negative side effects from the ADHD meds returned instantly also.

My appetite dropped like a brick. Dry mouth. Sweating increased.
The feeling of being on edge and stimulated also came back instantly.
I lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks.

I was also only taking them to try and treat this pssd. Which is not the goal nor the intent of taking ADHD meds. Which instantly made me feel like an abuser of these meds.

Also stimulant tolerance was real and very quick. I started with 10 mg slow release for the first days and then went to 20 mg slow release.
I felt like after barely a week I was about to need to go to 30mg. Which would have meant even stronger side effects. I also wonder how long 30 mg would have lasted and can't nor want to imagine the side effects at those dosages....

I haven't taken anything the last 2 days. I feel more calm, better in my skin. The sweats were terrible, appetite is coming back.

A valuable test for me, but not something that is a sustainable long-term solution....

Sharing my experience with duloxetine here. Not going to sugarcoat it, and yes it has been negative for me, while for others it might be positive.

I got this for chronic back pain. I've had done a lot of PT over the years, imaging (MRIs) didn't show anything special, even had a test cortisone shot done without improvement.

Took 30mg a day for a week, then took 60mg a day for 12 months.

I got serious numbness in my genitals after a week. And general loss of erections / libido. Other things; loss of appetite, some dry mouth.

After 12 months at 60mg a day I tapered off from 60mg to 30mg in one week. After that 30mg to zero. Going to zero from 30 was not pleasant and I restarted at 30mg, after that using bead counting I took 20mg for a week, 15mg for a week, 12 for a week, 6 for a week, 4 for week and quit.

Reason why I wish I never took this; the libido is still gone and sensory problems in my genitals are still present. Almost 6 months after fully quitting.

A mechanical stimilus (pinching the skin) that actually hurts my leg, lower belly, doesn't even give pain when pinching my genitals. Just insane.

It's been quite the shock. Looking up info this might be called PSSD (when sexual problems persist after quitting antidepressants). Mostly numbness and loss of sexual function.

I can only hope 6 months is a little early to be making conclusions, but theres people who have continuing sexual problems for years after quitting. Other people get 100% function back after quitting. Seems like it is a genetic lottory or something. I got unlucky and wished I never took this.

In the meantime I am feeling anxious af, since this is quite the shocking situation to be in.