Meaning of post-SSRI sexual dysfunction | Babel Free

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A permanent condition of physical and psychological sexual anhedonia, among other symptoms, that occurs in around 1 in 200 people who have consumed SRI drugs (SSRIs, SNRIs, etcetera), more often afflicting introverts and autism-spectrum individuals, and which is caused by the permanent desensitization of some serotonin receptors.

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Examples

“I've since discovered this side-effect isn't uncommon and has a name: PSSD (post-SSRI sexual dysfunction). I know men who also suffer with PSSD and struggle with the same genital numbness and anorgasmia, coupled with erectile dysfunction.”

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