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09 Aug 2013, 5:52 pm

Does anybody take any of these meds? I ask because it kills my libido and I'm trying to figure out which one is doing that.



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09 Aug 2013, 5:54 pm

<--- Allergic to Haldol. Gives him tardive dyskinesia.


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09 Aug 2013, 6:03 pm

Yeah it can do that for some people.



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09 Aug 2013, 6:15 pm

<--- Was also prescribed Sinequan and Lithium after his suicide attempt. The Lithium swelled him up like a balloon.


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09 Aug 2013, 6:18 pm

Did you notice the lithium kill your sex drive at all?



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09 Aug 2013, 7:28 pm

Um, yeah, I guess. I'm basically a virgin anyway so my libido is usually low.


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09 Aug 2013, 7:36 pm

all those drugs have "sexual side effects."



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09 Aug 2013, 7:40 pm

I don't know sorry.


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09 Aug 2013, 7:46 pm

lost561 wrote:
Did you notice the lithium kill your sex drive at all?


I'm female, but lithium didn't kill off my drive at all.

Did a quick Google search

Haldol is know to kill off desire.
Topamax is sort of a coin flip.
Lithium (for me) was neutral.

Are you Bipolar? Maybe the doctor can switch out the Haldol for another antipsychotic.



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09 Aug 2013, 8:07 pm

Tawaki wrote:
lost561 wrote:
Did you notice the lithium kill your sex drive at all?


I'm female, but lithium didn't kill off my drive at all.

Did a quick Google search

Haldol is know to kill off desire.
Topamax is sort of a coin flip.
Lithium (for me) was neutral.

Are you Bipolar? Maybe the doctor can switch out the Haldol for another antipsychotic.


I'm somewhere on the bipolar spectrum according to my doc. I'll have to talk to him about the side effects of all these drugs and more specifically th haldol, it's just the next appointment isn't for a couple months.

I know topamax acts similar to Xanax on GABA A receptors and when I take Xanax I don't have a sex drive. Yet the haldol blocks dopamine receptors in my brain and dopamine is supposed to be key chemical in influencing sex drive.

Anyway thanks for your response