Francis's story: a nurse practitioner on PSSD
Francis is a nurse practitioner. He talks about nine years of PSSD, as a patient and as a medical professional.
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A patient and a medical professional
Francis is a nurse practitioner who, Moral Medicine says, has lived with Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) for nine years.
In the interview he speaks both as a patient and as a medical professional.
What Francis describes
- The loss of his sexuality.
- Blunted emotions.
- A life that, he says, has taken a different course.
He also talks about the fight for PSSD to be recognised, and about what he sees as the human cost of a medical system that does not acknowledge it.
Thank you to Francis for telling this story. This interview was recorded by Moral Medicine, who have filmed more than ninety of these conversations.
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