Opressor's story: 6 years after citalopram
Six years after citalopram, Opressor talks about the many doctors he saw, the little support he found and what he has lost.
After he started citalopram, an SSRI, Opressor says he had severe emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction. Both got worse even after he stopped.
If your feelings or sex life changed on an antidepressant and did not come back after stopping, his account may feel close to home.
He says it was prescribed for ADHD without a proper diagnosis, and without any warning about possible side effects. Moral Medicine calls his condition post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD).
Six years on, he describes what living with it has been like.
What Opressor describes
- Seeing many doctors, including endocrinologists and neurologists, and finding little support or understanding.
- Doctors who, he says, dismissed his condition or diagnosed it as something else.
- Emotional, cognitive and physical impairment that he says has grown worse over six years.
- A deep loss of quality of life.
Thank you to Opressor for telling this story. This interview was recorded by Moral Medicine, who have filmed more than ninety of these conversations.
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