Yeah I’ve developed penile numbness on the medication over the past 3 days, usually it’s just not really sensitive but never numb, the glans feel numb and also developed the inability to orgasm. So I’m hoping things won’t get worse, if I don’t feel any different in a week or so mentally I’ll have to stop the medication as I feel terrible right now.
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I took large amounts of a flavonoid rich cacao nibs back in March this year and crashed, giving me muscle symptoms, anxiety, depression, palpitations, and extreme insomnia like when I first quit fin. Recovered for a bit in June then ate a lot of something that was anti-androgenic and now I am still suffering from severe debilitating insomnia and muscle stiffness to this day.
Pure cocoa in the form of cocoa powder or cacao nibs is loaded with anti-androgenic polyphenols including resveratrol, quercetin, and tannins. Some people have reported setbacks from eating dark chocolate here. I think chocolate in moderation should be fine though, especially milk chocolate. Don’t eat a whole bar of high quality 85%+ dark chocolate in one sitting. The dosage makes the poison. YMMV.
Well, you’ll have to be more specific. What kind of chocolate and how much of it?
Tried 70 % dark organic chocolate : spent an awful night with heart racing and no sleep…
No go here…
And it is supposed to be the best cause milk chocolate = milk / dairy and not good for gut inflammation ( if you dig this theory, which I know, is controversial here ;))
Yup, my sleep has been wrecked from cacao nibs for several months now. It’s pure hell.
BTW, the fact that mirtazapine can trigger PSSD in some people is simply miserable news.
Today I had to socialise and ate poorly: munched on crackers… Then ate melon, had a local organic brewed beer, some bread and cake… I was expecting a shitty afternoon of brain fog and cognitive madness… Funnily enough I made it through the day quite fine… Well my sexual sides are at their lowest = no erection in 3 weeks but il my cognitive functions could be as they were today, I would not say no… Well I am still mentally far out and the sexual sides make me moody and curse myself for my soon to end relationship, which is going to drag me in limbo… Bright side : anhedonia might “dampen” the break up effect as my emotions are totally fucked up now…
I am early in my crash so I was advised to “let it flow” so far… I still need some blood tests results to get my DHT / testo levels to try to explain my complete sexual impotence…
In France , we have a couple of PFS “compliant” professors who accept PFS and shed a brighter light than your regular GP who I can’t blame for being unaware of how fin is a terrible drug…
I got some results so far and my vit D is out out of range… I still don’t know what to do know as, the more I read the forum, the less I want to try something for fear it would make me worse…Sad…
It’s amazing that you have such doctors there in France. What do they recommend if you have PFS insomnia?
If there are supplements that work wonders for us consistently and safely and for everyone, then there would be hundreds of posts in mega threads dedicated to them and I have not found any. Actually, even if there were such threads dedicated to a single supplement or medication that could reverse our symptoms, that doesn’t guarantee that it won’t worsen things for some people. E.g., there’s megathread for pramipexole on the PSSD forums. Pramipexole can cause sleep myoclonus as it did for some users on that forum which then lead to disastrous outcomes. Best course of action is probably to save your money from self-experimenting too much and use the extra funds to donate to the PFS foundation instead.
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Well, let me clarify: there are CERTAIN doctors who who work with an association created in France in the wake of a young dude’s suicide… His mum is knee deep in the PFS fight… She has been on the national TV here and made it clear that fin = poison… Had I seen the reports a year ago, I would not have tried one pill…
TBH I am just hoping for some understanding, eg someone who can bridge the gap fin / sides… These doctors will do this. They are educated about fin. Unfortunately, I don’t expect much on the therapeutic side… The plus side in France : social security makes it easier to see a professor regardless of premiums or US insurance related issues… My blood tests ( 500 euros) did not cost me a thing… Did not have to draw a cheque or use my VISA… I have spent a serious amount of time reading the forum and I dwindle between flicker of hope and serious gloom…
I am on a French forum for PFS sufferers and it consists a lot on experiments with diets, supplements and putting forward theories…
I am not courageous enough to throw myself under a train. I am early in the crash, reacted swiftly, but I seriously fucked up my system from a FDA approved, doctor prescribed, available at chemist’s drug… This really wears me down… If I get any interesting info / tip from my visits to “recommended” specialists ( they are on the pfs site) I will of course bring any interesting info to this forum…
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That’s not sounding good. I had the exact response to sertraline, where it made the numbness much worse while taking it. Total anorgasmia. To this day, I wonder if it slightly worsened my overall sexual health forever.
Very sorry if something I said led you to make a mistake by taking clomipramine.
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Don’t worry about it it’s on me, its the only choice I really had for OCD and my psychiatrist recommended it, I did hope for it not to have any ill effects but it’s like playing a game of Russian roulette, I’m going to see if it helps with mood or even cognition, if this doesn’t work I guess I’ll have to wait for Sage or other future medications/technology, as you can only build so much on a compromised foundation.
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i know this is an old post but I’m in pramipexole, could you elaborate a bit on this? Is this permanent? I’m scared now