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Can any of these be associated with sexual dysfunction?
Idelle . . .
As soon as a question starting with "Can any of these . . ." is asked the short answer is almost always "Yes."
In clinical practice the three drugs you mention are occasionally associated with sexual problems in both men and women. Wellbutrin is often used in clinical practice as an antidote for the sexual side-effects of Prozac and other SSRIs. Sexual dysfunction has occasionally been reported in people taking Lamictal, but while I have treated 500+ patients with Lamictal I do not remember hearing about sexual side-effect more than 3 or 4 times. Geodon also has a low rate of sexual side-effects.
Of course if it happens to you it is 100%.
Best regards . . .
Ivan
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Ivan Goldberg, M.D.
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I am a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist with many years of expereince in treating individuals with depressions, manic-depression (Bipolar Disorder), other mood disorders,. I am especially interested in the psychopharmacologic treatment of individuals with so called "treatment-resistant" syndromes.
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I have been on the staff of the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. I am currently in full-time private practice in New York City.
A.B. Johns Hopkins University
M.D. N.Y.U. College of Medicine
I am the creator of Depression Central:http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html
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