Just looking for others experiences and points of view that I might not have considered.
I started sertraline 9 weeks ago for PTSD/anxiety/OCD following birth trauma. I tried CBT first but wasn't cutting it and needed something else
The sertraline worked almost overnight. My brain just calmed. It was like I could finally take a breath.
For the first few days I had insomnia and nausea but they passed.
Over the next few weeks I noticed my labido had completely gone and things that used to turn me on just weren't. Then when I had sex for the first time it was like my clitoris/vagina/whatever had been turned down as well as my brain. I get none of those excited intense feelings anymore. I haven't been able to orgasm since starting. Sex can feel pleasurable but it's not anywhere near the same.
Now I feel like I'm stuck in a situation where I have to choose between my mental health and sex/my physical relationship with my husband. I'm torn because if I was a man and I was experiencing erectile dysfunction with sertraline I feel like this would be treated as a bigger deal than it will because I'm a woman.
Am I crazy for considering switching to another medication to bring back my sex drive but risk my mental health or am I crazy for thinking I should put up with this because it's "not a big deal"? I have a 3 month review soon and I don't know what to say.
Sorry if all this is tmi but I can't say it without saying it!