Speaker 2
But one of the very, very common challenges that i see is when people coming in to me and ther taking andti depressan, they experience significant change in some aspect of their sexuality. And sometimes they don't know that o those are related, and they don't know that there's a solution out there to address that. So tell us how common it is for of those anti depressand to cause challenges in people's sexuality. Thank
Speaker 1
youfo for bringing that up. And you did touch on a lot of very important points. But to answer your question, we can expect up to forty to 50 % of people who are treated with an anti present, specifically will be called the s s r ies, or selected saratonand reapaque inhibitors, that they will, over the time of their treatment, develop some sort of sexual side effect. Now it really differs depending on which specific one, how long you've been using it, the dose. Most people don't develop the sexual side effects until much later in the course of their treatment. A men, we're talking about, you know, six months to a year. And it's usually at higher doses. But that being said, it can happen even when you started. And there's some reports that even after stopping use of the sari medication, that some of theseside effects can kind of linger on. And for men and women, were kind of observing different effects. Men, primarilyta they might notice a decrease on their libido, but it's definitely prolonged ejaculation. And for women, it's going to be more an orgasma. But even some pain and things like that have been reported as well. And you did touch upon a great point that, you know, often that these medication s are prescribed by a primary care provider, and that theugan inherit the patience that the is already on these medications, and they may not realize how this is impacting their sexual live and what they're seng you for, you know. And i think that we would both agree that all the studies show that definitely, you know, solving the relationship issues communication, therape and then if they need medication, all these things together woll bet to the best outcome. But i'm hoping that to day we can kind of break apart some of these myths about the medication as and ad de people o better understanding of what they do and