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I have severe social anxiety disorder and depression and consulted a psychiatrist for this, she prescribes me to pexep cr 12.5 mg once a day in night and beta cap tr in morning. I am taking this from 20 days now I got problem with this medication in my sexual life, sexual dysfunction, ed. I didn't have any history of sexual problem in past. How can I manage this I am thinking of stopping using this antidepressants and switch to natural ways, like dl-phenylanaline, 5 -htp supplements.
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See ssri, betablockers cause sexual. Dysfunction in the form of delayed ejaculations, erectile dysfunction. But these problems are temporary ,and your sexual function can normalize once you stop these medicines. But in your case ,your treatment has been started recently and your social anxiety disorder may worsen if you stop these medicines. So be calm hardly these medicine s are prescribed for 6 months. So don't stop medicines.
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Yes, pexep produced sexual dysfunction. You have to discuss with your psychiatrist and get it changed to some other anxiolytic which does not cause sexual dysfunction. All the best.
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