Why do I still have so much sex drive despite taking antidepressants?

In fact, many antidepressants usually lead to sexual dysfunction. In particular, the libido (the sexual “reason”) is weakened. Duloxetin, a SNRI antidepressant, is also part of it.

However, every person reacts very individually to any antidepressant. For example, in the case of duloxetin, the package leaflet indicates that about 1-10% of consumers suffer from sexual malfunctions. However, this value is to be enjoyed with caution, because the pharmaceutical companies have squandered something in the course of the admission studies (where the side effects are also systematically raised). They did not actively ask for sexual side effects, but only noted them when the subject or the subject mentioned them. Depending on the culture and age, this topic is affected by shame. Later independent studies showed that about 50-70% of men and about 40-60% of women who take SSRI or SNRI antidepressants have to be saddened with sexual dysfunction in different dimensions.

Conversely, however, this also means that 30-50% of men and 40-60% of women are left behind by these side effects. So it’s no rarity that someone is spared.