Quote:

I tried zoloft for a while and it made me feel like a blank sheet of paper.



yeah, good description. I was only on it for a few months, and during that time, I didn't give a crap about anything. I didn't think it was possible for anyone to be any more of a couch-potatoe than I am in my "normal" state...I was wrong. this was a whole new level of spud-dome.
Its hard to draw too many conclusions on the sexual side effects, as during this time, we were having so little...
It didn't "eliminate" desire, but it did knock it back a good deal. like I said, I just didn't give a crap. When we DID do it, it slowed me down a bit at first...which is actually a good thing. But then it seemed to progress quickly to full-blown ED. anyway, I decided that it was not doing me any good, and got off of it.

Welbutrin doesn't work the same way. it does tend to quell any kind of compulsive behavior..."nervous habit" kind of thing. so people who eat when they're stressed tend to lose weight. When they were testing this stuff, they found that many testers who smoked just spontaneously stopped. its really a "side effect". and for some people, smoking is more of a nervous habit than an addiction...or at least, thats a big portion of it. anyhoo...
I don't know how anyone can stand those ssri's. their lives must be seriously fouled up for them to accept those side effects and still feel that they have a net gain from these drugs.