Antidepressants for PE (Zoloft/Sertraline)

[PYT]

I’ve noticed I get hard very easily when I’m around my girlfriend and IK a lot in my pants when I get a semi / erect. Ejaculation is a lot stronger as well and more forceful shooting of semen.

[venom888]

I'm at day 17 of 75 mg. 16 days is when I saw the real change from 50mg, but unfortunately today's session was actually a small step back. Very quick at the start to have IKs and approach ponr, then throughout I would have periods of IKs and tightness, and pause, go three strokes, and have to pause again. Things are still wayy better than pre-Zoloft, as the three-stroke thing was practically the norm back then, but I don't think the increased dosage is going to be the cure-all.

As always, I'm going to stick with the physical work as well, but maybe a few more days will make a difference still. Doubt it, as I had zero side effects when I increased my dose (which was unexpected) so I think my body would have adjusted sooner rather than taking longer

oh also - I do think my libido/horniness has decreased with the zoloft. I don't feel the same natural urge absent of any stimulus. Used to by day 3 without release I'm itching for one, but now it's more-so I consciously decide to look at porn or something. Or I'll still get easily turned on if certain things come to mind etc, but that's still a mental stimulus. There's not really an underlying chemical stimulus making me horny for no reason. Which I don't really mind actually, as being single and horny gets old, but fyi. I think if I had a girl around that that would be stimulus enough to want it

[PYT]

Do you think porn is okay when curing PE?

[skyisthelimitpe]

When I first developed PreE I went on Zoloft for unrelated things and it did help with sex but really decreased my libido.

When I went off my PreE came back with a vengeance and have been suffering ever since.

Obviously if you have depression/other issues then use a doctors advice and take the SSRI’s. However, I think you should try posting a posture pic @PYT so we can see if you potentially have any imbalances

[venom888]

Do you think porn is okay when curing PE?

I don't personally believe there is anything wrong with porn. For most people, they have a healthy relationship with porn, and I don't think it has anything to do with PreE by itself. Half the world watches porn...


On the libido thing, I was thinking, I may also have a decrease just from not even seeing women in my daily life right now. Not leaving the house due to covid, and used to I would at least use dating apps every day, but I stopped doing that recently. I think the zoloft is probably the main thing, but there may be other things contributing.

[PYT]

I’m pretty sure I have forward head posture but I had been doing ATP stretches but I don’t think my ATP is too bad. How can I upload a pic? what kind of angle should I do?

[venom888]

Anthony's thread might be a better place for that, but I would do a side pic, and also google "posture direct forward head". If you click the image icon it should let you uploda, tho it'll shrink it considerably. You can also just google free image host and upload it elsewhere and post the link

[venom888]

Day 21 on 75 mg yesterday. I did have sex on my mind all day so my libido isn't that diminished. The fleshlight session was about like last time, and I don't expect to see any continued improvement from here forward. Overall things aren't as good as they were at 50mg when I was literally tiring myself. I now do have frequent pausing and am more sensitive.

It's hard for me to remember exactly how it was pre-Zoloft -- I wish I could so I could have a direct comparison of before and after... I'm pretty certain things are still quite a bit better than before, but whereas I once said I was 80% cured, I'm going to have to stick with about 60% now.

I'm sure if I had stuck with 50mg I would have seen the same decrease in effect that I see now -- must have been a short-term thing where my body was kinda overreacting to the new Zoloft.

It's possible that increasing my dose further to 100mg would help, but I'm not crazy about doing that. As mentioned, that's the dosage my dr wanted to give all along, but I just find it kinda odd right now how I don't ever feel depressed lol. Like I feel like I should, yet I'm content, and it kinda weirds me out.... I'm not having any *negative* effects from it, it's just that lol

[PYT]

I've just gone up from 50mg to 75mg and will let you know how I get on with edging.

[skyisthelimitpe]

I’m pretty sure I have forward head posture but I had been doing ATP stretches but I don’t think my ATP is too bad. How can I upload a pic? what kind of angle should I do?

Post one on Anthony's "to light a fire..." thread. Look @ example posture pics on there or on google and post something like that. Could be really beneficial in the long run