Antidepressant medications may affect sexual function, with the incidence ranging from 1 to 16 percent, depending on the type of medication used.
Sexual dysfunction, in men, includes decreased libido, abnormal erectile function, abnormal erection, or delayed ejaculation. In women, the clinical manifestations include decreased libido. Common antidepressant drugs include citalopram, paroxetine and so on, the effect on sexual function is manifested in decreased libido, erection difficulty and so on.
However, some of the side effects of the drug, may also be used as a therapeutic role, such as paroxetine, can also be used in the treatment of premature ejaculation, because the drug may be delayed ejaculation, in the treatment of indeed. Delayed ejaculation is then no longer a side effect but a therapeutic effect.
Depression itself may have decreased libido, reduced sexual function is not necessarily entirely an adverse reaction to the drug, if there is a problem of reduced sexual function, should seek medical attention in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to improve the treatment program, pay attention to daily exercise, to ensure adequate sleep, to obtain good sexual function.