Evan

Age: 18 | US

“It all started when I was in 7th grade, I was dealing with depression and anxiety. It got so bad that I ended up in a psychiatric hospital and they prescribed me Prozac. I had no knowledge on antidepressants so my parents decided to let me take it.

It was the worst mistake of my life. It caused weight gain while taking it, and I never had sexual problems while taking it at first, but then when I was with one of my girlfriends I had issues getting an erection, so I looked on the internet and saw SSRIs can cause ED. This made me quit cold turkey. Little did I know, this would make things worse.

Now, it has been almost 8 months off Prozac and my libido will only show up slightly and I can only get partial erections, however for the most part it’s dead. I also feel dead emotionally, I have a hard time feeling and I can’t cry. I am just in the depths of hell now and every day is just a battle to keep going. All I’ve been doing is trying to go to the gym so I can at least better my body and hope to recover from PSSD someday.

I truly wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy and I don’t know what I did to deserve this, but it’s starting to ruin my life. I am a faithful Catholic and I hope to one day get married and have a family, but I don’t know if that’s possible if this keeps going on. God bless you all.”