Vanderbilt senior Lauren Friedman (@lololizzle) recently spoke at the MAHA Mental Health & Overmedicalization Summit about living with Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD). Her testimony highlighted the urgent need for recognition, research, and treatment for the condition.
"Did you know that some antidepressants can cause sexual side effects that continue even after you stop taking them?"
Dr. Sophie Newton (@drsophiegp) made a short video on Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and the @MHRAgovuk's recent decision to strengthen warnings.
You can find the actual YouTube video by clicking the link below:
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Why isn’t PSSD officially recognized in America?
PSSD stands for Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction. I actually take issue with the name. “Dysfunction” makes it sound like a temporary little malfunction that will come back. For many people, it’s much more serious than that.
Right now in America, it’s only recognized in the drug label for Prozac, which mentions reports of sexual dysfunction that doesn’t go away. In the EU, that warning covers all SSRIs and SNRIs.
That’s what many of us in this space are pushing for here. A warning across all SSRIs and SNRIs, and a “Dear Doctor” letter that goes out to the family doctors, gynecologists and psychiatrists who prescribe them most. That would be real recognition.
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My local ICB within NHS England have now failed to start investigating my complaint about #PSSD for 10 months. I haven't been given a timeline for the investigation or an explanation for the delay, despite NHS complaints regulations requiring one after 6 months.
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This 23-year-old just exposed a massive conspiracy by the FDA and Eli Lilly to cover up the truth about SSRIs.
“People have been screaming into the void about this.”
“People have ended their lives.”
“No one’s listening to us.”
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Lauren Friedman revealed that Zoloft left her permanently unable to feel love, emotional connection, or sexual pleasure.
And she is far from alone.
“There has been seemingly an intentional cover-up by pharmaceutical industry.”
“Prozac … was interfering with normal sexual development for kids who were prescribed these at a young age.”
European regulators reported this to Eli Lilly.
“Eli Lilly responded … ‘We will run clinical trials to see if this is true or not, we just need approval of the drug first in childhood use.’”
“They approved it.”
“The tests were never done.”
“And then just still gave it to children.”
“The FDA has known about this for decades.”
“Senator Chuck Grassley … wrote to the FDA.”
“The FDA responded and said that there isn’t sufficient evidence to suggest that this is because of the SSRI.”
“In 2018 … there was a petition that was submitted to the FDA begging the FDA to add this to labels.”
“The FDA, they were supposed to respond in … 180 days.”
“They never did.”
“2024, there was a lawsuit against the FDA for ignoring this.”
“They threw it out on a technicality.”
“One of the really sad parts about this is a lot of the young people who signed the petition in 2018 went on to kill themselves.”
“A young woman … wrote a really heartfelt note to the FDA saying, ‘I feel like my human rights have been violated.’”
“‘I can no longer feel joy or love, have sex.’”
“‘My life has been destroyed.’”
“She ended up killing herself shortly after.”
“It should be pretty obvious that living without the ability to feel pleasure sexually and emotionally, or feel love, is unlivable.”
“We’re put on Earth to experience love and connection.”
“No one’s looking into this.”
“For me, had the label been updated in 2018, I would have never taken it.”
“I took it in 2022.”
@lololizzle @theisabelb
"The leaflet will explain more clearly that sexual problems can still occur after the medicine has been stopped."
Pharmacist Raj Patel (@therajrpatel) released a video about the recent changes that the MHRA (@MHRAgovuk) made to the warnings on antidepressants.
You can find the actual TikTok video by clicking the link below:
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Here is some important news about the UK drug regulator finally acknowledging that "antidepressants" cause Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and suicidality and homicidality on them is not limited to children and young adults. rxisk.org/mhra-announces-new…
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Last year, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced an expert review into #antidepressants, driven by patient concerns. The review is now concluded.
During the review, patients and their families worked with the MHRA to share their concerns—the outcome was to strengthen existing warnings relating to suicidal thoughts and behaviours, and persistent sexual dysfunction after stopping antidepressants.
Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (#PSSD) is acknowledged in the wording.
(1/3) We just received a response to a freedom of information request made to the European Medicines Agency (EMA). There are 196 cases in the European Economic Area (EEA) of ‘post-SSRI sexual dysfunction’ that use the MedDRA code 10086208.
(2/3) The total in the EudraVigilance European Database of Suspected Adverse Drug Reaction Reports, including cases outside the EEA, is even larger. There are 493 cases of ‘post-SSRI sexual dysfunction’ that use the MedDRA code 10086208.
(3/3) This is the result from the last time we asked the EMA this question. At the time, we did not ask them to filter only for cases from EEA countries.
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The UK is updating antidepressant warnings to recognize PSSD (post-SSRI sexual dysfunction) and acknowledge that sexual side effects can continue long after stopping treatment.
It's time for the FDA to follow suit.
But sadly this still isn't enough. These injuries extend far beyond sexual dysfunction, causing devastating, lasting cognitive and emotional impairments.
People deserve to be fully informed about what they are risking before making a decision that could potentially affect them for the rest of their lives. @PSSDNetwork
"We have animal studies that show that giving animals SSRIs causes persistent reduction in sexual activity, so there's no doubt that that effect is occurring."
@joannamoncrieff explains why she is convinced that PSSD is caused by drug effects rather than psychological problems.
Watch the full interview of @ucl psychiatry professor Joanna Moncrieff (@joannamoncrieff) by therapist Piia Tuominen (@TuominenPiia) on an episode of the Astetta Parempi Elämä podcast titled “The Long-Term Effects of Antidepressants."
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MHRA reinforces warnings around PSSD and suicidal ideation following review
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"I think psychiatrists have been very slow to accept these problems, partly because I think they just can't bear to acknowledge that these very widely prescribed drugs that, you know, all psychiatrists have been prescribing for a long time can be so damaging."
@joannamoncrieff
Watch the full interview of @ucl psychiatry professor Joanna Moncrieff (@joannamoncrieff) by therapist Piia Tuominen (@TuominenPiia) on an episode of the Astetta Parempi Elämä podcast titled “The Long-Term Effects of Antidepressants."
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