{"id":1612,"date":"2021-08-27T12:55:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T16:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haidut.me\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2021-08-27T12:55:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T16:55:21","slug":"serotonin-puts-the-brakes-on-libido-by-lowering-dopamine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/?p=1612","title":{"rendered":"Serotonin puts the brakes on libido, by lowering dopamine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing really surprising, as far as Peatarians are concerned, in the findings of this study. I am only posting it here as it is one of the few that officially acknowledge that serotonergic drugs cause sexual dysfunction &#8211; i.e. something mainstream medicine has vehemently denied for decades. As such, it corroborates the approach of using anti-serotonin drugs such as cyproheptadine or low-dose (25mg-50mg daily) Benadryl, as well as dopamine agonists of the ergot class for the treatment of so-called PSSD &#8211; the persistent sexual dysfunction induced by serotonergic drugs. The study also explains why\/how chronic stress inhibits libido &#8211; i.e. stress is known to powerfully elevate serotonin and lower dopamine. And last but not least, since these neurotransmitters play a key role in reproductive health as well, the study below demonstrates how\/why stress causes infertility (in both sexes). The good news is that the therapies I mentioned above are applicable for both the lack of libido and infertility, whether caused by stress or by pharmacological poisons such as SSRI drugs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34433964\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34433964\/<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A0Cq51UaSS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/news\/sex-drive-linked-to-medication-sensitive-neuronal-signaling-mechanism\/\">Sex Drive Linked to Medication-Sensitive Neuronal Signaling Mechanism<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sex Drive Linked to Medication-Sensitive Neuronal Signaling Mechanism&#8221; &#8212; GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/news\/sex-drive-linked-to-medication-sensitive-neuronal-signaling-mechanism\/embed\/#?secret=6EkhuLNpZ2#?secret=A0Cq51UaSS\" data-secret=\"A0Cq51UaSS\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The researchers propose that elevated serotonin may act as a brake on dopamine signaling in mating-related circuits, thereby decreasing libido\u2014a side effect that nearly 75% of patients taking SSRIs experience<\/strong><\/span>. The scientists suggest that future therapies could target the newly identified dopamine-releasing neurons that regulate the drive to mate to alleviate the problem, thereby eliminating a major reason patients discontinue taking antidepressant medications.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing really surprising, as far as Peatarians are concerned, in the findings of this study. I am&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[594,87,980,1299,1593,47,191,27],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","tag-dopamine","tag-fertility","tag-infertility","tag-libido","tag-pssd","tag-serotonin","tag-ssri","tag-stress","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1613,"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haidut.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}