Don't know where to turn or what to do

[Ovalbug]

I'm sure it's not that simple at all! They wouldn't have referred back to your GP if they didn't think that was the most appropriate course of action for you..

But my GP will ask me which AD from the four suggested do I want to try next - answer, none of them really as they all carry well published sexual dysfunction.

Some say sexual dysfunction is better than depression and worth putting up with - maybe for some, not for me. It caused/worsened my depression and feelings of low self esteem/worthlessness. I'm not going there again and my marriage is under enough strain as it is.

I'll put myself on the waiting list for CBT and see what happens, although I can't help feeling it's not the correct route - I just don't get how mind training will lift the invisible heavy blanket that encases me.

[Paula]

Just because something is on the list of potential side effects does not mean you’re going to suffer from them. People react differently to each one. As for the ball in your court, most people like to have a say in what happens next .....

[OldMike]

But my GP will ask me which AD from the four suggested do I want to try next - answer, none of them really as they all carry well published sexual dysfunction.

Some say sexual dysfunction is better than depression and worth putting up with - maybe for some, not for me. It caused/worsened my depression and feelings of low self esteem/worthlessness. I'm not going there again and my marriage is under enough strain as it is.

I'll put myself on the waiting list for CBT and see what happens, although I can't help feeling it's not the correct route - I just don't get how mind training will lift the invisible heavy blanket that encases me.

Sexual dysfunction seems quite a common side effect with AD and for some one my age who lives alone the fact I'm pretty much none functioning in that department doesn't seem to matter. But you being much younger and in a relationship I can see how it would adversely affect you. I'm no doctor but have you asked your GP if there are any AD's which don't affect you so much in that department?