Medicine 27 Jan 2005 10:48 am
Hooray! Orgasms for everyone!
I like reading the NY Times's Health section periodically, and the other day, I read this, which is pretty funny, and entirely unsurprising. Well, it is surprising, but not really. Most people don't tend to have side effects to this degree, but the fact that it does happen isn't shocking.
Basically the woman was trying various anti-depressants, and she didn't like Zoloft, because while it helped, it killed her sex drive. (Her husband wasn't happy either, big surprise.) So her doctor switched her to Wellbutrin which is a much different drug.
Two weeks later, Susan called from her cellphone to say that the antidote was working. While shopping, she said, she spontaneously had an orgasm that had lasted on and off for nearly two hours . She was more delighted than alarmed, but I was stunned. I have had my share of therapeutic surprises, but this was hard to believe.
I don't find it hard to believe, but it is pretty funny. 
But it does remind me of the woman who had a disorder where she orgasms continually with no stimulation whatsoever. She had to fight it to not orgasm. It was sad because she had a hard time holding down a job, or even getting out of bed in the morning. Consider having dozens of orgasms every day of your life. Jesus. You'd be exhausted 24/7. 
