ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2012
Acute exercise improves physical sexual arousal in women taking antidepressants.
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- Effects of Physical Exercise on Sexual Function and Quality of Sexual Life Related to Menopausal Symptoms in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Exercise improves sexual function in women taking antidepressants: results from a randomized crossover trial.Depression and anxiety · 2014Trial
- Sexual Desire in Women: Paradoxical and Nonlinear Associations with Anxiety and Depressed Mood.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
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- Antidepressant-Induced Female Sexual Dysfunction.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2016Review
- Sexual Function and Exercise in Postmenopausal Women Residing in Chalous and Nowshahr, Northern Iran.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2016Article
- Recent evidence exploring the associations between physical activity and menopausal symptoms in midlife women: perceived risks and possible health benefits.Women's midlife health · 2015Review
- Antidepressant-like effects and memory enhancement of a herbal formula in mice exposed to chronic mild stress.Neuroscience bulletin · 2013Article
- Management strategies for SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN · 2013Article
- Lifestyle Choices Can Augment Female Sexual Well-Being.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
- Women's sexual dysfunction associated with psychiatric disorders and their treatment.Women's health (London, England)Article
- 20 Things You Didn't Know About Exercise.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAntidepressants can impair sexual arousal. Exercise increases genital arousal in healthy women, likely due to increasing sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity. PURPOSE: Test if exercise increases genital arousal in women taking antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which suppress SNS activity, and selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), which suppress the SNS less.
methodWomen reporting antidepressant-related sexual arousal problems (N = 47) participated in three counterbalanced sessions where they watched an erotic film while we recorded genital and SNS arousal. In two sessions, women exercised for 20 min, either 5 or 15 min prior to the films.
resultsDuring the no-exercise condition, women taking SSRIs showed significantly less genital response than women taking SNRIs. Exercise prior to sexual stimuli increased genital arousal in both groups. Women reporting greater sexual dysfunction had larger increases in genital arousal post-exercise. For women taking SSRIs, genital arousal was linked to SNS activity.
conclusionsExercise may improve antidepressant-related genital arousal problems.
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