Citalopram totally cured my Premature Ejaculation - for about two years anyway...

I lived with really bad PE for 27 years - in my relationships I had to go twice or three times, which was easy at first when everything is "new and exciting" but after a while I wouldn't have the desire to do this putting a big strain on our relationship. It also meant I never had sex only relationships or flings.

In 2011 I had a huge episode of anxiety and depression and finally by summer 2012 I took my first SSRI Citalopram - it was like a magic pill. In 2 weeks I felt like myself again, better than myself, the best version of my self without negative thoughts or down points. But more importantly on 20mg my PE was GONE. I first tested at home with porn and i'd gone from cumming in 30-40 seconds (though id always stop and not let this happen, but it could have easily) to not being able to cum at all watching porn. Id stop after getting bored - I was excited by this development.

I finally met someone and didn't know if I was going to last a few seconds or not, but we had sex and it was perfect, I basically came exactly when I wanted. Towards the end of the year it started to wear off, so I upped my dose to 30mg and met my new girlfriend, unsure of what would happen, and the first time we had sex, I lasted forever. It was great. We dated for 18 months and I never had an issue at all - the odd occasion I did cum quickly it was fine because it was a change and it didn't bother me...id have occasions where I really struggled to cum if it was our 2nd or 3rd time within 24 hours but that didn't bother me.

I noticed towards the end of our relationship I was getting quicker again, I was on 40mg at this point, the max recommend dose in the UK. I had "cycled" when i felt it slipping by dropping to 20mg for a week and then going back to 40mg and it always seemed to work...but I did notice that it was definitely wearing off.

We split up and i had a new relationship a couple of months later and suddenly nearly all the effect was gone. I wasn't back to square one but it wasn't good - I tried cycling and this time it improved but that wore off after about a week or two.

It continued to wear off more and more. By the middle of 2015 it was practically doing nothing, at this point I was quite sure it was doing nothing for my mental health either - I think i've basically built a tolerance up to the drug. I did swap for another SSRI near the end of 2014 which was deemed to be even better for PE - Paroxetine. However it had no effect on my PE at all nor my mood but made it so that i couldn't' stay awake at all, I was exhausted. I went back to Citalopram but the napping in the day has continued. I'm now down to about 10mg of Citalopram which never affected my PE originally nor my mood so i'm all but off it and i'm back to square one...back to cumming in seconds to porn.

So where do I go from here? What I want to know is has anyone else used SSRI's for a long time, felt the perfect effect for PE and then had it wear off after a year or two and left where I am now. Did you stop it for a while then take it again and find the exact same effects? 

Bare in mind i've tried EVERY other PE method listed, even hypnosis and NONE of them touched it like the SSRI is, which just leads me to believe I have a serotonin issue - its so perfectly linked with it it must be this. I've obviously built a tolerance to the drug now and my serotonin levels have natural plateaued to the point where it does nothing.

While I had a little of it in my system I did try the Promescent spray and to my surprise with 5 sprays it did actually work. However its an odd feeling having your penis feel like all the nerves have been cut off - plus its not really convenient is it? And its got quite a strong smell. Plus its expensive! I'm not sure I could use it in a relationship.

I've also picked up a packet of the PE SSRI and I haven't tried this yet as i want to come off Citalopram properly first, i'm sure it'd be safe to do now. Again the issue with that is its not very spontaneous having to take it 90 minutes before...for a start off you need to KNOW you're going to have sex. If its not a relationship this is never a guarantee and if it is, 90 minutes is quite a wait! It may well work well for me, I can't see how it can work so fast when it took Citalopram nearly two weeks to have that effect but I will try it.

So i'm rambling with the full story obviously. I was looking to see how others had dealt with it after curing PE with an SSRI and then having it wear off. Bizarrely there were times when I laughed about how I used to be and thought "how could I ever be like that again now I know what it feels like to have so much control" when I was about to cum I could stop just before and then carry on for as long as I wanted...now there is no chance of that happening.

I've considered natural serotonin boosters, but id taken St Johns Wort, 5HTP etc in the past and not had any PE effects what so ever, so I think i'll need something a fair bit stronger than these.

Look forward to input to this lengthy post.