Many people prescribed SSRI antidepressants don’t realize that they can cause irreversible damage to sexual function, says leading sexual medicine clinician Dr. Irwin Goldstein. “SSRIs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, are one of the most widely prescribed medications in the United States…The problem is they are recognized to raise serotonin—that's their mechanism—but serotonin is an inhibitor of sexual function. While using the medication, it's widely appreciated that individuals will s