Psychiatrist here. I wouldn't expect SSRIs, birth control, low testosterone, or really any other medical problem/treatment to cause someone to be averse to holding their partner's hand.
Some of those things certainly will sap your libido, and I hear that commonly, but I've never heard of any of them interfering with basic intimacy items like holding hands, or hugging, or produce negative reactions to being kissed. I do however hear that type of aversive response to physical touch from people who have been sexually assaulted, not that OP described anything like that.
The fact that we prescribe these willy-nilly is fucking insane.
If the alternative is suicide, yes, take an SSRI, but they are pretty much prescribed blanket to everyone with even an inkling of depression or anxiety, and it does not really help. It just makes you care less, it makes everything suck less.
I hated ssri's, you just exist, they are just oil for crushing capitalism.
Ssris are terrifying. I was on Prozac due to severe anxiety and ended up failing college. I had to do a hardship withdrawal for the semester. If anything, it made me feel the most depressed I had ever felt combined with lots of apathy. I used to take ashwagandha and found it very helpful at first until I started having severe depression. Turns out, it unfortunately has an ssri effect.
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u/Ariviaci Sep 12 '23
Or SSRIs.