Does Cialis Cause Mood Swings (Page 4) (Top voted first)

I'd just like to know if anybody else has any experience of seeming to be more irritable and emotional during the time that they are getting the effects from Cialis?

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Based upon the amount of people asking I think the prognosis is yes. I too have experienced extreme mood swings anger etcetera particularly after coming down off the medication usually within 24 hours and that's using just a small portion of a pill.

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I was a new bride 1 year ago. I am 50 and my husband is 67. For 10 days of our honeymoon, we were happy. He was fine regarding intercourse. Upon returning home he had a prolonged erection for up to 24 hrs. After an intimate night exhausting to me, he feels good for a few hours and suddenly had mood swings and changed into a nervous rude offending person. He gets mad at me for nothing and talks about separation and divorce for trivial things! I recognized the mood swings and asked him to seek medical advice but his ego stopped him. He denied any mood changes and kept blaming me. We were separated for a few months in 1 year. He kept swinging between sweet romantic husband and aggressive rude paranoid one. By chance, i found cialis tablets hidden between his clothes but won't dare ask him. I knew the cause of the superman who can be sexually active for the whole day but can't understand the acute change in mood the day after our intimate relation. I suffered for a year and we ended by divorce that he can't explain the reason to anyone! Only after a few days a friend of mine told me that cialis may make him feel irritable and never satisfied by our prolonged intercourse! That's very depressing to both of us. It destroyed our life especially with a person who was already nervous as my husband! I wish we both knew the cause of mood swings and stopped the drug. Maybe we could save our marriage! Do you think it was cialis which made things worse between us? Is it that serious?

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Re: Marie (# 84)

Wow sounds SOOO familiar. At least my guy has not gotten violent (yet) but matches what you are describing to a "T". I hope things have gotten better for you, but I know the feeling that if you even make a suggestion you are the problem, not them! Best of luck

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I was prescribed Cialis 20mg for periodic intercourse. But also on Testosterone. I experienced muscle stiffness at trapezius muscle on left side on doses over 10mg. Now on Cialis 5mg for BPH with effect as symptoms of BPH have subsided. Cialis has a side effect of relaxing the esophageal sphincture, thus when taking cialis daily a proton pump inhibitor was required (enter prevacid 30mg). On the upside cialis 5mg was better tolerated than Avodart for treatment of BPH.

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Did stopping help. My husband is doing the same

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I have noticed increased emotionality using 5mg once daily for 3 days. This could be caused by the anxiety associated with engaging in swinging (the negative erectile effects of this anxiety was what the cialis was for). But it could also be caused by the cialis. It is now thought that we perceive our emotions indirectly by observing their effects in our body (thus smiling makes us feel happier). Therefore, if a medication causes tired rheumy eyes and headaches it could be processed as emotional upset by our brains, without any psychoactive mechanism.

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What natural derivative are you using, as my husband is extremely moody and feeling depressed. I really need him to try something else

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My husband is irritable to!!! I can tell when he takes one. He is on 5mg daily. Finally he is trying to get off of them. But every now and then he takes one. That I don't understand. I hate it!!! He is a different person when he takes it. So sorry he started them. I hate drugs. He tried Niagra and Lavitro to. Those was terrible to!!! My husband just don't understand when I tell him he is different when he takes it.
Wish I knew why he don't want to listen to me. It hurts me.

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Does Viagra have the same sort of mood swings or is it only the generic meds that cause these side effects ?

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Re: Drug victim (# 72)

I too believe this is a side effect that needs to be addressed. My love became irritable, angry and violent. This man is the sweetest person ever. My heart is broken to be reading this has happened to others. I'm to afraid to talk with him about this. I'm just scared now.

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Re: E (# 7)

I experienced the same side effects with blurred vision, my hearing was off and I become angry fast and irritable. I take 5mg Cialis a day for prostate problems. Works better than flomax. I tolerate it better taking it every other day. Insurance gives you a hard time, may not pay. Doesn't help my libido much but makes me take less trips to the bathroom at night. I RECOMMEND IT FOR PROSTATE.

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Re: Marie (# 84)

I have had the exact same experience!!

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Re: Brian (# 17)

I've been using Ciali off and on since 2014. I habe experienced the similiar side effects. Irrtability quick to anger and obsessive clinginess mentioned in the thread. I've started and stopped the medication many times and there's definitely a correlation between the mood swings, the anger and taking this medication. It is often difficult while on the medication to control your thought and actions when tbe irritability begins. I even contacted the makers of Cialis to report the side effect. But let's face it, this drug makes billions of dollars. There's no way there's going to be a warning label put on this medication indicating it causes anger and possible violent actions.Years ago I saw threads like this one. Thousands of men experiencing what we are experiencing, then the conversations just disappeared from Google. I'm glad to see this issue being discussed again There is an issue with this medication causing irritability and anger. It is not imagined.

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Holy crap, I’m so relieved to see this thread. I thought I was a lunatic for almost 2 days. I take the daily 5mg but asked for a supplemental 10mg for….well you know what for…but I ended up angry and hair-trigger tempered- I’m 56 and almost got into two fights! I’m just lucky I didn’t do any irreparable harm, the 10mg went right in the toilet.

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I am 54 and use the 36 hours Cialis regularly and although it helps with having a good erection it causes me a mild depression around 12 hours after taking the pill and after my partner leaves. Is it because I cannot have sex and the effect of the pill did not waned down?

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Cialis can cause muscle aches in 2% of clients.
Cialis is primarily metabolized by P-450 CYP 3A4 enzyme, some drugs(antibiotics)/foods(grapefruit juice) can block the body's ability to convert the med into a useable form, just as some meds can speed up this process. Look up Cytochrome P450 tables.

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Ok.... Most honest answer yet. From a female with a male taking Cialis, thank you.

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Some of the replies here may be from cialis competitors.

I have just started on cialis. I've noticed something akin to brain fog, but I would describe the effects differently: One effect has been a noticeable loss of inhibitions and filtering of words. I can see how a negative mood might be accentuated, and more openly and strongly expressed, verbally at least, and perhaps physically as well.

Emotionality has seemed a bit more on the surface, or out in the open. In my case, so far at least, nothing particularly negative. More like being a bit tipsy or 'lubricated' socially. I have felt quite a bit more spontaneous and free.

I did have some worries about increased sensations of pressure in my head, eyes, sinuses; but fortunately I have learned not to follow or run with those worrying thoughts the way I used to. The effects were reasonably mild, and I did not take the worries overly seriously.

That said, I am not sure I will continue. Although I could distinctly feel the increased blood flow into the prime target of the drug, I also realize that blood flow is altered in many other parts of the body as well. And I see the healthy human body as a very intricate and finely tuned system, so I'm not sure I want to risk disrupting it in this way. I lean toward increased exercise, reduced stress, better diet and sleep, and life-giving relationships.

Exercise itself is widely acknowledged by doctors to increase blood flow and improve performance; and there are other natural approaches as well, including psychological ones, which don't mess with the intricate natural functionings of your system.

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Where do u get the generic Cialis (from Japan) .
What is the website .Thanks

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My experience with Cialis has been much more positive than most posted here. I have suffered from depression and fatigue all my life, as if running against a river of molasses all the time. The doctor gave me a 20mg sample of Cialis to try. I cannot say that it was that much good for the ED, but for days afterwards, I felt better than ever. I thought, is this what 'normal' people feel like? Since then I have experimented, ceasing the use of Cialis for days or weeks, and taking it again when I feel really horrible. Every time it has improved my mood considerably. I feel happy, and my mind is clear. It is a bit expensive to use as a 'happy pill', but it has worked better for me than anything else ever prescribed, and I have no known negative side effects. It might even help with the ED. I am almost sixty, and still enjoy two or three 'relaxation sessions' every day. I think that people who have bad mood reactions, should just quit using Cialis.

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