You don't even have to stop taking it for that side effect to wear off. The amount of time it took for me to relieve sexual tension when I started on SSRIs was

You don't even have to stop taking it for that side effect to wear off. The amount of time it took for me to relieve sexual tension when I started on SSRIs was crazy. Many times I just gave up and tried again later. But it got better over the course of a few weeks and eventually got back to how I was before I started the SSRI. This isn't a guarantee that they will affect everyone the same way, but you can't judge SSRIs by the period when you're starting them.