shock_the_monkey wrote: many years ago i read simon barron-cohen's 'the essential difference - men, women and the extreme male brain'. in this book he argues that AS is due to what he terms extreme maleness, caused by excessively high testosterone.
Wow, how laughable is that considering I'm a female who has had (clinically proven) very low testosterone, and believe me when I say that my AS was very much alive and kicking even during that time!
shock_the_monkey wrote: it's such a long time ago now that i honestly can't remember how i linked oxytocin with AS but i do remember thinking he was wrong and it was oxytocin not testosterone that was responsible for AS and the higher number of men that have it compared to women. true enough, low testosterone can cause a loss of sex drive. but i think that a more likely factor in those with AS is low oxytocin. i have heard of men with AS that can get an erection but are unable to ejaculate. at first i thought this unlikely. but now i think it more likely to be a sexual dysfunction caused by low oxytocin. for the sake of being completely open and honest, i found that my diet (see my threads) had a profound affect on my awareness of sexuality. i started really noticing women. it was rather surprising and a little embarrassing at times too.
Hmmm. I never related my sex life (highs and/or lows) with AS, but thinking about now, TBH I see no correllation at all between the timing of the highs and lows of each. My AS can have good days and bad days, but it's been pretty consistent as far as long term timeframes. I have had (and not had) depression at different times of my life, and I've had times of no libido and "better" libido, and THOSE 2 certainly coincide. Not sure how that affects your theories but there you have it for one example. Of course many things can affect libido, including diet, age, health (physical and emotional), even how hydrated you are, etc etc etc.
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