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by MsAmberJade » Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:22 am
I've heard that depression lowers sex drive, but does it completely kill it? To the point that sex literally doesn't cross someone's mind and that they don't see their girlfriend in a sexual light and porn doesn't interest them?
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by Oliveira » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:09 am
Depending on the individual, yes, this can happen. Some medication also does this. (Lexapro/escitalopram completely killed my sex drive dead. I would rather read a book. I could get it up, excuse the graphical, but I just didn't see the point at all. Why have sex or watch porn if you can clean the bathroom instead?)
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by MsAmberJade » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:51 am
This is for my boyfriend. He's not on any medication yet (he has an appointment with a psychiatrist and has ALL the symptoms of low dopamine).
He can get hard with help but only sometimes and just a couple days ago, admitted that he has zero sex drive and never even thinks of sex or looks at me in a sexual light.
I had been under the impression that it was lowered but according to him, it's absolutely 100% gone.
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by J_Devil » Sun Oct 11, 2015 11:30 am
I can answer this based off my own experience.. I have zero sex drive and haven't for over a year or so now. It's really the last thing on my mind. I was on antidepressants but that didn't change my sex drive. It happened when I fully went off the meds
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