Can Depression Itself Lead to Sexual Dysfunction? Posted: 05-30-07 20:01pm
I've tried searching for quite a bit now,
and find that most people talk about
sexual problems linking to depression
medications. What about just plain
depression without the medication? Doesn't
that itself lead to a loss of sex drive
also? I think that's what I'm suffering
from currently. I haven't seen a doctor
for it, nor have I taken any medications.
Most of the time I find myself trying to
fight depression, and it seems to work
sometimes. I think knowing that you're
depressed helps a whole lot. Ocassionally,
I find myself saying to myself, why let
this bother me? Or I may sometimes sayto
myself, just don't think about it.
However, what I can't seem to fight off is
whenever something really bad happens.
Then I'll lay on my bed and stare at the
ceiling for about 30 minutes thinking in
detail about the horrible situation. Is
that considered depression? Even if I have
something else to do in the meantime, I
would still have to allow myself to think
about the horrible situation before
anything else. And once I'm done thinking
about it, I still feel horrible/down. Now
as for my sex drive, it's been very
unusual. I tend to masturbate more often
than I have sexual intercourse with my
wife. But for for the past year in a half
now, I've been having a very low sex
drive. I can sometimes go for days of not
having the thought to masturbate, and this
is unusual for me especially. I find that
my penis no longer gets hard as before,
and I almost always ejaculate prematurely.
Whenever I start to masturbate, I would
lose the drive in the middle of it. My
penis softens up and I no longer feel like
continuing. It's like I just lost interest
in the middle of sex. However, I find that
if I try to ejaculate earlier, I can still
do it. But of couse the feeling is still
not the same like before I ever had any
sex issues. I'm actually afraid to have
sex with my wife now because I'm too
afraid that my penis will just die down in
the middle of it. I'm pretty sure it will
too. I still get aroused by looking at
sexy women, but when it comes to
masturbating, it's almost never
satisfying. Forgot to mention, I never
really had this lost of sex drive until I
smoked marrijuana for a little over a
year. I remember everytime I smoked
marrijuana during the night, I would
masturbate and ejaculate. It was the best
ejaculation ever under the influence of
marrijuana. But unfortunately, I lost the
sex drive eventually. I've come to a
conclusion that marrijuana is what led to
my depression, and that depression led to
my sexual dysfunction. Can this be
correct? Or is that marijuana is the cause
of it all.
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010081
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 9
Posted: 05-31-07 00:20am
marijuana also causes loss of sexual
drive.
Well as you mentioned about your sexual
drive.It is due to you think a lot you
your self is inviting the depression by
thinking that you don't have sexual
drive.Don't think its better to talk about
this to your wife,partner plays the most
important role.Masterbating regularly
don't decrease sexual drive.
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jayau
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 4 Location: California
Okay.. Posted: 05-31-07 10:53am
Say Marrijuana did play a role, what can I
do to fix this problem? I've quit for
nearly a year and a few months already.
Depression does have the tendency to lower
people's sex drives, as do psychotropic
medications if you are on any. Marijuana
can certainly lower sex drive. Even if you
have quit for months or a year, your
reproduction system may still be
recovering from shock, therefore causing
your desire for sex. Have you gone to
rehab or talked to a doctor?
If marijuana was the problem, it would
take more than a couple months to heal.
But in this case, depression could be the
major cause. I advise you to see a medical
doctor.
I'm happy to answer any questions you may
have in the future. I wish you well. and
Good luck!