hyper sexuality is definitely a schiz symptom
not just bipolar or sza
it’s dulled by ap’s
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i go loopy with it if i even reduce my meds
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Yes meds especially my current 5mg risperidone diminished my sex drive but its still a bit high.
I found that when my sex drive is higher I am more aggressive and have anger issues. The 2 must be linked. I wish I could increase my risperidone back to 6mg. Maybe its time to add another AP.
Maybe it has nothing to do with meds, but that you have a high testosterone level.
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Thats what I thought but my last blood test showed that my testosterone is under the normal range and my prolactin double over the normal range. Maybe it has to do with Dopamine? Idk
But maybe it’s within normal range, but on the higher end of things. But I think all young men are naturally horny rage-filled maniacs so I’m not helpful. Lol. But it sounds like your hormone levels are not normal. Hey just be you, and try to figure out how to live with who you are.
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What I meant is that its really under the lowest range, here is a pic as I can access my medical tests online:
Must mean you are beating all the odds against you. Despite it all, you still got it going on. More seriously, it would be worth balancing your hormones more to see if you see any changes. Worth talking to your doctor about. Your meds could be causing the imbalance. This is why I’m so glad you are getting a pdoc soon.
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Porn actually helps me. Without it I get sexual tension and then want to go to sex workers. But I get what you mean, when I went to my poor natal country I was too social there and there was no internet or porn or sex workers, I hadn’t jerked off or watched porn for like a month there. One girl sent me a love letter through my friend but I never replied to her as I felt stressed.
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It’s all just psychology. No one really needs porn. Most people have a workable imagination. But it’s a hard thing to quit when used to watching. Like drugs or alcohol. Tension in itself doesen’t have to be bad. It can help us in ways too.
I don’t know. Sometimes I think about earlier times when for example sailors were out to sea for months and didn’t get any outlet for their sexuality. When I was in the navy it was a little like that too because I had people around me almost all the time. The sex tension built, but on the positive side it made me energetic, motivated and daring. I met my first girlfriend in the navy.
Maybe you could try a SAA meeting if they have that in Canada. There you can get support and learn coping skills and probably learn a lot about yourself when you hear what kind of relationship others have to sexuality. Put things in perspective.
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How if all I am thinking about is sex?
For me sexual tension makes me aggressive and have anger issues, also have inappropriate thoughts like mental sex with ppl and always think about sex.
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Well, I guess this is where a group like SAA comes in to learn you coping skills. Avoiding triggers. Watching porn is a major trigger. You may get out tension but your brain will get addicted and accustomed to wanting it. Other things can be triggers as well, even non-erotic material. And boredom.(Also a trigger for me)
We do have willpower to chose what to think about, but I know where you are coming from. I too have struggled all life to find the right kind of balance to have a healthy relationship to sex. I guess it’s hard when we are alone and there is little prospect to find someone. But that is it I guess. We are hard wired from nature to find a mate to keep up reproduction.
I heard a funny comment from a SAA conference that I bought and downloaded. They had a group meeting and someone said, we could have filled up hyde park many times over if everyone who needed to be here was here. I think very many people struggle with sexuality, so you shouldn’t beat yourself up about it. It’s difficult to control it.
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I didn’t catch your second post there. Yeah, do what you feel is best. I guess we all work differently.
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Thats my problem, I stay in bed all day doing nothing so I end up doing sex/porn. When I am busy or socializing or outside the house I never do it while on meds.
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Had to go play video games with my friend.
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I think dopamine has an effect on sex drive.
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Yes, definitly. Dopamine and also serotonin I would think.
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