Two Cases of Hypersexuality Probably Associated with Aripiprazole.
âIn conclusion, aripiprazole can enhance sexual desire in patients with schizophrenia. We suggest aripiprazoleâs dopaminergic agonistic effects at the mesolimbic circuit especially at nucleus accumbens may be responsible for hypersexuality phenomenon.â
I think I am the third one of those unconfirmedâŚ
I had to stop Abilify because it was causing hypersexuality. No more issues now on Risperdal.
I felt it just from taking it for 1 day. It was too much. Got in the way of common sense.
I also saw somewhere that it can affect your sexual orientation. Men who were otherwise straight had fantasies and pursued non straight encounters.
I actually got an increase in physical strength fro Aripiprazole. Thatâs rare for an AP.
Maybe bcz it increases dopamine.
I wouldnât know. I donât think they classify it as a major tranquilizer now. It did some good things for me, but it also made me even more anxious, and they had to take me off it.
I read studies about that too, some changed their sexual orientation bcz of Abilify. I think its true as after being on Abilify for many years I started watching weird sexual stuff, it started with pain fetish and got worse. I think it was starting to make me bisexual honestly. So happy to have stopped the Abilify.
I feel like Iâve had a lot of âam I actually bisexualâ thoughts. But I know Iâm fully straight. I need to probably speak to my drs about it.
âAripiprazole is a dopamine D2 receptor partial agonist infrequently associated with sexual sideâeffects. Here the authors present a case of hypersexuality and newâonset homosexual behaviour, following use of aripiprazole in a male patient, which resulted in discontinuation of aripiprazole and subsequent elimination of the sideâeffectsâ
Yeah it seems bizarre. I think itâs really strange, but the I donât know the specifics of neurophysiology
I found the full pdf article for free:
Do you have a sex drive at all on respirderal? When I was on it. I remember feeling quite zombie
Yes I do its normal now. Off meds its high and on Abilify it was extremely high even painful psychologically and physically.
I can relate. Sometimes you feel so hyper sexual that you even look at the wrong types and feel flirtatious. Itâs so bad sometimes
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