What's your sexual interest like?

At 61 I get occasional sexual thoughts and masturbate once every 6-8 weeks or so . I’ve not had sexual intercourse since 1990. From 1990-2005 I was married but my partner couldn’t enjoy sex due to stroke damage. I wasn’t interested in finding an alternative sexual partner. From 2005 I’ve been on my own. Again no interest in finding a sexual partner.

I guess a lot of this is tied up with a variety of things such as difficulty with social interaction,social withdrawal ,disinterest in physical intimacy,negative symptoms of my mental illness.

I wonder what other posters experiences are.

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My libido isn’t too bad. It’s improved loads since my last sz episode. I totally went off it then for ages. Not very good for my relationship, but it’s improved now.

I’m on abilify and find that it doesn’t totally ruin your sex drive like other meds can.

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I find ssri’s especially Paroxetine cause problems in that department

I wacked off like 4 times yesterday. Maybe more. I know there was a lot of it.

Also I know my sexual interest. And it’s about exploring it then finding someone who suits it. Not the other way around which is I think where a lot of guys make mistakes.

Some people are freaks though where they will do anything.

Random post: How many testicles you have? :joy:

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How come the lotion they sell at Adult Stores that are designed to make your pen!s bigger…never make your hand bigger? :wink:

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this thread is gonna get closed, ppl are being obnoxious…

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I quit masturbation months ago. Got tired of the feeling it gave me, kinda hated myself after I orgasmed.

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I’m what people would describe as hypersexual, unless I’m über depressed, then my appetite is undead and zombiish.

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I think it does, and that is why you can never tell the difference.

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Yes. This is supposed to be a serious thread ,not for people to make infantile/smart alecky/ smutty remarks.

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I have just enough libido to watch porn, and that’s about it

My sex drive is sky high lmao. Never used to be though, used to hate sex.

Masturbation is more than enough for me. :slight_smile:

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Nothing wrong with a bit of humour to lighten up a ‘touchy’ topic. Great sex is supposed to be fun and lighthearted anyways.

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My libido is still low, despite other negative symptoms having gradually waned. It’s ok though, I can go years without sexual intercourse and weeks without masturbation. I am still young but I don’t miss my college days when I would seclude myself instead of going to classes and I would watch porn for many hours on end…

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My libido came back with switching from invega to zeldox (geodon).

Also, I’m a 36 year old woman so I’m hitting my peak.

i am not sexually active. i experience the compulsion to masturbate several times a day. i believe it to be a medication side effect or a feature of the illness. it interferes with my already spotty day to day functioning. it was never an issue before developing the illness and taking certain meds.

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My libido took a nosedive when I started taking Risperidone.

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i don’t masturbate to pass the time or as a matter of choice. i am brimming with sexual energy. even the much i do it, it doesn’t release all the energy for me.