My partner would be āfine never having sex againā.
Me and my partner are both early 20ās, both female.
She started lexapro around 6 months ago, it hasnāt been helping her depression whatsoever. Before and when she first started them, our sex life was great. It was wild, fun, experimental, and I always felt really connected because physical touch and intimacy makes me feel loved.
She loved sex, and she was very touchy with me, though she didnāt love hugs or kisses. She just always wanted me to have a hand on her, or cuddle, or hold hands, and almost every single night we were together, without fail, she would want to have sex and initiate.
Now, we donāt touch, we donāt kiss, we donāt hug. Cuddles happen when we spend the night together and since sheās been feeling very unwell itās not been often. The last few times one of us has initiated sex, she hasnāt been able to come without significant stimulation, she canāt get wet, and itās made her feel really overwhelmed and like she needs to stop. I always, always respect this.
Though I love touch and am currently a little touch starved, I donāt entirely mind because touch is a consent thing and I love her and appreciate the connection we share regardless of sex or physical touch. I sort of feel like itās selfish of me to say I miss having sex with her, because sheās the one dealing with all the side effects and frustration, but I do. I donāt miss sex in general, I miss sex with her.
Because of the overwhelm and it happening 3-4 times in a row, she said that she doesnāt even like sex enough to have it anymore, and sheās rarely horny anymore, and that it mightnāt be worth it to her to try again after the last time she couldnāt come. Sheās borderline asexual at this point.
I keep reading about SSRIās and how they impact sex, and coming across PSSD, which is dysfunction generally after coming off SSRIās, but I feel like thatās the same thing sheās dealing with. I even went in the lexapro subreddit and read personal accounts, and person after person were saying they would be happy never having sex again, they donāt think about it after being on this med, they canāt come or get aroused like they could beforeā¦some people were anguished that it had been taken from them.
I donāt know what to do, or if this post should go in relationship advice (canāt cross-post), but I thought since itās a sex related issue, you guys could help better.
Should I talk to her about the SSRI thing? Do you have any other advice?
I donāt want her to think Iām desperate to have sex or donāt care about her personal feelings, but I donāt even think she knows how terribly her medication can effect the ability to function sexually, and it isnāt helping her depression whatsoever, so I thought she should bring it up to her doctor, and without knowing about it, she wonāt.
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