Lost sexual pleasure
The_Eye 21 Mar 2022
When the effect goes away I am like a robot, I don't have emotions and lie awake in my bed.
Doctors say it's the HPA Axis and there's nothing they can do.
It's driving me crazy. I've tried lots of supplements and they all worsen the symptoms.
I would like some suggestions or emotional comfort because it's a sad situation, really.
I think it's dopamine related.
Mind 21 Mar 2022
I usually suggest (just an opinion, not medical advice) dropping everything (supplement-wise), de-stress, meditate, fast and get exercise. Try to build up back from a clean state. Its tough, but its free, and there is a lot of science behind it.
Edited by Mind, 21 March 2022 - 07:26 PM.
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johnhemming 21 Mar 2022
You can find out if it is cortisol causing this by taking an Aspirin, that inhibits COx-1 for 36 hours. That will affect Cortisol, Melatonin and Adenosine.
The_Eye 21 Mar 2022
I will try aspirine, thanks.
Mind 21 Mar 2022
Cranky is an emotion. Good. Get cranky for a while. Feel hungry for a while. Feeling is a good thing.
johnhemming 22 Mar 2022
I will try aspirine, thanks.
If you try Aspirin take it once and note down the effects and the times. It disables Cox-1 which then gradually reenables over about a 36 hour period. If you take it every day that might not be that helpful. One or two times a week might be best. (separated out) For some people it is not that good maybe talk to your doctor about aspirin.
Edited by johnhemming, 22 March 2022 - 09:25 AM.
The_Eye 22 Mar 2022
It was very interesting and weird and I plan on doing it again. No supplement can do this IMO.
Mr Serendipity 25 Mar 2022
I also have had an experience of bliss for 10-15 minutes where I felt higher positive emotions and all my subconscious fears collapsed. Emotional bliss and pleasurable bliss are definitely separate things in my experience.
The_Eye 26 Mar 2022
medievil 29 May 2022
If anxiety is a concern the addition off phenibut or diazepam is a solution
The_Eye 30 May 2022
Hip 05 Jun 2022
Have you looked into high dose EGCG, The_Eye, at around 1000 mg daily? EGCG activates the dopamine reward pathways, it was found in one study.
I find EGCG noticeably improves my anhedonia, one of the very few things I found which works.
Note that if you take this dose every day, and then stop, you may feel a comedown for a day or two. But if you taper off EGCG over a few days, you should not get this comedown.
As for why you developed this anhedonia in the first place, the most likely explanation is a virus. There is one virus from China that has been in circulation since at least 2009, and maybe earlier, called the Chinese HIV-like virus, which is known to cause chronic anhedonia.
In science, for every effect there is a cause. If your body and mind were previously healthy and normal, and then you suddenly developed a physical or mental pathology, there must be a cause. There is always a cause. And one very overlooked cause of ill health is the infectious pathogens (the many viruses and bacteria in circulation) which once they enter our bodies and organs usually remain there for life.
I caught a virus in London in 2003 which had very similar symptoms to the Chinese virus, and developed chronic anhedonia afterwards.
Edited by Hip, 05 June 2022 - 12:33 AM.
Bockemossen 05 Jun 2022
Sounds exactly like PSSD. Did the symptoms appear after/during taking an SSRI or any other drug with SRI-effect?
The_Eye 06 Jun 2022
dlewis1453 07 Jun 2022
Nope. I only started taking anti depressants 8 years after the problem appeared.
Do you have any other health complaints? Such as fatigue, autoimmune disease, gut or digestive issues, skin problems (acne, dandruff, psoriasis), or getting sick easily?
The_Eye 08 Jun 2022
-Brain fog in the morning
-Waking up groggy
-Sensitive stomach lining (my stomach can hurt from drinking water)
-OCD / RUMINATION
mbdrinker 10 Jun 2022
kurdishfella 10 Jun 2022
I think there are multiple things involved in libido pleasure. Like with most thing it is just not one simple thing that is usually the cause but several reasons. One person I read about had very low testosterone but had libido excessively high. So it is for person to person to figure out their reason. And regarding your balls shrinking. If you are not willing to take that risk then the sexual pleasure must not be that bad or important to you!
Edited by kurdishfella, 10 June 2022 - 06:55 PM.
mbdrinker 14 Jun 2022
mbdrinker 14 Jun 2022
FreeRadical 20 Jun 2022
Two things that have helped me have been Pramipexole and Flibanserin.
I'm a man but I still had very good luck with Flibanserin but obviously you need to order it online because only indicated for women.
The_Eye 21 Jun 2022
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FreeRadical 05 Jul 2022
Late reply sorry. Flibanserin is a 5ht1a agonist. It increases dopamine and norepinephrine in certain parts of the brain and decreases serotonin. It's like a stronger version of buspirone.
Sustained increases in baseline of DA and norepinephrine (NE) are observed in the PFC, and flibanserin dosing increases DA and NE levels above the basal changes. Conversely, flibanserin induces transient decreases in 5-HT levels in some brain areas such as the PFC, nucleus accumbens, and hypothalamus, but not in other brain areas such as the hippocampus. Therefore, since DA and NE are excitatory and 5-HT is inhibitory to sexual desire and arousal, it is tempting to postulate that the actions of flibanserin on serotonin receptors at the PFC pyramidal neurons, resulting in increased DA and NE yet reduced 5-HT in the PFC, are the mechanistic underpinnings of enhancing sexual desire in HSDD.
Pramipexole is a dopamine agonist that increases dopaminergic transmission. Both Flibanserin and pramipexole increased libido but only flibanserin helped with genital numbness.