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Sex drive and seizure medications
Tue, 05/24/2005 - 13:49Hello everyone,
I was wondering if ANYONE has advice on what to do about the loss of sex drive from these dammed seizure meds.
I am 44, have had a hysterectomy and on Carbitrol. I have NO sex drive at all. Does anyone have advice????
Please help!
Diana
Comments
Re: Sex drive and seizure medications
Submitted by azonababe06 on Mon, 2009-05-18 - 15:36
Re: Sex drive and seizure medications
Submitted by louk22 on Sun, 2010-06-06 - 19:57
Hi all,
I have serious frontal lobe damage from encifilitis. i am now left with epilepsy. From day one I have been complaing to my physicans about my loss of sex drive. I am on Kepa 1, 5000 mg ,trilepptal 200 mg and lamictal 400 each twice a day. chey are now slowly eliminating my trileptal due to low salt rention. None of my very experienced physicians have ever mentioned that this could be a side effect of my medications. I had to learn it here. I'm new to this site . I think they were concentrated on my seizures, now under control. But I would like to return to a normal sex life . Now that my wife has left me and I am interested in dating and I am afraind to due to the loss of my sex drive what it may lead to. In couple weeks I am going to see a urologist in hopes of being placed on an ED med. Has anyone done this , did it help and or interfer with your anti seizure medications? I am 57 years and for the last 4 year thay just said I getting old only, a big help. I new member. sory my typing and spelling are as good as my sex life!
thank yo in advance.
Hi all,
I have serious frontal lobe damage from encifilitis. i am now left with epilepsy. From day one I have been complaing to my physicans about my loss of sex drive. I am on Kepa 1, 5000 mg ,trilepptal 200 mg and lamictal 400 each twice a day. chey are now slowly eliminating my trileptal due to low salt rention. None of my very experienced physicians have ever mentioned that this could be a side effect of my medications. I had to learn it here. I'm new to this site . I think they were concentrated on my seizures, now under control. But I would like to return to a normal sex life . Now that my wife has left me and I am interested in dating and I am afraind to due to the loss of my sex drive what it may lead to. In couple weeks I am going to see a urologist in hopes of being placed on an ED med. Has anyone done this , did it help and or interfer with your anti seizure medications? I am 57 years and for the last 4 year thay just said I getting old only, a big help. I new member. sory my typing and spelling are as good as my sex life!
thank yo in advance.
Re: Sex drive and seizure medications
Submitted by linz2cool on Wed, 2009-05-13 - 20:45
I was just trying to come up with answers for the same thing. I have been on Keppra (200mg/day) and Lamictal (500mg/day) for about 4 years. I didnt know what my problem was. I thought it was cuz I've been kind of depressed lately since I lost my job. But I am only 25, am actually getting married TOMORROW, and have almost no sex drive. We still have sex, but usually I just want it to be over with right after it starts. Does anyone know what can be done about this?