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Sex drive and seizure medications

Tue, 05/24/2005 - 13:49

Hello 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: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sex drive and seizure medications

Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Tue, 2009-09-01 - 05:15
Hi Andrew, With epilepsy, that's probably a bad sign neurologically. Many sources regard sensations and orgasm to be pleasant seizures, with the ease of frequency as a sign of lower threshold for that type of seizure. A few journal articles cite it as mainly a rare condition most common in women and almost unheard of in men. One article cited epileptic orgasm triggered by strobing lights, and the excess voluntary induction that was otherwise medically intractable. As many forms of epilepsy greatly reduce sex drive, as do AEDs, an increase to a level still low but nearer normal is regarded as the AED being more effective with the epilepsy than damaging to the sex drive, which is still unusual as a win-win situation, but much much more frequent than hyper-orgasmic seizures.

Re: RE: RE: RE: Sex drive and seizure medications

Submitted by jujubee on Tue, 2006-08-29 - 03:31
hi Petunia, I saw your entry tonight and noticed when you said "Keppra was the worst for me". I just started taking Keppra and am lacking sexual drive that I once had in abundance. Any further details on how Keppra affected you in this way???

Re: RE: RE: RE: Sex drive and seizure medications

Submitted by LauraSpo on Wed, 2008-08-20 - 15:27

I was on Depakote starting at 15.  I'm now 31 and switched over to Keppra almost a year ago (after a very short stint with Lamictal).  I had very little sex drive with Depakote and practically none on Keppra.  It's getting to the point where my husband is feeling very upset and losing patience with me.  I feel bad for him, but wish he could be more understanding.  Any suggestions to turn this around would be greatly appreciated.  I've had such great results on the seizures with the Keppra and would hate to switch meds again, but I don't see very many options for me.

I was on Depakote starting at 15.  I'm now 31 and switched over to Keppra almost a year ago (after a very short stint with Lamictal).  I had very little sex drive with Depakote and practically none on Keppra.  It's getting to the point where my husband is feeling very upset and losing patience with me.  I feel bad for him, but wish he could be more understanding.  Any suggestions to turn this around would be greatly appreciated.  I've had such great results on the seizures with the Keppra and would hate to switch meds again, but I don't see very many options for me.

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