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Sexual Side Effects

Wed, 03/29/2006 - 14:24
Why do you suppose that more neurologists and epileptoloists do not mention that a majority of anti-seizure pills do often make "normal" sexual performance for men difficult--if not sometimes impossible when it comes to erections? The first answer will pop up. And that is, even better-informed male patients will say "...to hell with my pills" and choose to live their sexual life "normally". Mind you, that last word I put in quotes, for who anyway should define "normal"? However, after having tried about as many anti-seizure drugs as the number of years I've had epilepsy (that's 35), I can speak as something of a lab rat. Many pills do affect a man's bedroom performance. And while this shouldn't become our reason for living, it is part of being a human, whether single, married or just evaluating our private parts. As society's attitude toward we handsome, educated humans with epilepsy matures, so does its understanding of "performance" when it comes to sex. Mind you, an honest woman will explain when love-making isn't just the thing for her; that does occur. My point is that this topic shouldn't remain in the proverbial "closet" any longer. Let's talk about it on this fine site, as well as face-to-face. Studies reveal how many men live virtually their entire lives feeling guilty for not performing sexually 24-hours a day, where in fact, there's most likely not one who ever has, other than in movies. And that includes this writer!

Comments

Re: Re: Sexual Side Effects

Submitted by syd.alf on Mon, 2006-04-03 - 18:48
Hi there Jack. I also have the same problem and i'm on the same medication as you my g/f thinks it is just me, but i told her it might be the medication and she just says you can fet it up but after 5mins or so it starts to go down. It really pisses me off.

I haven't really bothered to

Submitted by lothar on Fri, 2006-04-21 - 06:34
I haven't really bothered to search the net for information about medicine affecting erection until now. I was starting to get desperate and worried that it was something wrong with me, but it seems I'm not the only one who might have a problem. I am rather sexually inexperienced, and haven't been able to get it up at all at intercourse. Oh well, I might as well go thru the embarrasing detailed parts since one is "almost" anonymous on the net: During foreplay I can manage to get really hard, and it feels like the problem doesn't even exist. But as soon as we are about to start the intercourse, I almost start to get numb, it's like there's no sensation and almost no feeling at all.. then it just shrinks. With some caressing and touching, I might be able to get it up after a while again, but not long enough :( I don't know if partly this might be due to my inexperience being with a girl. I usually never have any "problems" with masturbation though.. I'm currently on Lamictal, 200mg/day. But you're basicly saying that the majority of medicine do this? I don't really want to cut down on the dose without consulting a doctor, but I really really don't want to lose this girl. Though I understand that change of medication just isn't possible overnight. I might try to delay taking my medication for half a day or so, and see what happens... Or how long does most medicine stay in the body? Other than that, you're not recommending use of different kinds of pills to gain erection?

Re: I haven't really bothered to

Submitted by Brian Hen on Sat, 2007-02-17 - 01:19
I started on Epp medications, decereasing erections started and when I had grand mal I started to loose interest in sex. I had experienced sex pills and go off before inserting. The best is the needle 100% when buy you get directions and it does not hurt, then you have 4 a night You will have many Babies, like a bull in a paddock. Best of luck

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