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Affection & Intimacy with Epilepsy
Mon, 11/02/2009 - 02:35Comments
Re: Affection & Intimacy with Epilepsy
Submitted by sally richards on Tue, 2010-02-02 - 09:02
Re: Affection & Intimacy with Epilepsy
Submitted by maymae on Tue, 2010-02-02 - 20:18
I have a low sex drive and and problem with showing intamacy. We have sex maybe 1 a month. I always thought that it was him. But after reading this forum, I am beginning to think twice. I do take 3 high doses of AED's. We have been married for 12 years, so I thought it to be a normal thing. But in the back of my mind I keep thinking to myself, a 36 yo should not be avoiding sex.
I have a low sex drive and and problem with showing intamacy. We have sex maybe 1 a month. I always thought that it was him. But after reading this forum, I am beginning to think twice. I do take 3 high doses of AED's. We have been married for 12 years, so I thought it to be a normal thing. But in the back of my mind I keep thinking to myself, a 36 yo should not be avoiding sex.
Re: Affection & Intimacy with Epilepsy
Submitted by adamssa@uwec.edu on Tue, 2010-01-05 - 01:19
Hi. Epilepsy is probably not the issue here. It doesn't really have a psychological profile that goes along with it. Maybe he is depressed b.c or not b.c. of it, because that can make people not want to have sex. Or he just could have issues with it in general, which kind of seems more likely. It seems like it's really affecting things, so you might want to look into talking to a therapist about it. He could talk to one, or you could go to one together.