Alix Fox is live now answering your questions about how to have a healthier, happier, hornier love life.
emmykoistangerine asks:
Over the past year or so, both myself (male) and my sexual partner(s) (female) have struggled with libido and reaching orgasm due to prescribed antidepressant/SSRI use. This in turn has led to the development of mental blocks around sex and intimacy in general. Do you have any advice for rekindling a sex life as well as how to go about establishing a fulfilling sex life when on these medications?
Alix: Antidepressants are well known for helping with the blues, but have an unfortunate effect on your pink bits. Lots of people find that they reduce sex drive, and they can impact physical arousal and make climax harder to reach, too.
You shouldn’t alter your medication regime without speaking to a doctor first, but it’s worth chatting with your GP about options to improve these side-effects. You might be able to switch the type of meds you’re on, alter the dose, or change the time of day that you take them, so that they’re not having such a dominant influence when you head to bed.
Alix: They should be.
However, it remains considerably more verboten for men – especially straight men – to own sex toys, and particularly for solo pleasure rather than for partnered use.
