Anybody try Spanish Fly???
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lymeHerx001
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anyone ever try getting better from lyme and depression?
im in my 20s and have serious problems when it comes to sex.
Some stray from the mental side,,, i know
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minoucat
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Someone mentioned their hubby having very low energy as well as low sex drive and apparently low testosterone.
Adrenal and thyroid functon might be part of the problem (never once in resolving my LD problems has there ever been one simple cause or tx!) Also vitamin B.
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I agree that the first thing to do is get proper Lyme treatment.
When husband was at his sickest the last thing on his mind was SEX.
Now that he seems to be what is remission from lyme, we both want our sex life back.
Thanks for the info in the above post.
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Andie333
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I think you're right, pup; it's really hard to feel all amorous when you don't have the energy it takes to walk across the room and answer the phone.
I'm taking an IM vitamin B complex now and really feel that might be giving my energy level a needed boost.
I think the rest of it is just giong to take time and healing.
Andie
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I know I'm a little late posting on this topic but I have to add my persoanl experience....
I didnt have ANY Libido when I was at my worst....in the last couple years as my Lyme has finally gotten SOME control it has come back... I actually feel semi normal again! WHich is good considering I am only 34 and hope I have some good years left!
Just wanted to post something positive since U am someone who was VERY VERY ill with this disease years back...
and I was able to regain, so I am sure many of you will too. Good Luck Posts: 437 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Andie333
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That's such a great post to read, Christine.
All the positive posters here have really given us hope in my family.
This just isn't the kind of thing we feel we can talk freely about with anyone else (so of course, I post it all on a public bulletin board. )
At one point prior to Lyme dx, we briefly talked about seeing a sex therapist. I'm just glad we didn't throw a lot of money in that direction.
Andie
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If a womans peak is in her 30's then I am missing my darn peak and really pissed off! I hate having LD, it litterally has taken my life away.
I actually has someone tell me, "Well you have a 14mth old, you must be still having sex". I replied with, "Well, geee, that was probably the ONE time that month we had sex and got freakin' pregnant to boot!"
That's why we call Jonathon, although very well loved, our "Ooopss baby". You would think I would have remembered that abx and birth control pills don't mix.
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When I started taking antidepressants about a decade ago my libido was getting so low that I couldn't get arroused if I tried. It was very frustrating. I gave up on it. After a few years my body got used to the anti'ds and my libido slowly came back.
I found a guy I fell madly in love with and we were going at it 4-5 x day.... at anyplace we felt like doing it , heh, heh (fun and exciting). I noticed some pain during intercourse, especially if my legs were in certain positions for too long, and I could barely get straightened out after being bent like a pretzel for a while there.... lol (funny, but true) hurt like hell to straighten my legs out.
I always thought I had arthritis, and I had MRIs, X-Rays, and no one could find anything. I was also suffering with dryness at times (even with lube) and I would split and bleed (talk about hurt)-after that I couldn't tolerate sex for several days until I healed, then I would split again.... well, no mds had any answers for that. And he would lose his erection thinking (worrying) he was hurting me, so we had some problems.
Well, needless to say, after 2.5 years together we called it quits. Not long after I was finally dx with Lyme. When I started my aggressive abx therapy with IV Rocephin and Flagyl I was only interested in getting well - not in getting laid.
So... 8 mos of IVs and I finally got my port out - oh, but my gallbladder came out before the port did (sigh). After the port - I was on oral abx of Doxy, then I went to a regemin of Biaxin, Flagyl, and Isoniazid (INH)...well. The Biaxin and Flagyl wasn't doing the libido thing... however, it seemed to me that when I started the INH into the mix I had such HIGH urges that I could not stand it.
I couldn't concentrate at work coz all I could think of was whom I could get to meet me at my house for a "nooner." Or, have to relieve myself somehow or I could not go on. It was like being on Spanish Fly, and really kind of pitiful because I felt like a ***** in heat and all I could think of was getting the urge taken care of.
I started signing up on swinger sites and meeting people (and still do). I stopped the 3 abx combo, but the minocycline I'm doing solely now is helping bring back my feelings (nerves, blood vessels) as well. Not as bad, but at a more "normal" sort of rate.
I don't want a serious relationship, so I have a few "buds" that I can count on now and then, and they are all in their 20s and 30s, heh heh. Me, I'll be 46 on Monday (27th) and it works for me. I get all the fun w/o the drama. And my libido has gone back to what it should be for a lady in her 40s.
There is hope folks. Just keep believeing it.
After my divorce I was not interested in sex for 4.5 years. Now I'm making up for lost time before I get TOO old and turn into an old lady. EEK!
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Believe me, I can't, but that was too good to pass up!
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JimBoB
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Nice to be able to STILL dream, eh?
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I will say I was like Annie....
good thing I was married. I was so horny at times I just releaved myself...when I could.
Then the infection got TOO bad.
I have heard others tell me they had similar problems with the urge, etc.
Trout
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