Question about lack of sex drive and medications..

[rjd5974]

They have changed the dosage of her meds, and I believe she had one of them changed completely at some point. I guess that's normal with bipolar meds..after a while the body gets used to them and the doctors have to change things up.

As far as drugs and alcohol..no drugs at all. We do have some drinks now and again but nothing out of the ordinary. We don't get falling down drunk or anything like that, and its only on occasion that we drink at all.

As I said previously, I've tried totally backing off on the sex initiation because of just what you said, I thought she might think I was too aggressive about it.

I'm probably not as romantic as I once was, that's something I can definitely work on.

She has probably gained some weight over the years, but again, nothing crazy. I think she's too concerned with the media portrayal of what a female body is supposed to look like but I do my best not to judge.

She is in school again and the program she's in is very hard so I do have to admit that she's very stressed about that a lot. I'm sure that's a contributing factor.

Oh, and there haven't been any traumas since we've married as far as miscarriages, rape, etc...

I'm just trying to be as understanding as I can and hope that this works out over time. I try not to be selfish, but the lack of sex is really starting to knock my self-esteem down and make me feel unwanted.