??Tsh, Thyroid stimulating hormone for me was less than 4, 3.5 ish and Doc put me on a low dose. Been taking it for 6 weeks now, and I feel much better!! Drive has never been difficult for me, but overall health and energy and muscle aches have gotten so much better! I have to go in for follow up blood work and hope that they will let me stay on this dose!
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn
What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
I have a different theory, not proven by anyone but ME!
They USED to use Iodine to cleanse food preperation equipment in the states. Included convienence food prepairation. About 10 years ago, they substituted Chlor...something...and prohibited Idodine to be used in the volume it was.
Now MAYBE the Iodine was strong before, but so many of us aclimated to that level that when it was reduced, we went into Thyroid "shock".
A girlfriend and I have tried something. Put about a 50 cent piecs size circle of Iodine on your belly and IF the body needs it it will absorb it. Took me about 10 days to get to the point that there was color there when I woke, or about 8 hrs later.
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn
What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tried several things for my depression which not only didn't help depression, caused me to be unable to ejaculate. So the doctor prescribed Wellbutrin, which did help the depression, and while I am able to ejaculate now, it is more difficult than when I was on no anti-depressants. My sex drive is also lower than it used to be. But then, my W asked for D several months ago, told me she had never been attracted to me, and suggested I might be gay, because I'm the only man she's ever been with who didn't satisfy her. Luckily for me, I had plenty of affirmation from other women before we got married, so my ego wasn't destroyed by those remarks. Still, I can't definitely blame Wellbutrin for my lower sex drive. It could be a glacier of a spouse bringing me down.
Quote: suggested I might be gay, because I'm the only man she's ever been with who didn't satisfy her.
Ouch. You know, she was just saying that to "get" you. My ex said all sorts of nasty things, and still does BTW, to push my buttons.
Hairdog, who hopes Elfenstone had a good comeback, like "it's hard to satisfy a cold fish" or "with a vagina your size, the only thing that could satisfy you is a Buick."
Hairdoggie is right, that "gay" comment was only said to hurt you...and to justify to herself that there must be some other reason that you don't satisfy her....because we all know, she couldn't be a contributing factor now could she? LOL Nevermind the fact that you are on a drug that does affect ones SL. BTW....she she says you don't satisfy her...does she tell you what she needs in order to feel "satisfied"? Or are you floundering (cold fish reference here) around in the dark?
Here's a thought though....CSW (one of our other posters) found his diet was severly affecting his SD. He thought he was living the "healthy lifestyle" by eating tofu, soy beans....n'stuff like that. He came to find out later that much of his lack of SD came from the foods he was consuming.
So....what is your diet like. It's just a thought but it's possible your diet combined with the meds might be making things that much more difficult for you.
How many remember the TV series "Murphy Brown"? Murphy was a high-powered TV newswoman based in Washington, played by Candace Bergen.
In one episode, her dad (played by Darren McGaven) came for a visit accompanied by his new wife (probably 25 years younger than he) and his new baby.
His ex (Murphy's mom, played by Colleen Dewhurst as a very feisty, crusty broad) showed up at the same time. Theirs had been a stormy marriage, and a bitter divorce.
When Colleen saw the new baby, she said to Darren, "I would have thought that at your age, you'd be shooting blanks."
He replied with one of the great lines in TV history: "It helps to have a live target."
My W is on 1500mg of Depakote. We both think it contributes to both her feeling tired a lot. She sleeps on average 8-9 hours a day, and in the weekend she often sleeps for 12 hours. Also, I do think it contributes to her LD as well.
However, she isn't very eager to 'tamper' with her medication as she calls it herself, but she does think it is a problem. Her treating psuchiatrist isn't much of a help tho. Earlier we talked about it with him, and he suggested switching to 2 tablets in the morning and 4 at night instead of 3-3. My W mentioned it again the last time, and he simply said "try switching to 1-5". I know this is how the psychiatric world operates: Just throw random stuff against the wall and see what sticks.... :\
Now for one, I think this isn't a good way of dealing with it. to me personally, I'd say my W is oversedated on the Depakote. They say each person has a personal optimum level which is between where it starts being effective, and where siginifant side effects begin. I do think she's on the wrong end of the scale, but as he Md doesn't feel trying a lower dose (say 5 instead of 6 pills) makes sense, she doesn't want to 'tamper' with the dose as well. Now, I am a person of logic, she is not, and I don't want to 'push' her into trying a lower dose, but I do think Depakote is pretty much responsible for both her feeling tired, sluggish and lack of SD.
Hi, my H takes wellbutrin and lexapro and his desire is through the roof. But then, I know that lexapro is actually used as an PE drug. Not sure which it is, but he's went from almost LD to very HD in the last few months. LD was caused by depression.
