Desire, sexual

Depression Depression is characterised by feelings of profound sadness, insomnia, and diminished appetite and sexual desire. It is not an uncommon disorder it is esti-... 

Sexual dysfunction Atomoxetine appears to impair sexual function in some patients. Changes in sexual desire, performance, and satisfaction are not well assessed in most clinical trials because they need special attention and because patients and physicians may be reluctant to discuss them. Accordingly, estimates of the incidence of untoward sexual experience and performance cited in product labeling are likely to underestimate the actual incidence. 

Analgesic. An agent that relieves pain without causing loss of consciousness. Anaphrodisiac Antiaphrodisiac an agent suppressing sexual desire. 

Antiviral. An agent that inhibits growth or multiplication of viruses, or kills them. Anti-yeast. An agent that inhibits the growth or, multiplication of or kills yeasts. Aphrodisiac. Any drug that arouses the sexual instinct increasing or exciting the sexual desire. 

Libido. Conscious or unconscious sexual desire creative energy. Any passionate form of life force. 

Constipation Sweating Weight gain Dental problems Nausea Amenorrhoea Depression/lethargy Reduced sexual desire... 

In his critical discussion of the idea that free will (as distinct from free action) might be compromised by compulsive desire, Albritton (1985) remarks that compulsive sexual desire would have to be "like being thrown into bed." However, then "there s no unfreedom of will in it, for you haven t in the relevant sense done anything" (248). For a discussion of Albritton, see Hoffman (1995) and Watson (1995). 

Hungers are fewer and are named by a stimulus that the hunger moves you to "consume"—food, warmth, a drug sexual desire is usually identified as a hunger rather than an emotion. 

The less a visceral process is limited by a concrete substrate, the less distinct do phases of appetite and satisfaction become. Sexual desire looks like a borderline case, a conventional hunger that acts somewhat like an emotion. That is, sexual experience entirely in fantasy can be robustly rewarding in the absence of any prospect of physical satisfaction. Sexual foreplay and fantasy do not use up drive and sexual partners who cannot reach orgasm eventually tire of an episode without... 

Prolactin is hypothesized to have a negative influence on sexual desire, which is interesting because there is a generally reciprocal relationship between dopamine and prolactin (as discussed in Chapter 11 see Fig. 11—30). However, the relationship between prolactin and sexual dysfunction is not well documented and relatively poorly understood. 

FIGURE 14—12. When a man has diabetes or hypertension, or if he smokes, uses alcohol, takes prescription drugs, or is depressed, there is a good chance that not enough of a signal of sexual desire will be able to get through his peripheral nerves and arteries to produce sufficient amounts of cGMP to cause an erection. This leads to impotence. 

Which psychopharmacological mechanism(s) are most closely linked to libido (sexual desire) ... 

Braunstein GD, Sundwall DA, Katz M, Shifren JL, Buster JE, Simon JA, Bachman G, Aguirre OA, Lucas JD, Rodenberg C, Buch A, Watts NB. Safety and efficacy of a testosterone patch for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in surgically menopausal women a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2005 165 1582-9. 

Tamoxifen can cause loss of libido (63). In 57 patients sexual desire, arousal, and the ability to achieve orgasm were unaffected by tamoxifen (64). There was a 54% incidence of dyspareunia, but this seemed to be a consequence of co-administration of chemotherapy, which can cause vaginal dryness and loss of libido, rather than an effect of tamoxifen. 

A significant segment of society assumes that older people don t have sexual desires and are unable to do anything sexually, even if they wanted to. Some even believe that sexual activity in old age is perverse. Other common myths include sexual desire ends with menopause, older people are unattractive and therefore sexually undesirable, and impotence is common among elderly men. Sexual activity among older people is generally considered taboo. 

The problem with these myths is that they are often believed by the elderly themselves. As a result, older people adopt a negative view of their own sexual feelings, desires, and fantasies. The myth of sexless older years held by young people becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when they reach old age. As a result, many elderly people are overwhelmed with guilt and shame when they have sexual desires. 

Both men and women are interested in sex and participate in sexual activities in their 70s, 80s, and beyond. Studies have documented that sexual desire, interest, and activity may continue well into the ninth decade of life. 

Third, all a person s ordinarily used identity states share in his culturally defined consensus reality. Although certain aspects of reality are emphasized by particular identity states, the culture as a whole implicitly allows a wide variety of identity states in its definitions of "normal" consciousness and consensus reality, within the cultural consensus reality, for example, there are wel1-understood concepts, perceptions, and allowed behaviors associated with being angry, being sad, feeling sexual desire, being afraid. 

Anabolic steroids, antidepressants and drugs of abuse affect libido, potency, and ejaculatory function. Anabolic steroids are derivatives of testosterone, and have strong genitotropic effects. There is published evidence indicating that anabolic steroids increases sexual desire however, the frequency of erectile dysfunction is also increased. Treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine has been associated with sexual side effects including delayed or nonexistent ejaculation and hyposexuality. Mice treated in utero with the anideukemic agent 5-aza-2/-deoxycytidine exhibit abnormal reproductive behavior and low reproductive capacity. 

Epimedium, a Chinese herb, has a testosterone-like substance and enhances a woman s sexual desire... 

Maca (tuber) — Aphrodisiac, increases sexual desire, may help to increase sperm count. 

APHRODISIAC A substance or drug that increases sexual desire. 

Another side effect of methadone is a change in a user s sexual desire and function. One theory is that opiates decrease testosterone levels in both men and women one small study of 29 methadone users found testosterone levels to be decreased by 40%. Methadone also inhibits sexual function by increasing the tone in the... 

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