>Then Steve Wrote:
>> Gary,
>> I find myself in a similar situation. I feel very fortunate to have had
>> a steady recovery following my 1/5/97 tm attack. I can walk a fair
>> distance with my quad cane now after losing any ability to walk at all.
>> My sensations are also reduced with the left half of my body from the
>> sternum down being more numb. My bladder, bowell, and sexual function
>> work but slower. While I can reach an orgasm it takes forever. There is
>> no pleasure because I can not feel the sensation. I too would be
>> interested in any info. Thanks.
>> Steve
>>
>I hope you won't be too embarassed by myself, a female, responding to your
>postings. But us women have feelings too-or lack thereof. It is very
>frustrating to myself, and my husband, because there is nothing that he can
>do for me to "reach the goal". Without turning "x-rated", has anybody come
>up with a solution, other than "it's okay to just cuddle"?
>
>Debbie
Just a few words about sexual funtionining. As a psychaitrist I
can tell you that it is one of the most complicated and at times complex
issues. BUT one of the simplest solutions is to stop SSRI (Proazc and ALL
the cousins) and check for other drug use (many of which cause sexual
dysfunction of one sort or another. )
AND, one does not have to go XXX rated -- there are lots of
"stimlating" videos out there --some of which may show more than others.
And for those who haven't read Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus AND
Mars and Venus in the Bedroom --get out your Visa and go book shopping. You
may have had normal functionning before --but what you are all saying is
that you now need something additonal (or in the case of drugs -- less).
sometimes it's a trade off -- but I have had patients who have insisted
that the had SSRI induced sexual dysfuntion only to discover that it
"disappeared" when the husband started having his lunch at home when the
children were at school!
But, of course, TM DOES affect actual nervous system funtionning
and many people find that if they think carefully they will remember that
sexual dysfunction was in fact one of the first neurological functions to go
-- first out last in? --the opposite of that old accounting principle?
bryan