Sexual anhedonia
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:21 pm
Hi I am a 28 year old woman from wales . For the past year I have felt intense physical anhedonia . That is I am unable to feel any pleasure from sex, eating , bathing , touch , or massage . Everything is numbed and unpleasurable or I get a burning ache inside my scalp . The sexual dysfunction in particular has affected my quality of life as I am unable to have a relationship with the anhedonia . I literally couldn’t feel any pleasure from being with my ex partner , and had to fake and I am not a good actor. Since my partner has broken up with me I can’t be bothered to go out and find another boyfriend as it won’t be pleasurable and I am too lazy to fake it . I cant even feel physical attraction to anyone anymore . This is depressing me and making me quite bitter and resentful . I feel like my love life is completely over and I will never be able to have a relationship, get married or fall in love again . I am currently on the risperidone injection, invega for psychosis but I have had this problem for over a year and a half before the antipsychotics so I don’t think it’s to do with the antipsychotics. Does anyone have any advice on how to increase pleasure in life / sex ? It’s badly damaged my quality of life