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Dealing with a spouse in bipolar medications?
My husband is bipolar and lithium, Celexa, and Haldol. This combination works great for him and his life is a normal life. My problem is the sexual side effects of medications. I can deal with other side effects, but this is beginning to reach me. It is making me think that no longer finds me attractive, not to stay in the relationship, or your cheating on me. He does a great job on tellin me they look nice and caring so this is mainly due to my overactive imagination and getting on myself. I have curiosity about how other couples deal with these issues. Any help is appreciated. Thank you Mr. Taco for your insight I really appreciate it.
Ok. I do not know how much this will help, because the situation of each person is a little different. Moreover, my being a man and a woman who makes the dynamics a little different. But here are some thoughts: 1. First, based on what you says here, you probably right: the fear of him cheating is probably all in your head. If he is being affectionate, that suggests he cares and is making a legitimate effort in this regard. 2. Sounds like you know this part, too: some of these drugs is the impact of sexual arousal, and not always a good way. Most likely, this is the root of your problem. Not your fault or yours. So start by accepting this fact of life to help adjust their feelings. Its poor husband has a disease, and that is the crux of the matter. 3. Now my wife is bipolar and has been in tons of drugs in recent years. Some of these medicines have taken out sexually at times. We have handled this in several ways: a. Accept that you will not have more sex than you really want. Even when drugs are not hurting your sex drive, the ups and downs of bipolar means we're in bed together all the time. I love this girl, so just deal with it. Life is not always perfect, and no more than a relationship than sex. Most probably do it once a week, but sometimes there are depressions (and once in a great while a flurry of activity). b. There are a lot of sexual activities that do not involve actual sex. These are useful in times where the potency is not Driving much as they would like. Discuss the options with your husband. C. But you should not have to go through life without sex. If it's so bad you never want to have sex sex then the drugs are not really working. It may be time to change them. It's hard when your spouse is something that is working to their mood wise, but if you are killing intimacy, then it is not good enough. Try something else. One important thing about medication and bipolar There are lots of possibilities and combinations. It takes trial and error to find a combination that works for you. Heck, sometimes you will find the "perfect" combination drug … and suddenly six months down the road that no longer work. It happens. It is not an exact science, unfortunately. 4. So my general recommendation: talk to your husband about him and after discussing with your doctor. You deserve to be happy, too. Bipolar sucks, but not an excuse for a one-way relationship. But we treat it as any other disease: keep lines of communication open and adjust as things change. Working together as a team and you can beat this! 5. A final Reflection: Being that I am a man and my wife is, obviously, no, it never occurred to me, but her husband can stay on the medicines you are on and try Viagra or something? That is something to discuss with the doctor, too! Hope this helped some!
