I am on medications for bipolar disorder type 2, which include an antidepressant, an antipsychotic, a mood stabilizer, and an anxiety med. More than one of these meds say they can cause problems with “sexual functions.” To put it bluntly, they interfere with certain hormones, which cause problems for me because they prevent me from orgasming during sex. I’ve talked to my psychiatrist about this, but because this particular balance of meds is keeping me steady w/ no depressive or manic swings, he’s hesitant to change anything. I sort of agree with him, since the swings interfere with intimacy, of course, as well as a lot of other things. My husband and I have tried various ways to help me, but very few even get me close, and after a while even those stopped working (from overuse, maybe?) Do you have any advice as to what we can do to help me? I know orgasming isn’t the end-all and be-all of intimacy, but when we do have the opportunity to make love (his job and our 3 kids can really interfere with that) I’d like to go into it knowing that there’s at least the *possibility* of me climaxing. I’ll admit that sometimes I’m hesitant to even try, because my husband and I both feel bad if nothing happens with me, though I’m usually trying to make him feel better by mentioning the medications’ effect on me.
TIA!
