Hi, I hope it's alright to talk about this on here, but I'm really looking for others' advice or thoughts.
Since my diagnosis years ago I've really struggled with being intimate with my husband. I just don't have the desire, and I don't know if it's from my MS or a side effect of my medications, or both. I'm a bit embarrassed about it and haven't been able to bring it up with my neurologist, it's hard enough bringing it up with my husband.
Again I hope it's alright to post this here. I guess I'd like to know if anyone else is going through this, or if it's just me? Is there anything we can do about it? How do we cope?
I had never thought about it till I started reading this forum,but when my husband was alive we had what I believed to be a normal sex life until i came down with MS. I was in and out of hospitals and rehab for 6 months and by the time I got to go home sex was the farthest thing from my mind. When we finally got time together I know I wasn't as enthused as I remember being and Really could have cared less if it ever happened again. My husband passed away in 2001 and I became celebate. I didn't even think about another relationship till almost 20 years later and I had no problems with my feelings then, but in the interim I had quit taking most of my MS meds like copaxone, baclofen, and Ampyra. When I had been off my meds I found my desires for sex increased. So,for me, I would say it was the drugs effecting my libido
Being intimate with MShttps://www.carenity.us/forum/other-discussions/living-with-multiple-sclerosis/ms-and-intimacy-20152020-07-29 08:16:53
Psaraven
08/05/2020 at 11:32 PM
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I have issues too. I can not get hard enough. MS is tearing me up. Sorry ya'll also have issues. I have issues telling my wife. But she has been helpful. Your idea of cuddling your husband is a great idea. You all are not alone.
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Hi, I hope it's alright to talk about this on here, but I'm really looking for others' advice or thoughts.
Since my diagnosis years ago I've really struggled with being intimate with my husband. I just don't have the desire, and I don't know if it's from my MS or a side effect of my medications, or both. I'm a bit embarrassed about it and haven't been able to bring it up with my neurologist, it's hard enough bringing it up with my husband.
Again I hope it's alright to post this here. I guess I'd like to know if anyone else is going through this, or if it's just me? Is there anything we can do about it? How do we cope?
Thanks in advance.