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Old 04-19-2006, 10:07 PM   #21
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Re: methadone and sex drive

I'm on methadone and am up to 150... When your are an ex heroine addict that high of dosage douesnt make you "fall asleep while standing up" thats not what the methadone clinic intends.. they are trying to find a maintnece dosage.. as far as sex drive yes.. it sucks.. Me and my boyfriend our on the methadone togeather and it really sucks because I still have sex drive (infact it seems at time methadone makes me have more of a sex drive then normal) And yes indeed I have becamse self concious to! allso its a common thing for people on methadone to gain weight.. This is something I'm struggleing with. Because I get so constipated my stomach douesnt digest normally and makes it harder to loose weight. but I communicate with him and It has nouthing to do with me even though its easy to tell myself that.. If you are young like am.. Woman have needs! the only way I can get my boyfriend to have an irection is by oral sex... I dont meen to be to detailed .. just being honest.. its frustrating though its the down side of methadone because we uest to have the most natural bueiatfull sex... You know now its all technicall... I hate it. when we have sex he is so worried about ceeping it up he hardly pays attention to me. so yes I would reccomend asking him what he thinks about viagra.. Me and my boyfriend dont have inssurance and I dont think he would up for it..
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:13 PM   #22
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Re: methadone and sex drive

YES have is testosterone checked my bf has chronic pain and the meds totally depleted his sex drive now he just rubs on his "man" gel and things are almost back to normal I always thought it was me too but it wasnt!!!!! Have him ask to have it checked you might be suprised!
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:16 PM   #23
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Re: methadone and sex drive

His Dr's office can give him samples of viagra have him talk to his DR I worked at a Dr's office for years and I got the viagra it worked but I knew there was something else wrong.

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Old 04-19-2006, 11:32 PM   #24
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Re: methadone and sex drive

Thanks for the information. Do you think that he should talk to the doctor at the clinic, or our family physician? I have tried to research why this happens, and what we can do to help. We've talked about it, and I think it just being out in the open has helped me mentally. This is still tough, but at least it is not some terrible secret that is being kept. We know that the ultimate answer to all this is to eventually come off the methadone. But it is not time right now. We are just dealing with what all this addiction has handed us. If the testosterone levels are low, will they prescribe something? In my mind, the gel seems to make more sense. Viagra would just be a temporary fix. Or I guess what I am thinking is that no matter what the Viagra makes your body do....if there is still no desire...what is the point. I would think the gel would actually make the desire come back. I guess I'm really talking about something that we need to research more. I'm just afraid that they may write this off as "just part of it". He wants to make this part of his life better. Our love for each other is stronger than ever. This is just a part of our lives that we had never foreseen as having trouble.
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Old 04-20-2006, 11:23 AM   #25
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Re: methadone and sex drive

Yes I know what your saying the Viagra didnt always work and he would roll over and just feel like he wasnt a man. I felt so bad for him finally I demanded that he get bloodwork done his regular Dr or even the clinic Dr could send him for bloodwork. The results that came back were bad he like no testosterone in his body which is why no matter how hard he tried nothing worked. Kept uping his man gel to the right dosage and things are slowly coming back. Its still hard though I dont mention it cause I dont want to be rejected like before even though it wasnt his fault I felt rejected and he doesnt know how to initiate it. Were getting there its getting better!!!
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