My partner and I have known each other for about half a year and had a very joyful sex life. Unfortunately, he suffers from depression and most likely bipolar disorder. When we first knew each other, he stopped taking his medication, having had a long stable period and his psychiatrist said he could stop. But a couple weeks ago he had a very bad relapse and started taking medication again. He’ll probably stay on it for life – it was his third bad episode. The medication is Cymbalta.
Is there any way of enhancing and improving sex life and especially normal libido (which was never a problem between us) – except for taking Viagra for the ‘act’ which we can hardly afford and always gives him a headache. I don’t want to accept that this is the end of sex for us.
I’ve read about herbal aphrodisiacs, but more powerful ones disclaim the use in combination with antidepressants (never use together with…). And can weaker ones be used together with Viagra?
What is the newest research to help people who suffer from the sexual side effects of antidepressants. What can you recommend?