The Arousal Fizzles Away

March 18, 2003

Question

When my fiance and I started dating, I was able to orgasm with him (through touching, not sexual intercourse), then I had to start taking Zoloft, which stopped me from being able to orgasm. I was on the medication for 4 years and now I have been off of it for 1 year and I am still unable to orgasm. I have the build up, but then it just fizzles away. What can I do?


Answer

It is possible that remnants of the Zoloft still remain in the fat cells of your body as well as inside your kidneys and liver. You may have heard of people who continue to experience LSD flashbacks years after stopping the use of that drug. The flashbacks occur when remnants of the drug that are stored in the tissues of the body get released.

Have you tried cleansing your organs using milk thistle for the liver and horsetail herb for the kidneys. Also, I would use a sauna to sweat out whatever drugs may be left in your fat cells and other tissues. Sunlight Sauna makes an excellent far infrared sauna that is amazingly effective in detoxifying the body. You can find them online at sunlightsauna.com.

If you still have problems after cleansing, then it is possible that you're experiencing performance anxiety. In other words, just worrying if 'it' will happen is enough to make'it' not happen. This is because the chemicals that are secreted when a person worries prevent and/or override the chemicals that need to be circulating in order for an orgasm to happen.

In order to break this cycle, you need to self-talk and remind yourself that you aren't in the Sex Olympics. Your contact with your lover is about loving and connecting not counting your orgasms. If you can begin to relax, your body should start to do its thing again. If you are still stuck, then seeing a sex therapist would be your next step.

- Doctor Love


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