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why do opiates affect sex drive

Opiates lower your libido, which is responsible for your sex drive. That's why your desire goes down and even can cause sexual dysfunction. (can't get it up or can't maintain it)
 
What will help? Someone said testosterone gel (for men, obviously) but when my bf asked his doctor, they said it wouldn't help and they wouldn't prescribe it. They said it's just part of the opiates and you have to live with it.
 
abracadabra girl said:
What will help? Someone said testosterone gel (for men, obviously) but when my bf asked his doctor, they said it wouldn't help and they wouldn't prescribe it. They said it's just part of the opiates and you have to live with it.
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As far as I'm aware the doc tells the truth.
 
When it came to sex I used opiates as a enhancer, I would fuck for 6-8 hours none stop on a blue, I would not finish and stay hard through it all no matter what. Now I sure sweated alot, but who gives a damn bout that? I never had a problem getting horny either, some dirty talk and it was a one way ticket to pound town.
 
if you feel like having your sex drive back, instead of using your usual opiate try using a couple spoons of methadone. I have found methadone doesn't affect my libido nearly as much.
 
Simple answer. Opiates = sex. Why be redundant and have sex while on them?


And seriously tho, yeah it makes it impossible to cum. Just something you gotta get used to. I can still get it up no problem, sometimes it makes me get it up, but cumming is not an option. Not the end of the world tho.
 
RecklessWOT said:
Simple answer. Opiates = sex. Why be redundant and have sex while on them?


And seriously tho, yeah it makes it impossible to cum. Just something you gotta get used to. I can still get it up no problem, sometimes it makes me get it up, but cumming is not an option. Not the end of the world tho.
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Haha yup. My last girl fucking hated that I couldn't cum for her. She thought it was all about her and didn't believe that it was the opiates until I googled it and showed her. I think she still doubted me tho. She was a bit insecure to say the least.
 
One way I've heard this issue explained is that the same nerves down there that get stimulated for pleasure are similar to ones that experience pain. Opiates mask pain, so while you can't feel as much pain, you also can't feel as much pleasure.
 
.... does no one on this website understand the concept and value of research? We have, at our disposal, this incredible network called the internet. Within the internet is limitless published research work, and even simple interpretations of said research so that if you don't know how to read research, don't understand it or can't access it, someone else can explain it for you. "Nerves that get stimulated for pleasure are similar to nerves that get stimulated for pain and when you can't feel pain you can't feel pleasure"??? My god. When you think about that, does it even make sense, logically? C'mon people, stop being so dumb. Seriously I never cease to be amazed by the general stupidity of the people in this country. It is because of such stupidity that we have people believing that government paid healthcare is a bad thing, that eliminating pre-existing conditions is communism, and that limiting how much insurance companies can bend you over for is "socialist hell!".

I could rant about that forever, but I'll get to the point. Opiods interfere with testosterone. As you should know (but probably don't), testosterone is involved in regulation of libido, sexual interest and orgasmic intensity. Opiates lower testosterone levels over time, and acutely interfere with testosterone's ability to bind to neurons and nerve cells involved in sex. As if that weren't explanation enough, tesosterone also keeps your levels of something called prolactin low enough that it doesn't have any real effects until something stimulates a large release of it. One of the times that large amounts of prolactin are released is during sex. When you have sex, your body tries to release both dopamine and prolactin, but because dopamine inhibits prolactin release, prolactin is kept from having any effect. But after orgasm when dopamine disappears, prolactin is released because dopamine is no longer holding it back. Prolactin is responsible for the "refractory period" after sex, where you don't feel horny or aroused anymore. You know right after you orgasm, how you almost immediately feel like sex couldn't be further from your mind? Well that's prolactin.

Because opiates lower testosterone levels, and because testosterone keeps prolactin levels low, the decrease in testosterone caused by opiates allows prolactin levels to go up. Infact, they go up to the point where at any given time, you have enough prolactin floating around to inhibit arousal in the manner in which is only supposed to occur after orgasm. On top of that, because opiates block dopamine from inhibiting prolactin release, dopamine can't stop prolactin release when you're on opiates. Thus, opiates contribute to both a lower level of testosterone and an inability of dopamine to block prolactin release. This means higher levels of prolactin at all times, and a much harder time blocking its effects on sexual behavior.
 
First off, YOU ^ have a stupid attitude. Secondly, I think any first grader could understand the concept I described. If your senses are numbed, then it will be difficult to feel them being stimulated...are we clear? What you are describing is a long term issue. Many people have trouble having sex even on their first time on opiates. I haven't read all the research, but I'd venture a common sense guess that testosterone levels aren't affected to any significant degree off one usage.
 
Ya, lets cut the little attitude shit, we all have opinions here which should be respected not belittled.
 
I guess I have mixed feelings about this one. In one respect the length of time making love to your significant other can last about as long as you feel like which most ladies absolutely love however the inability or difficulty at the very least to ejaculate does get annoying at times.
I also know that very embarrassing feeling of not being as ready to go as you should be on a couple occasions and damn does that suck.
And about the sweating, sex in the shower is a good cover for that!
 
georgewc2001 said:
First off, YOU ^ have a stupid attitude. Secondly, I think any first grader could understand the concept I described. If your senses are numbed, then it will be difficult to feel them being stimulated...are we clear? What you are describing is a long term issue. Many people have trouble having sex even on their first time on opiates. I haven't read all the research, but I'd venture a common sense guess that testosterone levels aren't affected to any significant degree off one usage.
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Your senses aren't numbed... that was the entire point of my post... to tell you that your "concept" is wrong, and to explain how opiates actually affect sex. Your idea that opiates "numb your senses and because they are numbed it is difficult to feel them being stimulated" is just flat out wrong, as in, there is zero truth to what you said, as in, there is no science to back up your assertions in the least... are we clear??? What I described is the reasons for both the long and short term effects opiates have on sexual arousal... look for the word "acute" in my post, and you will clearly see explained how opiates affect sexual arousal, even for first time users. Opiates -> Dopamine -> Prolactin.
 
StrongAsaOxy said:
Ya, lets cut the little attitude shit, we all have opinions here which should be respected not belittled.
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That's exactly the problem. Opinions should not be misrepresented as fact. We all can have opinions, and everyone is free to think whatever they want, but you cannot explain something through personal opinion that isn't substantiated by evidence. Once something is substantiated by objective evidence, it is no longer opinion. So while we all have opinions here, I disagree, not all of them should be respected when it comes to explaining a biochemical process. If someone asks how something works, then objective information should be given as an answer, not someone's personal "i think this is how it works because this makes sense to me" opinion. Because like it or not, an opinion is either right or wrong, and wrong opinions should not be respected because they are wrong.
 
Viagra will at least get you hard enough to get the job done for her, for you... well, you're already taken care of so stop being so selfish. I have chronic pain so this is an issue- one time I had two chicks blowing me at the same time. I had enough advance warning and took viagra to not completely embarrass myself. It felt awesome (both physically and egotistically), but finishing wasn't an option. They got tired, fucked each other... I kinda watched, it was cool and I really wanted to care, but really I just enjoyed the mind fuck a little more.
 
Yeah and unfortunately when finishing isn't an option, opiates don't help with the pain from blue balls.
 
puffj said:
Yeah and unfortunately when finishing isn't an option, opiates don't help with the pain from blue balls.
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To be honest they never really bothered me, after 6 hours of sex your thinking I need a blunt and a drink not about all the seamen waiting for battle in your sack ;), Now my lady friend didn't care much for it, something about self esteem, I don't remember. I always just op'd for morning sex and would get my nut then haha, feel me?
 
puffj said:
"Nerves that get stimulated for pleasure are similar to nerves that get stimulated for pain and when you can't feel pain you can't feel pleasure"??? My god. When you think about that, does it even make sense, logically?
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..Yes?

..Sort of?

I don't have any research on this, but just from a sort of subjective "feeling-based" perspective, I'd say the sexual difficulties on opiates (at perhaps lower than the doses you're thinking of) "feel" as if they're more related to being a bit "numbed up" than to having lowered testosterone.
 
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