Psychopharmacology & BDSM
» BDSM, D/s, S&M: Speculations
I’ve been taking Zyban (Wellbutrin renamed via usage patent) for a few days. I think it took effect and modified my brain chemistry as I was asleep last night.
I feel a bit flat, passive.
If an aggressive person exerted their will it is hard to imagine that I wouldn’t just comply.
Makes me wonder how psychiatric drugs may have influenced D/s relationships.
Since SSRIs kill libido I’m sure some relationships have ended since the necessary erotic drive vanished. (Unless the guys who claim their greatest desire is to have no sex drive actually like the effect.)
While some drugs induce passivity, others, give people a boost.
It is easy to imagine psychopharmacology inadvertently diminishing a person’s ability to be dominant or submissive. Or reinforce those roles.
Not that anyone will be conducting scientific research on this in my lifetime.
Alexandra wrote about the effect of Gabapentin
Comments
There are those within the gender community who actually view the lack of a male sex drive after being on Spiro and possibly estrogen as being a total godsend… the desire to NOT be always thinking with ones member (especially for those who actually find it to be disgusting and would remove it forcibly if it wouldn’t easily kill them or be extremely painful {or both}) is well… quite a happy relief to most. But then this isn’t the case with all of the people within the gender community…
Posted by: Miss Silver | November 21, 2005 11:06 PM
I just read a horrifying account of transpersons who mutilate themselves in prison.
I remember the first time a transsexual told me how she violently loathed her body. Back then I was too naïve to understand how deep the feelings could go.
Thankfully Alexandra’s own gender dysphoria is more manageable.
Posted by: Richard | November 24, 2005 7:13 AM
SSRI’s do not necessarily kill the libido. In fact they may help your libido to come back if you are depressed or anxious. As for performance goes that’s another story…….
Jantar
Posted by: jantar wolk | December 8, 2005 3:12 AM
I think that what you are feeling is your body reacting and adjusting to the drug. It is a well known fact in the Medical community that these kind of drugs can and usually do, take 4 -6 weeks to really work. The newer SSRI’s do not effect libido as much as past drugs. Paxil is used for premature ejaculation because it is hard to cum when you are taking Paxil, but Paxil is an old drug.
Posted by: worm | August 22, 2010 3:29 AM