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Low sex drive

No treatments for low sex-drive after TBI have been documented or researched. Some of the following strategies can be helpful.

Stimulate interest

Practice – if things have changed sexually, it may take some practice to improve the quality of lovemaking and rekindle an interest.

Try to make love when there are no distractions, so that the person with TBI only has to concentrate on enjoyment.

Make sure that if things in environment turn the person off, that they are dealt with and are not going to get in the way during lovemaking (eg. open drawers, partner odour, etc.).

Use erotic videos, games, or erotic magazines, to help arousal. Relaxation or caressing parts of the body that the person finds sexually stimulating can also help.

Psychological factors

If the loss of interest is due to depression or anxiety, the treatment of those problems with a counsellor or doctor may help.

Medical options

If the problem is due to hormonal abnormalities, hormone replacement may be an option.

If it is due to particular medications, discontinuation or replacement of those medications could be discussed with a doctor.

If the loss of interest is due to chronic pain, then pain control techniques may assist.

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