One said that whenever she has a spectacular orgasm (she only sees her husband on weekends) and as it is ending she is suddenly attacked by an especially intense RLS attack. She is worried that this hateful disorder is going to spoil her sex life and possibly her marriage.
The other lady found just the opposite (she prefers nonpharmaceutical methods of controlling RLS). One night when she was especially restless and kicking up a storm, unable to sleep nor letting her husband sleep, he came up with the typical male (?) idea: "since we are not sleeping anyway, why not make love?" She was shocked by his callousness but then grudgingly agreed.
Guess, what? her intense paresthesias stopped after love making and she finally could go to sleep.
Well, these incidental stories are intriguing but this is not what I was going to write about. What do we know about the effect of dopamine agonists and their presursors, as well as the anticonvulsants on the male and female libido
The majority of antihypertensive medications do interfere with the performance of the male sometimes leading to temporary impotence. Heavy doses of tranquilizers, ditto. The latter also affect the female libido as far as I know.
I would guess low doses of opioids would increase rather than decrease sexual desire. The recreational drug, marijuana, which is strictly illegal in this country (and as far as I know, rarely can be described for certain specific diseases, even though it is supposed to be quite effective for RLS) also belong to this group.
Denial: I have never smoked anything not even tobacco, so I have no experience with marijuana.
Well, I would like to hear some input especially about dopamine agonists and anticonvulsants. You can also reach me privately, I am good at keeping professional secrets.
