Ambien and Sex Drive

[Chief5665]

I have been going through a funk with my mojo. Sometimes running at 50%, sometimes at 10%, very frustrating. Girls who I was going at it or 45 minutes now unable to complete a mission. For some reason I felt Ambien, which i take to sleep, is affecting my game. Cut it out for a few days and lo and behold, my sleep sucks but my mojo is back. Have to decide which is more important, sleep or sex, I think I know what the decision will be, but anyone else in this boat?

 

[Tifosigreko]

I have not taken Ambien but this does not surprise me. Often hear about medication affecting sex drive. I was on an anxiety med Lexapro for a brief time, the doctor+therapist were concerned about a drop in sex drive which didn’t materialize thankfully. However after some time and a lot of therapy I felt ready to cycle off meds and for maybe 6-8 months after my sex drive was nearly non existent. Almost made me go back to therapy, LOL. But the point is drugs have side effects and can affect people differently…I wonder if there may be another sleep solution for you that is not Ambien.

Some people who I know take melatonin, although supplements are tricky because they’re unregulated so you could be getting way more/less than the stated dose. Or some other substance entirely. I tried melatonin at one point and it didn’t help much, in fact it gave me very vivid bad dreams, but others who I know swear by it.

 

[Uniquelyme]

I have been going through a funk with my mojo. Sometimes running at 50%, sometimes at 10%, very frustrating. Girls who I was going at it or 45 minutes now unable to complete a mission. For some reason I felt Ambien, which i take to sleep, is affecting my game. Cut it out for a few days and lo and behold, my sleep sucks but my mojo is back. Have to decide which is more important, sleep or sex, I think I know what the decision will be, but anyone else in this boat?

Maybe hit the gym and get yourself tired so you have to sleep. And try melatonin as well.

 

[Chief5665]

I exercise every day, and take melatonin regularly, my sleep is for shit. Fall asleep rather easily, wake up three hours later, can't get back to sleep unless I take the ambien. I have deduced that ambien stays in the system for at least 24 hours, so my plan is to cut it out and have a shit nights sleep when I plan to have sex two days later.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

I have been going through a funk with my mojo. Sometimes running at 50%, sometimes at 10%, very frustrating. Girls who I was going at it or 45 minutes now unable to complete a mission. For some reason I felt Ambien, which i take to sleep, is affecting my game. Cut it out for a few days and lo and behold, my sleep sucks but my mojo is back. Have to decide which is more important, sleep or sex, I think I know what the decision will be, but anyone else in this boat?

Ambien never messed me up finishing. Now, a severe lack of sleep has stopped me from finishing.

 

[Chief5665]

Ambien never messed me up finishing. Now, a severe lack of sleep has stopped me from finishing.

Methinks this is ironic wordplay. If so, well done.

 

[Zippy17]

Ambien has no effect on me sexually, except that if I wait until it hits me, I fall asleep before sex even starts. It’s been known to enhance sexual pleasure, which I might have noticed, but not enough to be sure and/or to be sure it wasn’t just placebo. What I have noticed is that it makes typing difficult, even before I’ve felt it kicking in, and sometimes I end up rambling off topic and making writing mistakes that I normally never make.

 

[Dr Jonathan Doe]

If your issue is falling asleep then trazodone is a pretty solid med that shouldn't affect your libido at all

It won't KEEP you asleep though. Only helpful if the issue is passing out in the first place

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Methinks this is ironic wordplay. If so, well done.

No word play...unless I did it subconscious. But damn I went through a week where I was getting 3 hours of sleep at night. Could not finish FS but did bj/hj. I don't take Ambien every day but take half a big one maybe 2 or 3 times a week. I took one two nights ago and had no problem finishing yesterday.

Now, when I was taking ambien every day...I wasn't getting laid at all..... terrible days!

 

[didi88]

Long term Ambien use probably not a great idea anyway

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/insomnia/expert-answers/ambien/faq-20058103

 

[Chief5665]

No word play...unless I did it subconscious. But damn I went through a week where I was getting 3 hours of sleep at night. Could not finish FS but did bj/hj. I don't take Ambien every day but take half a big one maybe 2 or 3 times a week. I took one two nights ago and had no problem finishing yesterday.

Now, when I was taking ambien every day...I wasn't getting laid at all..... terrible days!

Damn, what a catch 22. Take ambien to sleep, maybe can't fuck, Don't take it, maybe too tired to fuck. I guess it affects everyone differently. In my case, have to decide what's more important and I can always lay off it if I know I will have sex the next day. I would like to cut down on the usage.

 

[zboyz]

half the dose and see if it improves. you cant trust doctors these days when the standards have gone down and gradually replaced by automation.

 

[Dr Jonathan Doe]

half the dose and see if it improves. you cant trust doctors these days when the standards have gone down and gradually replaced by automation.

I'm in resident training. Current generation docs are continuously smarter and better educated with each passing generation. These kids are definitely better docs than my contemporaries. And they keep making it harder and more merit based to become a doc at all

Unless you've been seeing midlevels, this comment is just not true

 

[Hoddle]

Tiger woods loved ambien sex, it’s what got him, he was doing so much fell asleep at wheel when he nearly severed his foot in Cal. Anyhow been on ambien 20 years, and anti depression tabs, AD tabs made it hard to finish, but that changed over time. I work out like a lunatic, don’t drink smoke or anything for 30 years. BUT. I am now having 300mg/1.5ml of TRT with Dr at gym weekly makes a difference for this old geezer, half a blue is taken now for insurance!!