Irritating/Random Genital Arousal from Medication. Dear god, someone help!

Contributor: Dawn (Lilac Distraction) Dawn (Lilac Distraction)
So yes, I used to be around here a lot and kinda dropped off the face of the earth. My personal life had gotten insane and I need to tend to that.

Because of all that, I decided that I was going to head to the psychiatrist so I could treat my depression, unstable moods, and horrible ADHD. I was put on Adderall and Lamictal (a mood-stabilizer). I had been on both for about a month before at the same dose and it worked really well for me. This time I had to gradually increase my dosage of Lamictal by doubling every two weeks.

I was on 50mg (which is half of where they wanted me to end up) up until I increased again a couple days ago. On the 50 I started noticing that I'd seem to get physically turned on for no reason. I do work in an adult store, but I'm so desensitized to the things here that I don't even notice them anymore, so it wasn't like I was thinking about anything that would have led to that.

Now that I upped my dose again it has become insane. I'll be sitting there in the middle of some mundane task or going about my daily business and it starts again and continues for hours. I mean, it feels like I'm all hot and bothered like I'd be during foreplay, not just having sexual thoughts. It's all tingly, warm, sensitive, and swollen down there. It gets incredibly frustrating when I have to sit there for hours at work with this going on and I have to rush home and take care of it. In fact, last night I had to have five orgasms before it went away. And speaking of that, everything is incredibly more sensitive, so my orgasms don't take much at all, and they've actually gotten longer and more intense. You think that would be fun, but it's not when you're only masturbating to get that stupid feeling to go away.

It's gotten to the point where it's incredibly distracting and irritating. It makes me incredibly antsy and on edge. I don't want to stop the medication because this is the only issue I'm having with it, but this whole crazy vagina issue is nuts.

I was thinking of grabbing a desensitizing agent like some Anal Ease or some male prolonging stuff to see if that helps. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've got a couple bottles sitting here. The Anal Ease is a huge bottle that I wouldn't want to carry around and has Lidocaine at 5%, the delay sprays have Benzocaine at 7.5% and Lidocaine at 9.6%. I just don't want anything that's lubey.

Or has anyone dealt with this before?
03/21/2012
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Contributor: - Kira - - Kira -
I take both Adderall and Lamictal. I take 300mg of Lamictal and a total of 60mg of Adderall. I haven't had any issues like that with either of them. Adderall will make you antsy if you're taking too large of a dose and haven't gotten used to it yet. Whenever I up my dose, I get like that for a day or so.

Generally, if I'm having sensitivity issues (which is sometimes a problem for me randomly and always has been), I use a doctor prescribed Lidocaine gel. That works really well. Sometimes I just try my best to ignore it, which works 50/50.

I would very seriously consider talking to your doctor though. Being swollen doesn't sound like a normal reaction to those meds and I've known a lot of people on both. There may be an allergic reaction to the Lamictal, which can happen.
03/21/2012
Contributor: Dawn (Lilac Distraction) Dawn (Lilac Distraction)
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Originally posted by - Kira -
I take both Adderall and Lamictal. I take 300mg of Lamictal and a total of 60mg of Adderall. I haven't had any issues like that with either of them. Adderall will make you antsy if you're taking too large of a dose and haven't gotten ... more
It's not bad swollen, it's just . . . stimulated swollen. Engorged, I guess? The Adderall doesn't seem to cause me problems anymore. It's just so weird that my desire for sex is really controlled, meaning that I'm thankfully not as impulsive for once, but these states of arousal are almost constant. It kinda makes me wish I had a lover at my disposal so I can be like "I need you to touch me and I need it now!" I've read that other people have experienced the increased libido or states of arousal like I have, but it's not an actual documented side effect. Others say it has killed their sex drive and ability to orgasm. There were also articles about a woman who started taking Lamictal and developed Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder. Yeah, I don't know if I could keep dealing with this awkward issue.

I bought some Anal Ease only to find out that it really didn't do much to desensitize me and it was sticky and gross. Fail on that one.

I mentioned it to my doctor when I saw her a week ago and she seemed a little amused by it (in a nice way, of course) and said that we'll just see what happens. Trying to explain this to the next person I start seeing will be interesting.

Meanwhile, it struck me again while I was driving home from work. Please excuse me while I go numb my vagina for the sake of my own sanity.
03/21/2012
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
At least you can look at it in a positive light! It could be worse..."anal seepage".

Brain drugs are really strange, in that doctors aren't exactly sure what they do, but they work...ish.

I hope things settle down for you. If not, at least you know how to take care of the issue!

Also, I'd love to have that last sentence on a t-shirt.
03/22/2012
Contributor: Dawn (Lilac Distraction) Dawn (Lilac Distraction)
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Originally posted by El-Jaro
At least you can look at it in a positive light! It could be worse..."anal seepage".

Brain drugs are really strange, in that doctors aren't exactly sure what they do, but they work...ish.

I hope things settle down for ... more
It's so awkward. But amusing at the same time.

I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have an army of toys at my disposal.
03/27/2012
Contributor: Lickable Lollie Lickable Lollie
I am on 100 mg of Lamictal and I have the same issue. My man actually gets irritated because I am constantly asking for him to take care of it. It wasn't that bad until I STOPPED taking Pristiq, which I believe was having the opposite affect so it evened things out. I hope you find something that helps! I didn't know that those meds would cause that...so it's nice to know WHY I'm so turned on all the time. Unfortunately, it's hard for me to talk to my doctor about that kind of side affect because I'm not as comfortable with my sexuality offline.
03/27/2012
Contributor: Dawn (Lilac Distraction) Dawn (Lilac Distraction)
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Originally posted by Lickable Lollie
I am on 100 mg of Lamictal and I have the same issue. My man actually gets irritated because I am constantly asking for him to take care of it. It wasn't that bad until I STOPPED taking Pristiq, which I believe was having the opposite affect so ... more
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!

Before talking about sex openly in person became something I do on a daily basis it would have been hard for me to, as well. There's nothing they can really do for you, though, other than stopping the medication.

Even the numbing things don't work for me because it's more of an internal thing.
03/30/2012
Contributor: Serena Shirley Serena Shirley
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Originally posted by Dawn (Lilac Distraction)
So yes, I used to be around here a lot and kinda dropped off the face of the earth. My personal life had gotten insane and I need to tend to that.

Because of all that, I decided that I was going to head to the psychiatrist so I could treat my ... more
As a nurse, I will tell you that we really do "practice" medicine. No 2 bodies are exactly the same and so we don't all respond the same way to the same drug. I know Lamictal is an anti-seziure med, and works by slowing nerve transmission in the brain. It is also used to treat bipolar disordermanic depression because it slows the "racing thoughts." Adderall is, essentially, meth. It is a stimulant and increases nerve transmission. The 2 drugs are waging a war in your body, and this new-found sensitivity without arousal is a side-effect of the war. You may want to talk to your dr about weaning off the Lamictal and switching to a new mood-stabilizer. I've seen Seroquel and Risperdal to be very effective in my patients, but you should really talk to your dr., and if she wants to play the wait and see game you may need a 2nd opinion.
03/30/2012