Hello everyone,
Hopefully this is the right place for this, sorry if not. DP and I are early 30s, mostly living together. Been going out 6 months.
Hoping someone has some advice for me. I'm a long term sufferer of depression and anxiety, mostly managed but I have had a recent relapse. I have as a result restarted medication. This has all caused a complete lack of interest in sex... I just really, really don't feel like it, and if I do, then it is very frustrating getting full satisfaction if you know what I mean and I don't really feel like getting into it. It makes me feel very fed up and has started to affect our relationship.
DP and I are very compatible in the bedroom and it is both loving and physically great. My previous relationship wasn't happy for me and I was often emotionally made to have sex when I didn't want it or do things I didn't want to do. Current DP is really great, very understanding about anxiety I have had in the past about this, is never forceful and always asks if I'm OK both before and during.
DP is frustrated and a bit sad like I am. It is not so much the physical side for him (I am happy to do other things) but more that he misses making love/expressing love in this way. We both want to make it better and carry on enjoying being physical as we are early on in our relationship and feelings haven't changed on either side. I don't really feel like we're over the honeymoon phase yet.
I am changing my medication to Vortioxetine which hopefully has less of an impact... unfortunately in the UK I cannot get Wellbutrin.
Feeling like I don't want to do things makes me anxious which makes it even worse. I lie there worrying that things aren't happening or worry about the evening and how I won't feel like it when I should. It's not that there is pressure from DP but more from myself and just a frustration that I want to want to do things.
Has anyone experienced anything similar and has any advice as to how I can help make this better? I am having counselling and they said that there are things available but I don't really know where to start
I know sex isn't the be all and end all of a relationship but it is important to both of us.
Thanks for listening, sorry this is quite long.