Medication stopping climax

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Hi all 🥴
So long story short, my medication for BPD and bipolar has recently been changed.
The last several times we have had sex I haven’t been able to climax and I think it’s because of the medication.
Mentally I am turned on, enjoying it and I get right to the point where I’m almost there but my body just won’t let me get there.
It’s like the feeling hits that point and just plateaus off.
OH keeps apologising that he’s not getting me there and I keep reassuring him that it is nothing to do with him. He is doing everything right. It’s making me so frustrated because I can’t get to that point of complete satisfaction and there’s is nothing different in my life except the meds change.
I am now taking
Lamptrigone and Quetiapine which both are supposed to reduce sex drive.
My sex drive is great, it’s the ability to climax that is the problem.
Anyone have any advice/ tips.
How can I help my OH to feel like he is enough and perfectly adequate it’s just my body not working properly.

I'm on exactly the same meds for a few years and sadly
I have the same thing
I can't remember the last time I orgasmed

Sertraline (anti-depressants) have exactly the same effect with me (male). Everything works as it should do except you can carry on for hours and never get to the finishing post. It’s great for DW lol.

Yep on sertraline as well as quetiapine and lamotrigine

Sertraline is known for it but when I told my doctor of this effect (not a complaint but just a discussion a few months later) he claimed he’d never heard of it but I’d seen it after a quick google. It would be a great fix for premature ejac.

Citalopram has done something similar to me.

I took citalopram for 7 years I still get aroused and enjoyed sex, but never came close to an orgasm. That’s the reason I came off them.

It must be the meds for sure then, nothing else in my life has changed.
I said to my psych nurse and she said it reduces sex drive but shouldnt stop me having an orgasm. interesting this isnt in the side effects for either drug and yet it most certainly happens according to here and google.

I'm having the family problem right now with fluoxetine.

Happily, DW seems quite chill about it.

I have seen loads of threads like this on mumsnet and Facebook and all women say the same. That they can’t orgasm.

I guess doctors only know what has been studied so if it hasn’t been researched then there is no evidence.

Also most clinical trials only last 2 weeks so most side effects on the box of pills you get are short term problems and not longer term issues.

Can you reach orgasm with a vibrator if so try a satisfyer or womanizer and see how you go from there.
Also try different times of the day to your usual times .

@maggie1862

Can you reach orgasm with a vibrator if so try a satisfyer or womanizer and see how you go from there. Also try different times of the day to your usual times .

I don't know as I don't own one

I have exactly the same issue on anti depressants!! So frustrating.