Hey all!
I haven't been around for a few years, but I'm back!! I have just started Verapamil on this cycle (was on Prednisone before), and it's going pretty well, I guess...
I was reading through other posts, and stumbled onto one that mentioned Verapamil and loss of libido. Is it true? I don't take that much; I'm on the short acting "version" since I'm still breastfeeding, so I take 3 - 80mg pills a day, that I have to take right after a feeding. But lately, I feel really "uninterested"... I mean, my boyfriend and I usually have a great sex life, and now, it's next to none, and not for lack of trying on his part. My attacks are mostly at night, and are pretty controlled with the meds & O2, so it's not like I don't get any sleep. I just feel so bad, because I can't explain it.
Sorry if it's too much information, but having to deal with the beast, I don't want to add more stress, KWIM? I don't remember reading loss of libido as a possible side effect for Verapamil...
Thanks for any responses!
Jess

It could be just a lingering case of minor Post Partem (sp?) Depression.

I have never heard of verapamil effecting the sex drive.  I HAVE heard that it has caused a few cases of ED (erectile dysfunction) in men.  But even that was only temporary.

But drive, no ....

Remember, I am NOT a doctor ... just a preeeeeevert.

Chuck

Can't be postpartum depression.... My baby is almost a year and a half old!!! I forgot to mention that in my previous post!

It was a long shot... Maybe I'm just feeling under the weather, with all that has been going on.

Thanks for your response though!

Hi Jess,

When I'm in cycle I take 400mg of immediate release verapamil a day.  Verapamil does't "get in the way" at this level.  Though it might at a higher level.  What bothers me more is the pain and lack of sleep.  I'm male so you'll have to take this for what it's worth  ;)  

It is hard to be intimate when you are worried about the next hit and exhausted from being up the previous night.  Interrupted sleep is rough over the long haul.  Add a kid or two into the mix and low libido isn't hard to figure out.  Does your baby sleep through the night?  If so, does your husband help or sleep through?

My wife and I have 10 children.  We're out of the baby phase now (my youngest is 5) but I remember what getting up a time or two in the middle of the night did to our interest in sex.  It certainly didn't help.

In fact my four youngest kids have had the flu in the last week so we've been up once a night with them lately.  My Son woke me up Saturday morning at 1:30 at the same time the beast was ramping up.  Andrea got him back to bed in about 20 minutes but I didn't get there till 3am.  Sunday morning was more of the same.  All either of us was thinking about last night was sleep ;)

-Dennis-

Thanks Denis!
My little boy sometimes sleep through the night, sometimes he doesn't... With the hits being only nocturnal, it surely doesn't help. My husband tries to help me; he'll get up for the baby even though he gets up at 5AM to go to work, and he'll try to stay awake with me while I'm on the O2 tank, just for moral support. He's really great that way.
Like you said, I guess it's just the stress getting to me. And constantly thinking about when the next attack will start doesn't help either... But hey, that's my life, can't change it, so I guess I'll have to get used to it!! And considering we're trying for another baby, I really don't have a choice!!
Have a nice one!
Jess

DennisM1045 wrote on Jul 14^th, 2008 at 12:45pm:

In fact my four youngest kids have had the flu in the last week so we've been up once a night with them lately.  My Son woke me up Saturday morning at 1:30 at the same time the beast was ramping up.  Andrea got him back to bed in about 20 minutes but I didn't get there till 3am.  Sunday morning was more of the same.  All either of us was thinking about last night was sleep ;)

Nature's birth control.

I'm single with no girlfriend and no immediate prospects. Maybe I need to ask my neurologist for some of that stuff....