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How To Stop Masturbation Addiction?
Question: I have spoken to you about my sexual problem. I been doing masturbation for last 18 years I am really exhausted, I been addicted by masturbation and pornography, please help me to get way from this especially pornography, I been try many way I could not get way from it I lost all my life chance also I can not think to married because of it.
Brief Answer:
Seek treatment for obsessive-compulisve disorder.
Detailed Answer:
I am sorry this has gotten to the point of interfering with your life and goals. But you are still young and your problem is can be helped.
What you are describing is a compulsive behavior, and treatment for OCD (obsessive-compulsive disease) may help you. For OCD treatment, antidepressant medications such as the sertraline you are taking usually need to be taken in a much higher dose than is used for depression. If you are not already seeing a psychiatrist, please make an appointment with one, who will likely feel comfortable increasing your sertraline or switching you to another medication.
Along with medication, counseling/talk-therapy is important. Please seek out a psychologist, and if possible, a psychologist who specializes in addictions or OCD.
It is possible to get relief from obsessions and compulsive behaviors, but please take action by seeking care in person with both a psychiatrist and psychologist.
Seek treatment for obsessive-compulisve disorder.
Detailed Answer:
I am sorry this has gotten to the point of interfering with your life and goals. But you are still young and your problem is can be helped.
What you are describing is a compulsive behavior, and treatment for OCD (obsessive-compulsive disease) may help you. For OCD treatment, antidepressant medications such as the sertraline you are taking usually need to be taken in a much higher dose than is used for depression. If you are not already seeing a psychiatrist, please make an appointment with one, who will likely feel comfortable increasing your sertraline or switching you to another medication.
Along with medication, counseling/talk-therapy is important. Please seek out a psychologist, and if possible, a psychologist who specializes in addictions or OCD.
It is possible to get relief from obsessions and compulsive behaviors, but please take action by seeking care in person with both a psychiatrist and psychologist.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
Thank you very much
Can you please tell me the maximam sertraline to take, or what else can be benifical, on ather hand I am very emotinal sexually I get annoyed very quick, I may be able to get way for some time from porn and masturbation, but my sexual emotional get very higher, I get affected when I see any atrractive women,
Can you please tell me the maximam sertraline to take, or what else can be benifical, on ather hand I am very emotinal sexually I get annoyed very quick, I may be able to get way for some time from porn and masturbation, but my sexual emotional get very higher, I get affected when I see any atrractive women,
Brief Answer:
Usually the maximum dose of Sertraline is 200mg/day
Detailed Answer:
Usually for OCD the dose can go up to 200 mg per day. But it is best to increase the dose slowly, under a psychiatrist's guidance.
As you are describing sexual compulsive behavior with difficulty controlling your sexual urges (and distress when you don't give in to the sexual compulsion), a psychiatrist may want to add a mood stabilizer medication. This type of medication can help you control sexual urges.
Another medication, Naltrexone, is sometimes given to people with addictive behaviors.
Finally, anti-androgen mediation is sometimes used to help block the effects of the hormones that increase your sex drive.
But to take medications like these you really should be under the care of a psychiatrist who has experience with sexual compulsive behavior. You can try contacting a local group such as Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, or Sex Addicts Anonymous to ask for the name of a psychiatrist in your city or area that deals specifically with these problems. If that doesn't work, see any psychiatrist who treats OCD.
Usually the maximum dose of Sertraline is 200mg/day
Detailed Answer:
Usually for OCD the dose can go up to 200 mg per day. But it is best to increase the dose slowly, under a psychiatrist's guidance.
As you are describing sexual compulsive behavior with difficulty controlling your sexual urges (and distress when you don't give in to the sexual compulsion), a psychiatrist may want to add a mood stabilizer medication. This type of medication can help you control sexual urges.
Another medication, Naltrexone, is sometimes given to people with addictive behaviors.
Finally, anti-androgen mediation is sometimes used to help block the effects of the hormones that increase your sex drive.
But to take medications like these you really should be under the care of a psychiatrist who has experience with sexual compulsive behavior. You can try contacting a local group such as Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, or Sex Addicts Anonymous to ask for the name of a psychiatrist in your city or area that deals specifically with these problems. If that doesn't work, see any psychiatrist who treats OCD.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Sonia Raina
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