If there was a drug to reduce the libido, would you take it?

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prodigalson2011 said:
That’s a tough question. On the one hand, it would make chastity immensely easier. On the other hand, one wonders if God would consider that cheating. “Putting one’s cross on a carriage,” so to speak?
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Well, certain types of exercise can reduce desire, and I don’t think that would be considered “cheating”. For people who don’t want to get married or dislike having sexual desire as a distraction, such a drug would be useful. Since there are likely to be negative side effects to the drug, I’ll stick with prayer and intense exercise as a method of reduction.

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To answer the op, no. I wouldn’t take any drug because I don’t see sexual desire as bad. I don’t see any problem with being attracted to women, or with wanting to have sex with a woman. It is actually abnormal if you don’t want it.
 
jimmy said:
Once every nine months is about right. Mind you, only once. No making excuses about repetition being good for success.
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Once very nine months :eek:

Your poor wife :o

She must be worn out 😦

😃

No, I’d never take any kind of drug that interfered with my natural libido. I don’t think anyone else should either.

Just find a husband or wife with matching, and adjustable libido and you’re good to go.

😃

Sarah x 🙂
 
Cristiano said:
Normal libido is not quantified by the number of times that you do it with your spouse. For example disorder comes from thinking how many times you would like to do it with someone that is not your spouse, while your spouse is working on your marriage.
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lol, I think about doing it with people that arent my spouse all the time…I never would though, but it doesnt stop me from thinking.
 
Robert_Sock said:
If there was a drug to reduce the libido, would you take it?
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I think it would really depend on the situation. Some people naturally have a higher libido than other people… possibly to the point of being a medical issue.

We may become depressed for an external reason, but over time, our bodies get used to this depression and “get stuck.” So, medication can help us get out of this “being stuck” in depression. Other people are naturally prone to depression and can become depressed very easily. Is it wrong to medicate this depression, even if it was caused by natural or external events?

Likewise, some people are prone to having a very high libido (to the point it severely interferes with their lives and normal functioning) whether the cause be external stimuli, a mental issue, or biological. A person may need medication to help stop a particular habit.

If a person is truly struggling with this issue, I do not think it is any more trying to escape from the cross as is someone taking an aspirin for their headache. But, just as with an anti-depressant, the medication should also go along with a doctor’s and psychologists care.
 
Pharmaceutical companies should take notice of those who would use a libido reducing drug.
 
Robert. you seem to be very concerned about reducing everyone’s sex drive. I know you started at least one other thread about there being “too much sex” or some such thing.

I would not take such a pill. I’m married, so no need! Sex within marriage is a blessing.
 
Ever take an SSRI anti-depressant?

I Take Celexa for anxiety, and my libido is reduced quite dramatically on it.
 
Sex is icky. but the desires for sex are too pleasurable and overrides all the ‘ickyness’ of sex. Some of what goes on in sex is really disgusting to me. Acts like anal intercourse are really abnormal! Freud believed that everything outside of straight intercourse is abnormal, and I tend to agree. You get ridiculed these days for having this type of view of sex. Our hyper-sexualized society takes the abnormally high libido to be normal.
 
Robert_Sock said:
What if you learned that normal libido is much less than the hyper-sexualized society which we live. These burning desires that people have for sex is not normal.
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Then that is the fault of the society we live in and not a result of the chemicals in our body, and putting another chemical in our body won’t fix that. The way to fix the problems of our society is by living as an example to others, not by taking a pill and pretending the world is just fine.

Having chastity the old fashioned way is so much better. A pill that alters your brain chemistry is so unnatural and liable to affect other things. Not only that, but it is cheating in a way. I mean, there are so many religious people who are able to control themselves without a pill, why should I get an easy out and take a behavioral modification pill? Also, what about marriage? Having sex isn’t always a sin, and I would want to please my wife.

The pill is itself is unethical, since if it existed, I’m sure at least some parents would force their children on it.
 
Robert_Sock said:
Sex is icky.
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I don’t even know what to say to that. You may find it such, I see no reason to. It is a gift of and a tool from God. That’s Catholic teaching, more or less.
but the desires for sex are too pleasurable and overrides all the ‘ickyness’ of sex. Some of what goes on in sex is really disgusting to me.
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I was going to say you should seek a Priestly vocation, but then again, that wouldn’t necessarily be a good attitude for a Priest to have.
Acts like anal intercourse are really abnormal!
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Well you never said anal sex, you just said sex. And there is nothing wrong with sex per se, there’s everything right with it!

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Pedophiles are required to take such drugs as part of their ongoing parole. They are hooked up to machines to measure their arousal level weekly, asked to pee in a cup weekly (measure medicine & substances in system), and then medicine is adjusted according to results. They usually have to pay for the cost of the medicine, tests, & counseling which can be expensive. Further, they are prohibited to goto any place with children; excludes them from most Masses & other church services. This is what my maid shared with me after her husband was accused of doing sexual things to his grand children.
 
fbl9 said:
if it would remove every single trace of desire for my spouse sure.
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I hope that is sarcasm, but the way it is said it doesn’t sound like it. You would prefer to have no desire for your wife/husband?
 
I certainly would. I’m single, and the struggle against lust really gets tiring sometimes. I’d think of the pill as the “way out” that God provided me for temptation, not cheating.
 
djmauck said:
I certainly would. I’m single, and the struggle against lust really gets tiring sometimes. I’d think of the pill as the “way out” that God provided me for temptation, not cheating.
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I’m on Pxail for depression and it virtually eliminates the libido. Talk to a doctor.
 
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