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One of my meds has caused me to want to have no physical contact with anyone. Even touching my wife creeps me out.

Would you consider this a blessing or a curse? What would it be for you?

Posted - August 3, 2017

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  • 10052
    Is it just human contact? If so, I think I'd be fine. Actually, I'm not sure that it would change much of anything in my life. 

    Now, if petting dogs was suddenly intolerable, I don't think I could go on. 

    What is it for you? Blessing or curse? Sometimes side effects aren't worth the value of the meds. 

      August 3, 2017 6:23 PM MDT
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  • 44607
    A blessing...my meds are free.
      August 4, 2017 6:05 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    And if it works for you and your marriage, it's no one else's concern. 
      August 4, 2017 9:49 PM MDT
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  • What the hell kind of demon drugs are they giving you?
      August 3, 2017 7:34 PM MDT
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  • 44607
    Lamictal.
      August 4, 2017 6:07 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    It would be a glass of water.   That's all it takes for me to achieve those effects.


      August 3, 2017 8:15 PM MDT
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  • 7939
    I think having it ripped away is different than always being that way or developing it gradually. For most of my life, I hated touch. Any kind of touch. It made me recoil. The girls at work would do this obnoxious Friday farewell hug. Ugh. I would always come up with an excuse to be elsewhere when they did it. Overall, it didn't impact me not to touch. Not liking touch was normal. The only people I was ok touching was my kids. They were always different. However, now, I'm generally ok with it unless it's someone I don't know, and if, all of a sudden, I wasn't ok being touched by someone I cared about, I think that would be devastating to me. I would miss the closeness for sure. 
      August 3, 2017 9:33 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    sounds like a curse, maybe you should ask your doctor to switch your meds
      August 4, 2017 3:50 PM MDT
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