♦Natural regulation methods ♦ Medical intervention measures ♦Potential causes of high sexual desire ♦Core recommendations and precautions
• Reduce aphrodisiac foods: Coffee, chocolate, strawberries, and spicy foods may enhance sexual impulses, so you can reduce your intake appropriately.
• Increase foods that regulate hormones:
• Men: Eat licorice in moderation (containing glycyrrhizic acid, which can reduce testosterone levels).
• Women: Increase soy products (containing phytoestrogens, balancing hormones).
• Avoid alcohol and drugs: Substances such as alcohol and MDMA can easily cause hormone disorders and aggravate sexual fluctuations.
• Regular exercise: 30 minutes of aerobic exercise (such as jogging and swimming) every day can balance hormones and relieve anxiety.
• Cold stimulation: Cold showers or local cold compresses (such as the abdomen) can temporarily reduce physiological excitement.
• Meditation and mindfulness training: Reduce excessive attention to sexual impulses through breathing exercises and attention diversion.
• Open communication: Communicate with your partner honestly about your sexual needs to avoid repression or conflict.
• Psychological counseling: If sexual desire is related to anxiety and obsessive thinking, you can try cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
• Reduce sexual cues: Limit exposure to pornographic content or excessive sexual fantasy environments.
• Endocrine examination: Blood tests for testosterone, estrogen, thyroid hormone, etc. to exclude diseases such as polycystic ovary syndrome and hyperthyroidism.
• Anti-androgen drugs:
• Applicable population: Men or women with hypersexuality caused by abnormal hormones.
• Commonly used drugs: Spironolactone (inhibits testosterone), cyproterone acetate (regulates androgen receptors).
• Note: A doctor's prescription is required, and liver and kidney function must be monitored for long-term use.
• SSRI antidepressants:
• Mechanism of action: inhibit sexual impulse by increasing serotonin levels.
• Commonly used drugs: paroxetine, sertraline (side effects may include drowsiness and dry mouth).
• Tricyclic antidepressants:
• Applicable situations: when SSRI is ineffective or side effects are intolerable, such as clomipramine.
• Some women may experience a decrease in sexual desire after switching to oral contraceptives containing progestin.
• Note: It is necessary to combine the advice of gynecologists and avoid changing medications on your own.
• High hormone secretion from adolescence to adolescence.
• Estrogen fluctuations before and after menopause in women.
• Compensatory needs after stress release.
• Changes in the quality of intimate relationships (such as a surge in sexual desire during the passionate period).
• Hyperthyroidism, adrenal tumors and other diseases.
• Side effects of hormone drugs (such as testosterone supplements) and anti-anxiety drugs (such as buspirone).
There is no absolute standard for the intensity of sexual desire, and the principle is not to affect life and health.
Diet, exercise, and psychological intervention have fewer side effects and are recommended as the first choice.
• Drugs must be strictly followed by doctors to avoid self-medication leading to sexual dysfunction or emotional problems.
• Regularly check hormone levels and dynamically adjust the plan.
• Accompanied by pain, abnormal bleeding or emotional out-of-control.
• Sudden and drastic changes in sexual desire that cannot be explained.
