Hypersexuality in men as a syndrome

According to statistics, nymphomania occurs in one in 2,500 women. The word "nymphomaniac" is of Greek origin and means "crazy bride." In medicine, this disorder is considered as a form of female hypersexuality.

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Having not achieved satisfaction, the nymphomaniac immediately tries to enter into new sexual contacts.

Varieties

It is noteworthy that hypersexuality is also observed in animals. Usually it is expressed in attempts to mate with various objects of inanimate nature (trees, lamp posts, etc.) or with representatives of the same sex. Sometimes animals with this syndrome mate with individuals of other species.

There are several types of hypersexuality in humans:

• congenital,
• youthful (pubertal),
• acquired,
• menopausal,
• imaginary.

Congenital erotomania manifests itself in childhood or adolescence, and therefore is practically uncontrollable. Often occurs due to congenital brain injuries, diseases of the pituitary gland, psychosomatic disorders of the central nervous system and abnormalities of sex chromosomes. If drug treatment is not undertaken, it can lead to the occurrence of concomitant diseases due to casual sexual contact (AIDS, syphilis) and general personality degradation.

Pubertal hypersexuality is also observed during puberty, but unlike congenital hypersexuality, it goes away with age. The disease develops due to psychological fixation on sexual and erotic impressions and masturbation. Entering the phase of maturity and relationships with a permanent partner helps to get rid of sexual arousal without medications and physical procedures.

Acquired hyperphilia can occur at any age.

The following causes of acquired hypersexuality are distinguished:

• mental disorders (age-related or resulting from stress);
• manic states resulting from prolonged depression;
• hormonal imbalance in the body (increased estrogen in women and testosterone in men);
• traumatic brain injury (TBI);
• diseases of the genitals (including venereal diseases).

Menopausal nymphomania is characteristic of the female body and is caused by menopause and accompanying psychological and hormonal disorders. This age-related erotomania is difficult to treat (sometimes it remains uncured until old age), since the patient herself often denies the disease and resists taking medications. It often occurs in women who experienced anorgasmia in adolescence and adulthood, or who were forced to stop regular sexual activity early.

Hypersexuality is also usually classified according to gender.

Satyriasis is male sexomania. It is expressed by increased sexual excitability and frequent changes of partners in men. In fact, this is a pathological state of constant dissatisfaction and the search for new orgasmic sensations. This illness is most often imaginary and, for example, caused by the desire to assert oneself.

There are also physiological causes of satyriasis:

• increased testosterone production;
• congenital or acquired pathology of the central nervous system.

Nymphomania is female hypersexuality.

It is characterized by:

• increased libido;
• constant agitation;
• desire for frequent sexual acts.

The main difference between a nymphomaniac and an ordinary woman leading an active sex life is that for the former, the appearance, status and age of her partners does not matter. True nymphomania is a rare phenomenon (occurs in approximately 0.025% of women). Imaginary erotomania occurs in young girls, but with age and the appearance of a permanent partner, it goes away.

Hypersexuality: what age is it typical for?

Hypersexuality can manifest itself at any age, but most often it appears during puberty - this is puberty or teenage hypersexuality, and during the period of decline of sexual function - this is a surge of hypersexuality at the beginning of menopause.

Signs of hypersexuality can be observed in childhood. Sexual curiosity, as an interest in the genitals, is the norm in children aged 1-7 years. Early childhood masturbation, which is obsessive in nature, arises as a consequence of some psychological problems in the child. Most often, the reason for this behavior of a child is an unfavorable psychological climate in the family. Perhaps the child is not given enough attention, and he experiences feelings of uselessness and loneliness. Or maybe the child lacks physical contact and affection from his parents. Or this is how the child reacts to authoritarian parenting or corporal punishment. In such cases, masturbation is a way to obtain positive emotions and serves as a comforting means. The child tries to cope with psychological discomfort, relieve nervous tension and uses masturbation as a “homemade antidepressant.” In such a situation, the child needs help, and not prohibitions, intimidation and punishment. Incorrect behavior of parents in such circumstances can lead to incorrect formation of sexuality in the child. Parents need to figure out why their child is masturbating. It is likely that you will have to turn to a child psychologist for help. When the psychological climate in the family is optimized and the masturbating child’s attention is switched to something else, the situation, as a rule, normalizes.

Typically, early childhood masturbation is not associated with sexual desire, since puberty has not yet begun. But sometimes child masturbation can be a manifestation of sexuality and is a sign of some pathological process in the child’s body. In such cases, children are ahead of their peers in height, weight and sexual development. Children experience very early development of secondary sexual characteristics (girls up to 8 years old, boys up to 10 years old). In boys, the penis enlarges and wet dreams appear; in girls, breasts grow and bloody discharge from the vagina appears; in boys and girls, pubic hair begins to grow. There may be an interest in children of the opposite sex. The cause of too early puberty may be: tumors or dysfunction of the adrenal cortex; tumor processes in the ovaries in girls or in the testes in boys; syndrome of premature (accelerated) pubertal development (PPD), which accompanies pathological processes in the hypothalamus. Pathological hypersexuality in childhood is very rare.

Adolescent or pubertal hypersexuality accompanies the period of puberty in adolescents of both sexes and is not a pathology - it is a normal process of the development of sexuality. Adolescent hypersexuality is characterized by increased sexual desire, sexual fantasies, and fixation of thoughts on sexual impressions. The most common form of sexual activity during adolescence is masturbation. Masturbation serves as a surrogate defense for adolescents against excessive sexual arousal. It is also a safe way of sexual experimentation in adolescence, and also serves as a complete replacement for casual sexual intercourse. During this period of life, male adolescents experience spontaneous erections and frequent emissions, which may contribute to some neuroticism. With adolescent hypersexuality, organization of the daily routine, sports activities, and correction of interests are necessary. Special drug treatment is not required during this period of life; it may be needed only in isolated cases to relieve neurotic symptoms. Adolescent hypersexuality goes away on its own with the onset of regular sexual activity. Despite the fact that hypersexuality in adolescence is not a pathology, it can have a significant criminogenic significance in teenage crime, primarily in rape.

Hypersexuality

Sometimes hypersexuality is observed in women at the beginning of menopause (at the beginning of menopause). This is most likely due to hormonal dysfunction, namely an imbalance between male and female sex hormones due to weakening of the hormonal function of the ovaries. Some experts believe that hypersexuality that occurs in some cases at the beginning of menopause cannot be explained only by hormonal changes in the body. It is likely that in the case of increased sexual desire at the beginning of menopause, a psychological factor is also triggered - the so-called sexual panic “before the gates close.” This can happen when a woman perceives the onset of menopause as the end of her sex life. But whatever the reason for the surge in increased sexual desire at the beginning of menopause, after a year or two the state of hypersexuality goes away. Only in rare cases does it require medication correction.

Hypersexual behavior is often observed in old age with dementia,

- dementia - from the Latin dementia - “madness”. This disease is popularly called senile dementia or senile insanity.

Dementia is an acquired dementia that develops as a result of damage to the brain. Dementia is characterized by a gradual loss of existing knowledge and skills. And acquiring new skills with dementia becomes impossible. According to the results of recent studies, hypersexual behavior occurs in 2-17% of such people, while the frequency of their occurrence in men and women is the same. Hypersexuality in dementia is manifested by inappropriate sexual behavior. And the more severe the dementia, the more pronounced hypersexuality is in such cases. Dementia gradually destroys a person's self-control and removes previous restrictions on the expression of one's sexuality. In addition, certain rules of behavior are forgotten. Patients experience exposure of the genitals and masturbation in public places, obscene statements on the topic of sex, vile proposals to others (non-sexual partners) with touching their genitals, etc. Sexual disinhibition in elderly patients with dementia can be corrected using several classes of medications, but due to the potential for side effects, this should be done with great caution.

Causes

There may be several reasons for the occurrence of hypersexuality, many of which have not yet been studied by scientists. Below are the most well-known causes of erotomania.

Psychological reasons:

• isolation;
• infantilism;
• negative relationships with a parent of the opposite sex;
• lack of attention in childhood;
• unsuccessful first sexual contact, etc.

Neurotic reasons:

• organic and endogenous psychoses;
• diseases of the central nervous system (for example, disorders of the frontal lobes or pineal gland);
• imbalance between the biological and mental components of libido (psychological arousal is not accompanied by the proper physiological reaction);
• disturbances in the functioning of the hypothalamus (often appear due to infectious meningitis or encephalitis);
• damage to the vascular system as a result of TBI;
• brain tumors;
• long-term intoxication of the body and central nervous system (for example, due to long-term use of narcotic drugs, in particular methamphetamine, but also occurs after anti-tuberculosis therapy).

Hormonal reasons:

• disorders of the adrenal glands;
• excess dopamine;
• increased production of sex hormones;
• premenstrual changes;
• long-term use of hormonal drugs (including during the prenatal period), aphrodisiacs (for example, yohimbine) and dopamine agonists.

Also among the causes of erotomania are more serious diseases in which hypersexuality is just a symptom:

• Pick's disease;
• schizophrenia;
• dementia;
• bipolar disorder;
• epilepsy;
• ADHD;
• oligophrenia;
• consequences of surgical operations;
• complications during childbirth;
• Alzheimer's disease;
• autism;
• various neurodegenerative diseases (for example, Kleine-Levin and Kluwer-Bucy syndromes).

Symptoms of hypersexuality

The clinical manifestations of hypersexuality are quite extensive.

The following physiological symptoms of the disease can be distinguished:

• frequent rush of blood to the genitals, often accompanied by painful sensations;
• spontaneous erections;
• the appearance of orgasm from the slightest stimulation of erogenous zones;
• nocturnal emissions;
• severe itching in the genitals;
• attraction remains after sexual intercourse;
• inability to achieve orgasm in traditional ways.

Psychological symptoms include:

• psychological fixation on erotic fantasies;
• frequent masturbation;
• sexual desire lasting more than six months;
• indiscriminate change of sexual partners;
• tendency to excessive violence during sexual intercourse;
• outbursts of irritability or shyness after sex;
• repeated participation in questionable sexual acts, etc.

general information

The term “hypersexuality” means not just an increase in sexual desire, but a pathological increase in libido, when a man has a continuous, uncontrollable desire to perform sexual intercourse. And yet - at the same time, a person feels... sexual dissatisfaction. That is, he wants more and more.

Hypersexuality is also called “satiriasis.” It comes from the word “satyr” - this is how forest deities were called in the mythology of Ancient Greece. They were companions of the god Bacchus. Satyrs were depicted as half-humans, half-goats. These mythical creatures were distinguished by the fact that they were lazy, participated in orgies and had an increased sex drive.

This is where another expression often used by women comes from: “Men are assholes.”

Despite the seemingly comical nature of the situation, hypersexuality is a serious disorder that requires treatment. It can be compared with those psychological deviations that are inherent in drug addicts or people suffering from excess body weight. Constantly thinking about sex prevents a person from concentrating on work, negatively affects health and harms relationships.

Regardless of the reason for the development of hypersexuality, it must be treated, since this disorder damages not only a person’s self-esteem, but can even ruin his career.

Often, to increase sexual desire, men use a variety of medications, such as Levitra analogues. These medications help to quickly strengthen your erection. Thanks to Levitra, both partners will enjoy sex.

Diagnostics

A person can independently diagnose hyperphilia, but it is better to consult a doctor. Only a sexologist can establish an accurate diagnosis, but it is permissible to initially consult a psychologist or psychotherapist, since most often hypersexuality is caused by reasons of a psychological nature. In the last century, sex addiction was equated to drug addiction. In many countries there are even self-help groups similar to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Organic erotomania, resulting from any disease, does not require additional diagnosis.

When identifying a disease, you need to pay attention to the type of constitution of a person. People with increased sexual constitution (for example, with abundant body hair for men or wide hips for women) are characterized by a strong sexual desire and the need for daily sexual acts. Moreover, this is not a pathology, but a physiological norm.

MRI. Magnetic resonance imaging allows you to diagnose the causes of erotomania. MRI of the brain determines the presence of brain diseases (old injuries, hematomas or tumors) that have caused manic behavior. A timely MRI or CT scan (computed tomography) will not only diagnose the cause of hyperphilia, but will also save a person from developing serious organic complications.

Treatment of hypersexuality

Treatment for hypersexuality depends on the causes of the disease. If erotomania is only a symptom, then the underlying disease must be treated.

Drug therapy is required only in cases of organic changes in the central nervous system and brain.

Among the medications used for erotomania, the following can be noted:

• sedatives and antidepressants;
• serotonin inhibitors as a treatment for depression and various neurotic disorders;
• cyproterone - for endocrine disorders, as well as for premature sexual development of children;
• neuroleptics containing moclobemide, fluoxetine, phenelzine or amitriptyline;
• antiandrogens, for example, Androkur;
• birth control pills;
• strong psychotropic substances (for example, Chlorpromazine and Thioril);
• drugs that affect the circulatory system and reduce blood flow to the genitals (for example, Enalapril and Doxazosin).

Drug treatment should occur exclusively as prescribed by a doctor. Not every case of hypersexuality requires medication. For example, pubertal erotomania goes away on its own, and its treatment can be aimed at eliminating symptoms (acne, seborrhea or depression).

Psychiatric

Psychiatric treatment of hypersexuality is used for organic disorders. As a rule, it is carried out in a psychoneurological hospital. Depending on the severity of the disease, the attending physician prescribes certain medications. Therapy can be single or repeated using x-rays.

In the dispensary, the patient is also prescribed various physiotherapeutic procedures:

• galvanization of the spinal column with calcium and bromine;
• soothing baths with pine needles, sage, etc.

But physiotherapy is just part of comprehensive treatment in a psychiatric clinic. The use of exclusively physiotherapeutic methods in the case of patients with organic changes in the central nervous system and brain is ineffective.

Psychological

Erotomania is often caused by psychological reasons. In this case, the patient did not receive a brain injury, but experienced some kind of nervous shock. To eliminate emotional tensions and resolve some emotional problems, you should consult a psychologist. In particularly advanced cases, consultation with a psychotherapist is required.

Venereal

Sometimes hormonal imbalance is caused by sexually transmitted diseases. If the disease is not treated, it will lead to the development of erotomania. To exclude these causes of pathology, you should take tests and undergo an examination by a venereologist.

Hormonal

Hormonal therapy is aimed at normalizing the production of estrogen and testosterone (for example, medications with gonadotropin-releasing hormone). Medications to regulate the secretion of the sex glands are taken only as prescribed by a doctor. This even applies to oral contraceptives.

Diet

The diet will help lower hormone levels in the body without medications.

Products that lower libido include:

• fatty foods (for example, fast food, lamb, pork and milk);
• soybeans and legumes, but only for men;
• salt (but sugar and chocolate contribute to arousal);
• artificial sweeteners (found in soda, chewing gum, etc.);
• pickles and smoked meats;
• vegetable (especially rapeseed) oil;
• cornflakes;
• chips;
• caffeine in large quantities;
• nutritional yeast products.

Of course, eating such food cannot be called proper nutrition, but it will help the body cope with the problem of hypersexuality.

Treatment with folk remedies at home

Treatment of hypersexuality at home will not help in case of serious pathologies of the central nervous system and brain. It consists of gentle nutrition, adherence to a daily routine, gymnastics and creative activities. In addition, you should brew special herbal soothing infusions.

Specifically, these fees must include the following components:

• mint (especially for men),
• oregano,
• water lily,
• St. John's wort,
• Melissa,
• licorice,
• hop,
• nightshade.

You should not mix several active substances at once, so as not to get too sharp a decrease in hormonal levels.

Herbal recipes to reduce libido:

• To prepare an infusion of St. John's wort, you need to take a tablespoon of dry herb and mix it with one glass of boiling water and let it brew for about 30 minutes. The drink should be drunk within 24 hours.
• Tea from mint and lemon balm is brewed in the evening (a teaspoon per glass of water). But it is better to drink it little by little, since these plants have a serious sedative effect.
• An infusion of oregano and tea leaves is brewed in the ratio of one teaspoon to a glass of boiling water (in this case, just a little tea leaves are needed). This is an effective remedy, but it cannot be taken for a long time by men, as they may remain impotent forever.

Reasons for strong desire

Human sexuality is influenced by stress, social standards, age-related crises, hormonal changes, and psychological problems. If a person dreams of intimacy all the time, perhaps this is one of the symptoms of another disease.

Psychological factors

If an individual does not have enough pleasure, he begins to look for easy ways to get it (food, intimacy, alcohol, entertainment). Financial instability, lack of hobbies, friends, and social contacts force the individual to find solace in sexual intimacy. Such short-term pleasure helps to forget about difficulties for a while. And when pleasure subsides, a person strives to get it again. This is how addiction and obsession arise. A person chooses this method instead of real struggle.

The endorphin released during the act affects the brain in the same way as drugs. It is worth analyzing the sources of the problem and starting to solve it. It is important to understand that dependence on intimate pleasures is a protective reaction of the brain. Sometimes a person manages to forget about the problem that led to the cycle many years ago. A psychologist will help you determine this starting point.

Hormonal disbalance

Problems with libido are one of the signs of hormonal disorders. More often, sexual activity decreases, but sometimes it increases. The individual begins to dream of intimacy constantly. If a person has hormonal problems, enough joy hormones are not released into the blood after the act. Therefore, he does not receive the expected satisfaction. This makes a person strive to repeat sexual intercourse immediately after completing the previous one. But he does not receive satisfaction.

Sex will not help normalize hormonal levels. It is important to visit a doctor. Another sign of hormonal disorders is constant arousal. In a healthy body, hormones are released before and during sex. And if an individual has hormonal problems, he can become aroused for no reason at any time, because the release of hormones is not controlled.

Taking medications

For hypersexuality, PDE5 inhibitors are prohibited. They are used to treat diseases (for example, hypertension), but the side effect is increased sexual desire. This could be vardenafil or sildenafil. They are available only by prescription and are taken orally.

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Age crisis

Crises are associated with physiological, hormonal and psychological changes. There are 4 key crises:

• 15 – 25 years (men are characterized by spermotoxicosis; guys do not yet know what to do to please a woman, so they are afraid of sexual intimacy; women are characterized by a low sex drive; girls agree to intimacy, as a rule, to lose their virginity or to please their loved one);
• 25 – 40 (men experience satiety, strive to build a career and start a family; and women blossom in the intimate sphere after 25 years; many mature ladies can experience sexual pleasure for the first time; the relaxedness of women and the satiety of men can lead to sexual imbalance in marriage and even separation) ;
• 40 – 53 (men become more sexually active; many leave their regular partner for the sake of new pleasures and variety; women are less active in an intimate sense, their maternal instinct awakens, which they direct to their grandchildren or husband);
• from 55 (male menopause sets in, a man becomes aroused more slowly, but sexual intercourse lasts longer; if a mature man has a permanent partner, at this age he practices intimacy about 4 times a month; women’s interest in sex also increases, the sensations become more vivid; women often decide to have short-term relationships outside the family).

Partner's dissatisfaction

During a period of intense love, the halves do not notice mistakes in bed. They enjoy love pleasures regularly. But after the feelings have cooled, a new stage begins - “grinding in”. People perceive each other more critically, and mistakes can become annoying.

A couple may find that they are sexually incompatible. One partner remains more sexually active than the other. One person's favorite positions seem unpleasant to another. Both remain unsatisfied. Irritation accumulates, people move away.

And sometimes partners are compatible, but do not know how to negotiate or share desires. It is worth talking openly about your passions to each other. It is important to focus on improving the quality of intimacy rather than increasing its quantity.

Other

The imposed standards that are transmitted through pop culture and porn affect people's sex lives. Couples don't want to feel wrong, so they pursue sexual pleasure even if they have a low libido. Standards are also imposed by scientists who have determined that a healthy young couple should indulge in passion twice a week.

But libido depends on the innate characteristics, temperament, character, lifestyle and outlook of a person. Cholerics and hyperactive individuals need sex more than melancholic and more passive people. Some individuals experience too much stress, so they do not have enough energy for intimacy. And others lead a more relaxed life, so they are full of energy at night.

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Many people strive to assert themselves through the number of partners. Quiet people dream of proving to others that they are not so quiet after all. They become fixated on changing partners and try to know more about the pleasures of love than anyone else. This almost always happens in youth.

Stress affects your level of sexual desire. People who have experienced a disaster or received an unexpected promotion are known to experience intense sexual arousal. This is due to the release of adrenaline. This activates the central nervous system, accelerates the heartbeat, and accelerates blood circulation in the genital area. These “symptoms” resemble sexual arousal. Therefore, couples after a psychological shake-up may want intimacy. Even the stress of a roller coaster ride can send lovers into bed.

Pregnancy is another period of increased sexual desire for a woman. A particularly strong desire appears at the beginning of pregnancy. After all, this is a phase of hormonal instability. Under the influence of hormones, girls' breasts become especially sensitive. The blood supply to the uterus and areas located close to it increases. Therefore, even during toxicosis, the expectant mother may really want sex.

Complications and consequences

Since hypersexuality is associated with uncontrolled sexual intercourse, it can lead to sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, tuberculosis or syphilis. In the best case, a woman can become pregnant, but not everyone decides to keep the child or change their lifestyle while pregnant.

There are also complications of satyriasis in men. In its advanced form, it can develop into priapism - a prolonged painful erection that begins without sexual arousal and does not go away after ejaculation. This disease, regardless of the cause, can lead to impotence, thrombosis, uncontrolled aggressiveness, gangrene and even a change in sexual orientation (due to psychological problems).

Intimacy in family life

Many people underestimate the importance of intimate relationships. It seems that you shouldn’t devote so much time to this and the problem will resolve itself. In fact, such optimism is completely unfounded. Sex in family life often becomes a problem: there is not enough time for it. This is why spouses conflict without even realizing what they are actually fighting about. To maintain trust and tender affection, you need to learn to feel your partner. This feeling is necessary to form a feeling of absolute security.

Everyone must make an effort to ensure that mutual understanding is maintained at all times. If spouses begin to live only by their own needs without taking into account the desires of the other half, then sooner or later this leads to divorce. Physical proximity not only brings people closer together, but gives a feeling of unity and deep mutual understanding.

The issue of sexuality deserves close attention. To stop worrying and worrying, you need to learn to understand and accept your own needs. The desires of the partner must also be taken into account, because future relationships depend on this. Caring for the needs of the other half helps to form a trusting attitude towards life.

Pseudonymomania

This term refers to psychological disorders in which the patient does not experience real physiological sexual desire, but due to an inferiority complex, the desire to stand out, to assert oneself, or social pressure, leads a hyperactive sex life. Often observed at a young age with insufficient psychological maturity.

The causes of this disease were often childhood trauma (both psychological and physiological) or difficult relationships with the father. Imaginary nymphomania is detected using special psychological tests, as well as a comprehensive examination by a psychotherapist.

Hypersexuality in men - reasons

Despite the most modern research methods, experts still cannot determine the exact causes of this disorder. A high level of sexual desire can appear under the influence of the following factors:

• imbalance of chemicals in the brain - high concentrations of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine;
• diseases and health problems – dementia, epilepsy;
• treatment of Parkinson's disease with dopamine agonists;
• changes in the nerve cells of the brain;
• injuries to the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain;
• mood disorders;
• sexual trauma.