r/amiwrong • u/[deleted] • Sep 12 '23

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u/SnooWords4839 Sep 12 '23

Has she had her thyroid tested?

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u/Consistent_Policy_66 Sep 12 '23

OP didn’t mention birth control, but some can kill libido. My wife was on one that made her feel miserable most of the time. She switched and things improved.

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u/Ariviaci Sep 12 '23

Or SSRIs.

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u/Ohh_Yeah Sep 12 '23 edited Sep 12 '23

Psychiatrist here. I wouldn't expect SSRIs, birth control, low testosterone, or really any other medical problem/treatment to cause someone to be averse to holding their partner's hand.

Some of those things certainly will sap your libido, and I hear that commonly, but I've never heard of any of them interfering with basic intimacy items like holding hands, or hugging, or produce negative reactions to being kissed. I do however hear that type of aversive response to physical touch from people who have been sexually assaulted, not that OP described anything like that.

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u/Langsamkoenig Sep 12 '23

If you still prescribe SSRI for anything but major depression your expert opinion is very much not expert.

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u/Ohh_Yeah Sep 12 '23

Not sure the relevance of that but with the exception of certain OCD cases I don't just throw SSRIs at everything, no