ANHEDONIA

    ANHEDONIA is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. hobbies, exercise, s

ocial interaction or sexual activity.this can be a characteristic of mental disorders including mood disorders, schizoaffective disorder, schizoid personality disorder and schizophrenia. Affected schizophrenic patients describe themselves as feeling emotionally empty.

      Sexual anhedonia in males is also known as 'ejaculatory anhedonia'. This condition means that the person will ejaculate with no accompanying sense of pleasure.The condition is most frequently found in males, but women can suffer from lack of pleasure when the body goes through the orgasm process as well.

Sexual anhedonia may be caused by:

• Hyperprolactinaemia.

• Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), also called inhibited sexual desire

• Low levels of the hormone testosterone

• Spinal cord injury

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Use (or previous use) of SSRI antidepressants.

• Use (or previous use) of antidopaminergic neuroleptics.

• Fatigue

• Physical illness

      It is very uncommon that a neurological examination and blood tests can determine the cause of a specific case of sexual anhedonia.

Patients may be prescribed sustained-release bupropion to aid in treatment, which has been shown to relieve sexual dysfunction even in patients without depression.

Source : Medical Addicts