How to Treat Multiple Sclerosis Sexual Problems

The sex lives of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and their partners often times suffer due to the constant pain, numbness and mentally draining physical aspects of their condition. MS patients can achieve a happy sex life without hindering their physical well being.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Exercise your sexual organs. Many MS patients experience numbness, which happens all over the body including the sexual organs. Stimulating the organs that give you sexual pleasure on a regular basis may help improve feeling in them.
2. Talk with your partner. This is especially important for a person with MS. Communicate what is or isn't working for you so your partner can better understand how to give you pleasure.
3. Try different sexual positions. Your MS may hinder the range of motion you have in your arms and legs making it harder or more uncomfortable to have sexual intercourse in some positions. Experiment to find a position that works for you and your partner.
4. Use lubricant to help keep sex enjoyable. Many women with MS have a decrease in natural lubrication making sex painful. Lubricants are widely available to solve this problem.
5. Make a mental map of your and your partner's bodies. Explore different areas together and find new exciting pleasure spots.
6. Seek mental counseling if your sex drive or sexual pleasure can't be helped with some of the above techniques. Sexual dysfunction can lead to depression and should be handled with a professional counselor.
7. Seek help from your doctor to help you gain confidence and pleasure in your sexual life. A doctor can prescribe medications to enhance your sexual drive or pleasure. Problems with sexual organs should also be monitored by your physician.

Tips & Warnings

• Kegel exercises, tightening and releasing of the vaginal muscles, can help women enhance sexual pleasures.
• There are medications as well as manual devices that men can use to help them achieve an erection.
• People with MS may not feel sexy all the time, but thinking pleasurable thoughts and making themselves feel sexy may help them enhance their libido.
• Don't use any sex-enhancing medications without consulting with your physician. These medicines could interact adversely with your other medications.
• Don't make sex a chore. If you are too tired or not emotionally ready for sex, you don't have to do it.