Diabetes & sex-drive

[Jooster]

Hello,

I'm a diabetic. When I was diagnosed, the GP said I'd probably had it for years.

My sex drive was fine until I started taking Insulin. Now, it's gone.

If I stop taking my insulin, I get the usual tiredness & thirsts but my sex drive comes back.

Anyone else experienced similar or can give me some advice?

Thanks,

Jooster

[Trotbot]

Most importantly, you should discuss this with your diabetic care provider as skipping insulin is a bad thing. The potential effects are extremely unpleasant.

I am insulin dependant, and read reasonably widly but have not heard of a direct connection between insulin and sex drive (diabetes and inpotence is another issue, you clearly are not impotent!). However, high blood sugar can often lead to a lack of sex drive, so this is an unusual situation

It is possible that it is the type of insulin that you are using that is the issue. There are a number of different types (e.g synthetic, pig) and different profiles with the type, so maybe some experimentation may help.