Ok, so I'm 19 years old, I'm a student at University and have been suffering with depression for a couple of years on and off.
I never gone to get diagnosed thinking I'd be fine (everyone has their up and down days), but recently, it's got to the point where I'm failing University. I have no motivation to do anything anymore, not even play the games I love, read, write or even dance (these are my favourite hobbies).
I have now been to the doctors and have started on anti-depressants.
I sleep all the time, and have lost my sex drive. I'm in a committed long distance (while at University), and there are no problems with our relationship to make my sex drive go down. It's practically non existent. I know sex isn't the main thing that supports our relationship as we love each other a lot, but because of the distance it was a way for us to feel closer together and have fun and excitement in our life. It's affecting me emotionally more then it's affecting our relationship.
I get very upset because of it. I've always been known as having a high sex drive (just to clarify, I don't go around sleeping with people, I have my boyfriend and I see sex as a valued thing, something that shouldn't be given away freely) and I've always prided myself on who I was.
I feel lost as to what to do with this. Does anyone else have a similar problem? Or any ideas on what we could try? We're very open.
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