"Over-paid, over-sexed and over here"?Hypersexual disorders frequently have a psychological and/or neurological root and are commonly placed under the rubric of paraphilias(4) (“perversions”) - such as exhibitionism/voyeurism, paedophilia, bestiality, incest, sexual violence and sex addiction (often, mistakenly, referred to as “nymphomania” in women). Treatment options for these vary, but almost universally require a considerable psychiatric component - often together with chemical intervention (psychopharmacological agents of use include serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antiandrogens (such as estrogen, progesterone, and cyproterone acetate), and the use of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists.
Arguably somewhere in between the polar opposites of hypo- and hyper- sexuality , cases of “persistent sexual arousal” in women or “Priapism” in men have begun to receive renewed attention in the medical literature. Whilst to the general, and unaffected public, the experience of a perpetual state of sexual tension bordering on orgasm, or the ability to sustain an erection for many hours would be thought of as a blessing; for the sufferers of such conditions, this is far from true. |