emailforjmp (imported) wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:03 am i have to admit that it is very frustrating that people would actually hold back sharing helpful information with me because they are not sure about my age....

emailforjmp (imported) wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:03 am hello and a great thanks to the two folks who have shared their personal experiences...

about my age: i am fifty-six years old. but when i signed up for this message board, i put in a lot of ´fake´ information in order to not get "caught" on this site by nosey people who may be intercepting my computer usage (like co-workers, my boss, people that run the internet cafe, etc). i even made up an entirely new email just for this purpose! i mean, come on folks, my name is obviously not emailforjmp... you have to understand that the topic of the website is not at all considered "normal" or "good" by most people, so i am doing whatever little things i have to do to protect myself... to no harm at all to anyone else.

i have to admit that it is very frustrating that people would actually hold back sharing helpful information with me because they are not sure about my age. its kind of like asking the drowning man why he fell in before you agree to help him. maybe i am not making clear how incredibly desperate (maybe even a little suicidal, but that´s another can of worms) regarding my sex addiction.

robby, yes, i have searched a lot on this web site and many others regarding my questions (specified in bold in my orginal post for your convenience), but they are not specifically addressed anywhere.

the main query being: to what extent is the sex drive physical or mental? and what is the relationship between the two aspects... for example, does the sex drive become cemented in place mentally at some point due to the physical influence? or does the physical influence simply fuel the mental aspect?

and because of the great variablity among people, it is so wonderful to hear the many many different answers that you good folks might provide. you are a very unique (no remote pun intended) group of people and can really lend some insight into this query... i look forward to any more responses.

again,

many many thanks for any personal insight you can share!

-j

(p.s. yes, i have tried androcur. the thing is that it was just way too expensive to do a proper trial of six months. i could only determine that i needed quite a bit (250 mg per day) for it to have any effect at all. but the amount of time that i could afford to be on it was not long enough to demonstrate to me how the mental knot of sexuality might eventually loosen itself from my mind.... if ever. i have health insurance that will pay for the orchiectomy by the way. they just dont cover androcur because it is not fda approved.)