effects of concerta on libido | ADHD Information

My girlfriend and I are experiencing something of a dilemma. She has been taking Concerta (27mg) since the beginning of September. We both feel it has had a negative effect on her sex drive, and is putting a strain on our relationship. It's certainly not caused by a lack of effort from either of us, which leads me to believe it may be related to the medication. What confuses me is that she has taken concerta before in a higher dosage and didn't experience this particular problem, but had different issues like loss of appetite, jitteriness, and rapid heart rate, which is why she was prescribed a lower dosage.

I'm curious if anybody else has experienced the same problem before. If so, was it something that went away with time? Is there anything we can do to alleviate it? I don't expect her to stop taking concerta because it has actually had a positive effect on her studies and we don't want to jeopardize that, but the effect on our relationship is not something we can overlook. I'm trying to be as supportive as I can, but I'm just not sure what I can do to help (if anything).
bgeoffrion39015.6554166667

i had the same problem,started concerta in july and my libido has just started coming back.

so i would say 3 months.

3 months is average.  I found my libido went from very good to nothing within a couple of weeks of taking my med.  I was concerned and talked to the doctor who encouraged me to wait and not change the med.

3 months later - all was good!  I'd say better actually now I can focus which makes things more enjoyable.

Just take it easy - for young people you have time to wait and relationships go through tough times why jeapordize it if everything else is great?  You have something better to do?

Well at least it's comforting to know that she's not the only one this has happened to. Honestly we were beginning to get worried there. I guess all there is to do is wait then, and we'll see how things go.i'm the girlfriend of bgeoffrion. i'm wondering, how bad was it exactly? was it a kind of situation where you had to focus a lot harder to... "make things happen"? or was it a situation where nothing did it for you?It took about 3-4 months to get a normal level of interest back.

MaxDad
well for me it was that i was not interested.i just could not be botheredbut it came back gradually