Multiple sclerosis

Hi! Does anyone have experience that your wife has a multiple sclerosis and how it's affect your sexual life after ? Thank you !

I sorry to hear that. I’ve heard it could go either way in the early stages - loss of libido or hyper. I recently lost a friend to the disease and she went the hyper route. My prayers go out to you and your wife.

I am a wife who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and wanted to give my input here. Multiple sclerosis is a VERY individual sort of disease with many possible variations for each person. My case admittedly has been quite mild. If MS affects your and your wife’s sexual life,my advice is to use the medical resources available. However MS may have minimal or no affect. My own experience is that there are times I am just physically fatigued and we may need to vary sexual activities. But is that any different than my husband‘s diabetes or any other medical, physical or emotional need either partner may have? If the commitment and desire is alive and well it will find an outlet!

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects each person differently and comes in different flavors. . Most common is Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS) which comes in flare-ups and relapses, less common (10% of MS cases) is Primary-Progressive MS (PPMS) which is a gradual deterioration of the nerves that results in permanent loss of muscle function. Depending on where the nerves are attacked/deteriorated in PPMS the disabilities can vary. Loss of motor skills can occur in the legs, core body, and even the brain (cognitive loss). It's not uncommon to attack the nerves that control eye muscle movement. There is no treatment other than attempts to slow down the progression. Initially, there was no effect on our sex life, either desire or ability to perform, but gradual loss of control of legs, bladder retention issues resulting a a permanent catheter, extreme spasticity in the legs, has resulted in complete physical inability to have conventional sex. We do other things on a much less frequent basis - and as the MS progresses, even that will reduce.

My wife was diagnosed on our 1st Wedding Anniversary. As the years went on the disease took more and more of her feelings below her waist. She fel bad for me so there was a lot of oral sex but she never had an orgasm because she had no feeling below. We still did have sex but I know she felt bad because she couldn't react the same as other women.

This is a terrible disease (my father died of it). In case you are unaware, the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, which funds MS and other research, recently slashed its budget by 57%. You might let your elected representative know of your feelings on the matter.

My wife was diagnosed with MS in the early nineties. Fortunately it’s the non-progressive variety and she’s in remission most of the time. Also, around the same time as her diagnosis we discovered she had polycystic ovaries.

I’ve read that low libido can be a side-effect of both conditions, which might explain why her interest in sex has dwindled over the years. We haven’t made love since 2008 and I’ve never thought it would be fair or helpful for me to mention it and make her feel bad. Everything else in our non-physical relationship is good and I don’t want that to change.