# Eat less, screw more? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192 "2007-04-30T18:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/21 "2007-05-01T22:22:42Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Eat less and screw more? Sign me up. [/QUOTE] Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/22 "2007-05-02T04:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] OK, **Mouse\_Maven** , you’re the chemist, but: isn’t appetite suppression a pretty common side effect of many medicines? Especially the ones that treat symptoms with a “mind” component like this. [/QUOTE] Most antidepressants can cause either anorexia (appetite loss) or increased appetite. Guess which one my fat ass gets on every mind drug known to man. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/23 "2007-05-02T05:10:25Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Hmm well two of my biggest problems when finding a man is that I have a low libido and I am fat. So, I guess they FINALLY came up with a pill just for me! 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’ll fight you for it. I miss my libido and I hate my excess weight. Which interferes with my libido. Which bums me out, so I’m more prone to snack. Which makes me not feel sexy. Which bums me out. Repeat, ad neaseum. Still, compared to cancer and AIDS, it’s not where I think the focus of research should be. And yes, diet and exercise are my answers, too–I just don’t like them. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/24 "2007-05-02T12:24:49Z")
Quote: The hormone-releasing pill has so far only been given to female monkeys and shrews… Hmmmm, I’ve been called a shrew on occasion… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/25 "2007-05-02T12:42:36Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] And don’t you think less about eating when you’re sexually stimulated? [/QUOTE] Uhm, dunnow about eating as such, but when I’m sexually stimulated I’m very interested in putting things in my mouth. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be over in that corner trying to look like a Good Girl ™. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/26 "2007-05-02T13:06:17Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] Uhm, dunnow about eating as such, but when I’m sexually stimulated I’m very interested in putting things in my mouth. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be over in that corner trying to look like a Good Girl ™. [/QUOTE] [shocked Mother voice] **Nava**! [/smv] :eek: :o 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/27 "2007-05-02T13:22:58Z")
So is the weight loss a side effect of the libido drug or is increased libido a side effect of a weight loss drug? Or is it just a case of a “Hey! You got peanut butter on my chocolate!”-“You got chocolate in my peanut butter!” kind of thing? Either way, you’re a winner! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/28 "2007-05-03T18:18:01Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Uhm, dunnow about eating as such, but when I’m sexually stimulated I’m very interested in putting things in my mouth. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be over in that corner trying to look like a Good Girl ™. **Nava**! What have I been telling you about snackign on cream-filled Ding Dongs late at night? That’s what always gets you, you know! (But the cream filling isn’t that bad. COME ON! It’s not THAT bad! I promise you’ll like it. Please try the cream filling…Please?) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/29 "2007-05-03T18:22:23Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] Uhm, dunnow about eating as such, but when I’m sexually stimulated I’m very interested in putting things in my mouth. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be over in that corner trying to look like a Good Girl ™. [/QUOTE] Well, as long as you don’t eat those things, you’re good, I guess. Ow. ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/30 "2007-05-03T18:48:11Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] OK, **Mouse\_Maven** , you’re the chemist, but: isn’t appetite suppression a pretty common side effect of many medicines? Especially the ones that treat symptoms with a “mind” component like this. And don’t you think less about eating when you’re sexually stimulated? Seems to me like it’d be pretty damn tough to find a female sexual dysfunction drug that won’t also reduce appetite. The same side effect is just a thorn that comes with the rose when you’re talking about antidepressants; why should this be different? [/QUOTE] Pathology/Immunology is my bag, so I know **very** little about medication side effects. Once you’re dead, I’d have a better idea. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/31 "2007-05-03T18:57:35Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] Once you’re dead, I’d have a better idea. [/QUOTE] Eep! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/32 "2007-05-03T18:58:29Z")
[QUOTE=hawksgirl] Eep! :eek: [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8dc957/32.png) [@Hugh\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/33 "2007-05-03T19:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The hormone-releasing pill has so far only been given to female monkeys and shrews… How did they manage to gather a test group composed entirely of my ex-girlfriends? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192.md?page=1)