# How can you reduce your sex drive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 20, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678 "2002-04-20T15:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/21 "2002-04-21T05:36:25Z")
Why? ---
**Author:** ![erik\_vestville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df788c/32.png) [@erik\_vestville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erik_vestville)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/22 "2002-04-21T06:30:43Z")
Bromide rings a bell. I heard tell that the Czech army used mild tinctures of Bromide as a discrete dietary supplement for obvious reasons, not the least of which was keeping STDs under control. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/23 "2002-04-21T06:57:17Z")
Remember that Simpsons where the various parents are playing Pictionary an Flanders gets the answer of “cornstarch”, then says that it is “Good for keeping down the urges”? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/24 "2002-04-21T06:59:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scm1001 \* > \*\*get married, have kids, get a stressful job, come home tired. Believe me, you will not worry about sex every again. \*\* Isn’t that a little extreme? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/25 "2002-04-21T07:08:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SexyWriter \* > \*\*Why? \*\* One less distraction, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/26 "2002-04-21T11:54:06Z")
Thanks for all the yuks folks, sorry I couldn’t reply earlier. - SexyWriter\* > [@](#): > > Why? Did you ever see The Adventures of Baron Munchausen? Robin Williams plays the king of the moon or something and has a detachable head. Whenever his head manages to escape he is free to think great thoughts but eventially is body catches him and reattaches. He becomes a slobbering sex maniac again. My partner will sometimes go away for a month or more on business and I thought it would be cool to have something to suppress the old urges during that time. It sounds like Bromide is the likely candidate so far. Can you get it over the counter? Does it have any side effects? ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/27 "2002-04-21T13:21:27Z")
Careful, bromide is a mild poison. It has a general effect on the central nervous system. At levels high enough to knock your sex life it will lots of unwanted effects. Here are some bromide toxicity indicators. CHRONIC POISONING 1. Confusion 2. Irritability 3. Muscular tremors 4. Memory loss 5. Acne eruptions on face and hands (1 to 5 % of subjects) 6. Anexoria 7. Emaciation 8. Headache 9. Slurred speech 10. Delusions 11. Psychotic behavior 12. Loss of muscular coordination (especially in limbs) 13. Ataxia 14. Stupor 15. Coma ACUTE POISONING 16. Nausea 17. Vomiting 18. Abdominal pain 19. Coma 20. Paralysis (from [http://www.angelfire.com/sd/oantkb/R003.html](http://www.angelfire.com/sd/oantkb/R003.html), talking about possible poisoning from a gulf war chemical) ---
**Author:** ![Stinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Stinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/28 "2002-04-21T13:40:15Z")
Wedding cake seems to work on females. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/29 "2002-04-21T15:14:50Z")
Okay, Bromide is out. Seems marriage and kids or old age are the only alternatives. Although I was looking for something painless and non-permanent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/30 "2002-04-21T15:18:27Z")
Graham Crackers and Corn Flakes. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/31 "2002-04-21T15:41:30Z")
**Telemark** seriously? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/32 "2002-04-21T16:05:53Z")
That’s why I don’t want to get married Balduran, I don’t want to give up sex. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/33 "2002-04-21T16:21:47Z")
Huh, **handy** and here I thought you screen name meant you already had 😉 . Re-reading, I notice that **Maud’Dib** also has heard of some corn connection. From the gospel no less. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/34 "2002-04-21T17:07:43Z")
The music of Barbara Streisand takes the starch out of **Bosda’s** little willie. The Horror! The Horror! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tsunamisurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/35 "2002-04-21T17:35:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Griffin \* > \*\*Anti depressants dont decrease sex drive, they just make getting an erection a bit more difficult. You still want to do it! \*\* Not true. There are several SSRI’s–along with other psychotropic and Rx meds–that can decrease libido–sometimes significantly. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/36 "2002-04-21T17:53:28Z")
Repeat this mantra: Oozing with pus…oozing with pus… ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/37 "2002-04-21T22:33:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enola Straight \* > \*\*Repeat this mantra: > > Oozing with pus…oozing with pus… \*\* Hehe… I am reminded of a fake commercial at the end of “You Don’t Know Jack!” that would beg to differ. ---
**Author:** ![fandango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@fandango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fandango)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/38 "2002-04-22T01:05:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tsunamisurfer \* > \*\* > > Not true. There are several SSRI’s–along with other psychotropic and Rx meds–that can decrease libido–sometimes significantly. \*\* From my own experience, I could get hard…not a problem. The problem was actually finishing the job. Those things give you staying power! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/39 "2002-04-22T01:28:44Z")
I find that having sex every morning and night cuts down my sex drive during the day. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678/40 "2002-04-22T01:31:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balduran \* > \*\ ***Telemark** seriously? \*\* Both Graham crackers (invented by Dr Graham) and Corn Flakes (by Mr Kellogg) were developed with the intention of reducing the sex drive. Rent “The Road to Wellville” someday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-reduce-your-sex-drive/104678.md?page=3)