Female masturbation

Sexual health
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Hi everyone,

I have researched my problem online but I only found rather childish and male oriented articles. So here I am. I am a 46 year old woman. All I seem to do these last few weeks is masturbate. Secretly when I'm not alone, loads when I AM alone, looking at porn, using my vibrator. I JUST CANT STOP. I am constantly ON. I am doing it up to 8 times a day, with full blown orgasms. I am doing it during the night when I wake up. My heart rate is going up before I do it, and I need the release. My body aches. Before that I only did it once a fortnight. I have changed my antidepressant pill to cytalopram a few months ago, but I have taken this before, without this effect. I do chat with ppl online in sexual forums and feel I am looking more and more for the shock factor or looking at more extreme porn.

I don't know how to stop this. I am married but we hardly have sex. In a way the masturbation has nothing to do with my sex life. I used to do it loads between the ages of 14 and 29. I had my first orgasm at the age of 7 by moving meself on a chair or on the edge of the bath. 

I feel exhausted. Please help. Anyone ?

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Obviously as a mere man I cannot know what you are going through but this seems a very honest post.

In effect it is "what works for you".  Most people masturbate and this varies at different times of life and dependent on relationships.  I suppose you could try something such as Relate to see if your current relationship and sex life could be improved.

Many people might envy you!

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Hi, it has calmed down now, thankfully. Now I feel ashamed I put this up, but still, it was a really strange few days/weeks. It was getting way too intense and physically exhausting. I didn't 'work for me' because it was all consuming. I stopped looking at 'triggers' too for a bit. 

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Nothing to feel ashamed about!  Glad that you feel it's resolved/resolving