#208 ADHD and Sexuality (with Daz Alexandra Tendler)
Apr 8, 2024
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Sexologist Daz Alexandra Tendler discusses ADHD and sexuality, covering topics like defining ADHD, managing symptoms, sexual dysfunction, supporting partners, and enhancing sexual experiences. They provide insights on destigmatizing ADHD, managing distractions, and navigating intimacy, as well as the impact of medication on sensory changes during sex.
ADHD impacts sexuality by affecting focus and attention during intimacy, requiring practical solutions to manage distractions.
Managing ADHD involves strategies like mind mapping, time management techniques, and medication to harness unique cognitive traits.
Deep dives
Understanding ADHD and Sexuality
ADHD can impact sexuality by causing challenges in focus and attention during intimacy, leading to distractions and difficulties staying present in the moment. Practical solutions such as discussing desires before sex and using cues to refocus attention can help manage these issues. ADHD individuals may also fixate on specific sexual acts or outcomes, affecting their experience.
Defining Neurodiversity and ADHD
Neurodiversity encompasses conditions like ADHD and the autism spectrum, with various spectrums and individual differences. ADHD, characterized by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, affects attention span, focus, and time management. Managing ADHD involves finding strategies like mind mapping, time management techniques, and possibly medication to harness its unique cognitive traits.
Medication and Its Effects on Sexuality
Stimulant medications like Ritalin and Adderall for ADHD may impact libido and arousal levels, potentially leading to increased sexual desire or performance concerns. Non-stimulant medications offer alternative management approaches. Medication sensitivity, side effects, and finding the right dosage are essential considerations in balancing the benefits and potential effects on sexual function.
Supporting Partners of ADHD Individuals
Partners of individuals with ADHD can provide support by fostering open communication, understanding personal preferences, and creating a safe and accepting environment for sexual experiences. Encouraging curiosity, empathy, and a willingness to adapt to each other's needs can enhance intimacy and reduce tension in relationships impacted by ADHD challenges.
On this episode of #mensexpleasure, I chat with Daz Alexandra Tendler (she/they/he). Daz is a sex-and-body-positive sexologist holding membership with the Society of Australian Sexologists. With an understanding that everyone’s sexual and relationship desires and needs are unique and diverse, she ensures her non-judgemental and compassionate practice focuses foremost on individual well-being. Daz is trans, queer and neurodiverse – through personal experiences with ethnicity and religion, class, gender and sexual diversity, and neurodiversity, they know how important it is to nurture safe, supportive spaces for marginalised minorities, particularly LGBTQIA+ individuals and those with ADHD and autism.
Key points:
- Daz introduces himself
- Defining ADHD
- ADHD symptoms and impacts
- ADHD and sexual dysfunction
- Managing ADHD through lifestyle and medication
- Supporting a partner with ADHD
Instagram: @daztranstender
Instagram: @sexspaceau
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daztender/
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