QUESTION: I have had anxiety problems for about the last year or longer. My psychiatrist prescribed Lexapro in May for me and it has been helpful. In the last year, however, I have also experienced Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). My symptoms have been pretty bad and painful. In late summer, my physician prescribed Elavil for […]
QUESTION: My new girlfriend tells me that she started exploring her genitalia at quite a young age and that she stimulated her clitoris frequently between the ages of 12-18. She now (at age 21) thinks that her clitoris is not giving her the normal sensations when it is stimulated (i.e., she wonders if it has […]
QUESTION: I am a 22 year-old female and have been having trouble orgasming. (No surprise, right?) My boyfriend and I have been having sex for over 3 years and I used to come quickly and regularly, especially with direct clitoral stimulation. We still have sex often (a couple times a week), but I have not […]
QUESTION: Hi, I’m a somewhat older undergraduate student (late 20s) and I still masturbate. Is that normal? Do men ever stop? I feel guilty about it.
ANSWER: Though not everybody chooses to masturbate, sex researchers have generally found that most men and women have masturbated at least once in their lives. Furthermore, many men and women […]
QUESTION: I'm a 22 year old guy. Sometimes after masturbation I feel pain in the lower cords of my spinal cord. It's not always but only sometimes. It's usually quite bearable but on rare occasions the pain is quite intense. Sometimes I even experience this pain after passing stools. I feel so much pain around […]
QUESTION: I am 21 years old and I have been with about 20 people (guys and girls). I have been in a relationship for more than a year and he's great; but he hasn't been able to have me reach orgasm. I am getting tired of getting him off and he tries to get me […]
QUESTION: I can get all the way up to the brink of an Orgasm but I can't seem to reach one. Any suggestions for why that might be or what I can do about it?ANSWER: Lots of young women have trouble reaching orgasm. At the same time, every woman alive has the capacity to have […]
QUESTION: Sometimes when orgasming, my vagina will "throb" (it feels like a steady pulse for about 10 seconds) but other times, it will not. I have noticed that it is more likely to "throb" if I am having intercourse and my g-spot is being stimulated but it has also "throbbed" from only clitoral stimulation. My […]
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