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<onlyinclude>'''Orgasm suppression''' (formally known as '''anorgasmia''') can be described as a difficulty or complete inability to achieve orgasm despite adequate sexual stimulation.<ref>Brindley, G. S., & Gillan, P. A. T. R. I. C. I. A. (1982). Men and women who do not have orgasms. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 140(4), 351-356. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.140.4.351</ref> | <onlyinclude>'''Orgasm suppression''' (formally known as '''anorgasmia''') can be described as a difficulty or complete inability to achieve orgasm despite adequate sexual stimulation.<ref>Brindley, G. S., & Gillan, P. A. T. R. I. C. I. A. (1982). Men and women who do not have orgasms. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 140(4), 351-356. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.140.4.351</ref> | ||
This effect commonly occurs on [[opioids]] and [[dissociatives]] which have been reported to decrease one's ability to feel sexual pleasure, which may be attributed to their [[tactile suppression|tactile suppressing]] effects or through some other biological mechanism.{{citation needed}} It is also a well-known side effect of [[selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor|selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors]] ('''SSRIs''').<ref>Ashton, A. K., Hamer, R., & Rosen, R. C. (1997). Serotonin reuptake inhibitor-induced sexual dysfunction and its treatment: a large-scale retrospective study of 596 psychiatric outpatients. Journal of sex & marital therapy, 23(3), 165-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00926239708403922</ref> | This effect commonly occurs on [[opioids]] and [[dissociatives]] which have been reported to decrease one's ability to feel sexual pleasure, which may be attributed to their [[tactile suppression|tactile suppressing]] effects or through some other biological mechanism.{{citation needed}} It is also a well-known side effect of [[selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor|selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors]] ('''SSRIs''').<ref>Ashton, A. K., Hamer, R., & Rosen, R. C. (1997). Serotonin reuptake inhibitor-induced sexual dysfunction and its treatment: a large-scale retrospective study of 596 psychiatric outpatients. Journal of sex & marital therapy, 23(3), 165-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00926239708403922</ref> It may also be a result of the effect known as [[difficulty urinating]] which can occur on certain [[stimulants]] and [[entactogens]]. This effect has been reported to occur alongside a decrease the strength of one's kegel muscles, which may account for the inability to achieve ejaculation and orgasm within males.</onlyinclude> | ||
It may also be a result of the effect known as [[difficulty urinating]] which can occur on certain [[stimulants]] and [[entactogens]]. This effect has been reported to occur alongside a decrease the strength of one's kegel muscles, which may account for the inability to achieve ejaculation and orgasm within males.</onlyinclude> | |||
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