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When friends confide about medication effects they're hiding from partners

My best friend started taking antidepressants that killed their sex drive and they're scared to talk to their partner about it, so they keep venting to me instead, and I'm starting to feel like I'm holding secrets that are hurting their relationship.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Endocrine side effects become relationship secrets that burden friendships with information that should be shared elsewhere.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Hormones and the endocrine system?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.