10-27-2017, 09:44 AM
As a counselor, I did encounter plenty of clients who claimed benzo's were having a negative impact on their libido. Like many on this thread have advised, they were switched to one with a longer half-life..like Clozapam (in that case, a hugely longer half-life than ALP) and the issue resolved. Interestingly, some who felt that their libido was being adversely affected by ALP decided to stay with it because they felt that the greater anxiolytic properties of the short-acting benzo's relaxed them more effectively, thus facilitating sexual activity. In other words, it was a wash. Lowered libido, yes. But also that impactful feeling of relaxation that one can only get from ALP (IMO) to help get the action underway.