High Sex Drive: Normal or Abnormal?

Well the interest I have in understanding the cause's of a high sex drive in a young adult woman. This is due to not knowing if I can accept when the man that I am in love with can keep up with me. It is mainly wondering why this has been my experience?

I am 41, and also have an insanely high labido. I simply cannot get enough. I was married for 20 years & had a great, healthy sex life with my ex, who had the same sex drive. We are now divorced, and I have been in a relationship with a wonderful man for the past year. He, on the other hand, is a bit overweight, and doesn't share the same sex drive. In fact, he is constantly amazed that I continue to want it all the time - anytime of the day or night - because his previous wife had very little interest in a sex life with him. I suspect his issue may very well be his weight or a medical problem. However, where I used to have sex around twice a day in my old relationship, I am lucky if it happens once a week (or sometimes two) with him. I am very frustrated with this, and really wish we there were some equality in that area. But the fact that I love this man so dearly, keeps me right there with him - sex or no sex. I would probably still not ever stray - even if there was no sex at all. I think you have to examine your heart. What's more important to you, your own sexual fulfilment, or the wants/needs of the person you profess to love???

my sex drive was weak my husband and i fought about sex until i started smoking pot now i cant get enough sex

I'm only 19 but I can relate completely to having a high sex drive. I have only been sexually active for about 3 years and as time goes by I only need it more and more. I have only been intimate with my current boyfriend to date but I can tell that my constant need for sex is more than my 21 year old boyfriend can handle. I have sex once per day on average and think I would need in at least 3 times per day to feel completely satisfied. If anything my 'sex nagging' as we have named it is only hurting my relationship because I physically exhaust him and he feels incapable of satisfying me. I always orgasm during sex and the quality of sex is great, but within an hour I want it again. This is an embarrassing topic so I am not open with it to my friends and as a result have no one really to seek advice from. Any advice or similar experiences are welcome.

I am 40, terminally single (not by choice), and have always had a very, very consistently high sex drive. I began masturbating regularly at around eight years old and fantasizing about sex. I was 18 when I had my first sexual experience. I cannot recall ever NOT having a orgasm during sex including the first time. I have no understanding at all what it would be like not to have an orgasm - I can have both clitoral and vaginal orgasms easily. When I think about the fact that I am single, I feel like I am living an alternate reality. I'm attractive, own a home, people enjoy being around me, and I seem to have it all together, but the person inside of me is dormant, sad, and constantly struggling for a reason to live. The only time the world seems to move "in sync" is when I've had sex and am in an intimate relationship with someone. Unfortunately, that rarely happens, so most of the time, I'm experiencing the life of a zombie. On average, until I was around 30, I masturbated at last two times per day - sometimes 5-6 times per day - and it became unfulfilling. It just left me more frustrated, depressed, and anxious. I did not own a sex toy until a few months ago. I do not enjoy promiscuous sex - sport sex - at all. I enjoy having monogamous sex because true intimacy with a someone I trust is so much more fulfilling. I am concerned about venereal diseases, but hate condoms - another reason why I won't go out and agressively pursue sex. I'll try almost anything in bed. I love sweaty, furious, fun sex. More recently, I've become a bit more reserved in bed because I'm out of practice and have become more body conscious. I've always been athletically built, but my self-esteem has become increasingly lower because I'm not having regular sex with anyone. I went for three years without having sex and it was horrible. But what's more horrible are the first three months of a "dry period" after having great sex. I can only say that it's what a drug addict must feel like when they are in recovery. Just recently I discovered the joys of masturbating with a vibrator and dildo. The masturbation is more fulfilling now, because the feeling of an orgasm is different (more intense) when my vaginal muscles are vibrating around a 3" x 6" shaft but it's still fairly empty because there is no one there for intimacy. It is incredibly bittersweet to be able to have amazing orgasms every single time I have sex, but the opportunity to have sex is soooo rare that, when I do have sex now, I go a little crazy; become obsessive, anxious and clingy, because I need it again and again and again. Sex is constantly in my thoughts. As others have mentioned, my sex drive is absolutely NOT enjoyable. I am bitchy, edgy, and irritable without it - and it's only getting worse, much worse, as I get older. Unlike others, I do not have a "go to" guy - probably because I've chased them away with my clinginess because I want to have sex all the time. Is there any kind of medication out there that will give me the same type of "upper" that sex does so that I can live my life more productively. I think it will take away "the edge" and cause me to be less irritable. Please help.

Honestly I relate to this same issue of a high sex drive. Within sharing the same high sex drive I am doing a search online for answer's. As within having this I looked up hormones & insomnia. Which came up that of an Estrogen Overload & that with that there is system's of irregular period's. Which I have suffered with & is why I take the Birth control pill. Yet that adds more estrogen into my body.

I have always had a high sex drive. My husband and I had sex enough to fulfill my sex drive. The sex slowly decreased. It turns out my husband was getting turned on by nudity/provocative pictures of women and had an uncontrollable urge to masturbate. Once I caught on we had a big discussion and we are working through our issues. Hope me sharing can help someone else out.