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What is it like to have Sex Addiction?

Common symptoms	How bad it is	What people are taking for it
Severity Severe Moderate Mild None
Anxious mood	1 (6%) patients experienced severe severity 8 (50%) patients experienced moderate severity 4 (25%) patients experienced mild severity 3 (19%) patients experienced no severity	Citalopram
Pain	1 (7%) patients experienced severe severity 4 (27%) patients experienced moderate severity 3 (20%) patients experienced mild severity 7 (47%) patients experienced no severity	Nothing reported yet
Insomnia	3 (19%) patients experienced severe severity 3 (19%) patients experienced moderate severity 3 (19%) patients experienced mild severity 7 (44%) patients experienced no severity	Aripiprazole
Fatigue	0 (0%) patients experienced severe severity 8 (50%) patients experienced moderate severity 5 (31%) patients experienced mild severity 3 (19%) patients experienced no severity	Nothing reported yet
Depressed mood	3 (19%) patients experienced severe severity 6 (38%) patients experienced moderate severity 5 (31%) patients experienced mild severity 2 (13%) patients experienced no severity	Citalopram

Who has Sex Addiction at PatientsLikeMe?

37 patients have this condition
3 New patients joined this month
24 say Sex Addiction is their primary condition

<20	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70+
Current Age
1 patients	19 patients	12 patients	0 patients	3 patients	0 patients	0 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
29%	Females
71%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 years	10	10
20-29 years	5	5
30-39 years	1	1
40-49 years	1	1
50-59 years	0	0
60-69 years	0	0
70+ years	0	0

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	7	7
Not Diagnosed	17	17

These charts show data from Sex Addiction patients who have completed their condition history

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