By Vanessa C Rolle, Lifestyles Editor

vanessa@nasguard.com

Have you ever had 300 orgasms in one day? What ever happened to work or even a social life? Just tell me when would you have the time?

For some women, their libidos are always on fire. There is always that burning, yearning desire to get it on. For the hot-blooded Caribbean people, especially men, they don't see a problem here. The hotter the woman, the better.

Several weeks ago, I was hanging out with a friend and while we were eating dinner, we turned on the television and saw some women crying. They spoke about how their marriages failed because of their condition and that they just could not help themselves.

I was drawn in by their tears, so I watched even more attentively to find out what the problem was. Then one lady said that she wanted sex all the time. She could not work. She just had to have it.

So I moved from the table, a bit closer to the TV. I said to myself, "this is a problem? Too much sex? But this is normal for Bahamians. They like it all the time. This has got to be Saturday Night Live!" But this was a real documentary and I got a kick out of this, but then as the ladies began to talk and cry about how their lives have suffered because of their problem, I began to look at it more seriously. Maybe this was a problem for some people. There might be a lot of people walking around even in our own society with what is called Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS). PSAS was first diagnosed in 2001, and is classified as a sexual dysfunction.

According to the report, there is no "agreed upon or proven" treatment for PSAS, and persons plagued with this so-called illness can have up to 300 orgasms a day.

It doesn't mean that the person has a high sex drive, but victims actually want the "itching" to stop. Furthermore, it makes it pretty difficult to find a partner who could meet such outrageous sexual demands. The report continued that some persons lost their husbands, ruined their marriages, and lost their jobs because of the intense need to "pleasure themselves." All of these factors combined have proved that PSAS is a most distressing issue for women who have it.

Researchers David Goldmeier, MD, FRCP, and Sandra Leiblum, PhD, describe PSAS in the International Journal of STD & AIDS as a condition whereby "women become involuntarily aroused genitally for extended periods of time in the absence of sexual desire." They absolutely do not need anything to turn them [on] or to run those waters but genital arousal is "usually persistent, unprovoked, and unrelieved by orgasm." In other words, it is a pain in the butt..........or in the front if you look at the problem literally. However, according to www.femalepatient.com, some women like that pleas-

actually under-reported to physicians.

In one particular case, it reports, " a 22-year-old single woman who had lost her job as a result of an intense need to masturbate frequently during the 3 to 4 days prior to menses. She felt the need to pleasure herself in the lavatory at work up to 12 times daily in addition to sessions at home and even in the car going to work."

PSAS, it reported, although infrequent, is distressing and perplexing "not only because of its mysterious onset, but also because of the feelings of shame and discomfort that tend to accompany the phenomenon.

Women who complain of persistent sexual arousal may be young or old, premenopausal or using postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy, married or single." It also notes that the feeling of arousal may persist for hours, days, or even months.

According to an article from Boston University's Institute of Sexual Medicine, "In contemporary management of female sexual dysfunction, a 70% success in management can be anticipated using sex therapy, physical therapy, medical therapy, hormone therapy and/or vasodilator therapy as indicated for an individual patient. This success rate is not yet applicable to women with persistent sexual arousal, although a better understanding of the syndrome has witnessed numerous patients realize marked improvement in function."

So for the many women who feel that their sex drive might just be too much.....I mean if you are out there and you believe that you have a problem, please make a visit to your local gynaecologist/obstetrician or an internist or endocrinologist.

It's okay to be hot, but not too hot that no-one can handle you.

Have you ever had 300 orgasms in one day?

What ever happened to work or even a social life? Just tell me when would you have the time?

For some women, their libidos are always on fire. There is always that burning, yearning desire to get it on.

For the hot-blooded Caribbean people, especially men, they don't see a problem here. The hotter the woman, the better.

Several weeks ago, I was hanging out with a friend and while we were eating dinner, we turned on the television and saw some women crying. They spoke about how their marriages failed because of their condition and that they just could not help themselves.

I was drawn in by their tears, so I watched even more attentively to find out what the problem was. Then one lady said that she wanted sex all the time. She could not work. She just had to have it.

So I moved from the table, a bit closer to the TV. I said to myself, "this is a problem? Too much sex? But this is normal for Bahamians. They like it all the time. This has got to be Saturday Night Live!" But this was a real documentary and I got a kick out of this, but then as the ladies began to talk and cry about how their lives have suffered because of their problem, I began to look at it more seriously. Maybe this was a problem for some people. There might be a lot of people walking around even in our own society with what is called Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS). PSAS was first diagnosed in 2001, and is classified as a sexual dysfunction.

According to the report, there is no "agreed upon or proven" treatment for PSAS, and persons plagued with this so-called illness can have up to 300 orgasms a day.

It doesn't mean that the person has a high sex drive, but victims actually want the "itching" to stop. Furthermore, it makes it pretty difficult to find a partner who could meet such outrageous sexual demands. The report continued that some persons lost their husbands, ruined their marriages, and lost their jobs because of the intense need to "pleasure themselves." All of these factors combined have proved that PSAS is a most distressing issue for women who have it.

Researchers David Goldmeier, MD, FRCP, and Sandra Leiblum, PhD, describe PSAS in the International Journal of STD & AIDS as a condition whereby "women become involuntarily aroused genitally for extended periods of time in the absence of sexual desire." They absolutely do not need anything to turn them [on] or to run those waters but genital arousal is "usually persistent, unprovoked, and unrelieved by orgasm." In other words, it is a pain in the butt..........or in the front if you look at the problem literally. However, according to www.femalepatient.com, some women like that pleasactually under-reported to physicians.

In one particular case, it reports, " a 22-year-old single woman who had lost her job as a result of an intense need to masturbate frequently during the 3 to 4 days prior to menses. She felt the need to pleasure herself in the lavatory at work up to 12 times daily in addition to sessions at home and even in the car going to work."

PSAS, it reported, although infrequent, is distressing and perplexing "not only because of its mysterious onset, but also because of the feelings of shame and discomfort that tend to accompany the phenomenon.

Women who complain of persistent sexual arousal may be young or old, premenopausal or using postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy, married or single." It also notes that the feeling of arousal may persist for hours, days, or even months.

According to an article from Boston University's Institute of Sexual Medicine, "In contemporary management of female sexual dysfunction, a 70% success in management can be anticipated using sex therapy, physical therapy, medical therapy, hormone therapy and/or vasodilator therapy as indicated for an individual patient. This success rate is not yet applicable to women with persistent sexual arousal, although a better understanding of the syndrome has witnessed numerous patients realize marked improvement in function."

So for the many women who feel that their sex drive might just be too much.....I mean if you are out there and you believe that you have a problem, please make a visit to your local gynaecologist/obstetrician or an internist or endocrinologist. It's okay to be hot, but not too hot that no-one can handle you.