While an increase in sexual drive can be an effect of mental health improvement, it seems more complicated in the case of your husband, because of his flirting and sexting other women. this suggensts that there is no simple answer, thought your question is reasonable.

Hello. Your husband's sexual behavior is likely due to his pituitary tumor or some other organic cause not his mental illness. I suggest encouraging him to follow up with his physician to get a reassessment of the tumor and other work ups. Wishing you the best. Dr Kristen.

Thank you for reaching out regarding such a vulnerable topic. Your husband's behavior can be due to a number of medical and psychiatric causes not limited to hormonal changes, neurovascular events leading to cognitive changes, and possibly a newer presentation of a mood disorder. Given his multiple health problems I would advise a full medical work up along with brain imaging to rule out strokes. I would also recommend counseling to broach this subject with him and organize a visit with a psychiatrist to rule out a mood disorder that could be driving his behavior. Thank you and good luck.

Hello, Thank you for reaching out with your question regarding your husband and I hope this response helps. If you would like to discuss further, feel free to reply to my email and we can set up a free 15minute phone consultation. In regards to your question, mental health challenges almost always have roots in trauma. That can be trauma that your husband experienced firsthand or even trauma passed down by his parents and grandparents epigenetics. Trauma as I define it is a little different than the general population's perception. I define trauma as any physical sensation emotions that is too much for us to process at the time it occurs. When we experience emotions when we are young, they are almost always too much because we have a very limited capacity to process emotions without the help of typically our parents. When we do not get the emotional support from our parents keep in mind they were once kids too and their parents were kids also so it is uncommon that people actually were taught how to process...not bury emotions the result of this lack of support is we try to avoid feeling that way in the future by avoiding external stimulus that triggers the emotion sexual intimacy or finding external stimulus dopamine rush from flirting and sexting that provides us with pleasure. So, to answer your question, it is possible that this pattern of behavior is a result of not just his mental health challenges, but more accurately his trauma that is unprocessed which we all typically have something. This means that if someone wants to change the behavior they have to get to the root...the trauma and apply the right traumainformed tools to process the trauma. If your husband is open to seeking help to process this trauma I would welcome a conversation with him, however, often times they are not open to getting help...only you can tell if that is the case. If your husband is not open to discussing, then I would recommend you consider that the best thing you can do then is to be curious about the urge to try and fix his mental health issues. I know this is maybe tough to hear, but I've never met a couple where one spouse is struggling with their mental health and the other is perfect Ironically, if you were to seek traumainformed help it would have the biggest impact on your husband...way more than trying to get him to do something he is not ready to do. There is a saying that I believe applies here, A man convinced against his will is a man of his own mind still so don't try and change your husband against his own will. There is also a prayer called the serenity prayer I'm not trying to be religious, but it is a really good prayer that goes something like, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. There's an alternate version that I think applies even better which is, Grant me the serenity to accept the people I can, the courage to change the people I can, and the wisdom to know that person is me ? I hope you reach out and I'd be happy to help in any way I can! Best Regards, Kyle Payne LAC, Owner of Mind Free Counseling EMDR and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Trained 6245 N. 24th Pkwy A208, Phoenix AZ 85016 602 4922594 kylemindfreecounseling.com www.mindfreecounseling.com cid3b889642259b4dc695e16c2cd7acf332.

It would be very important to talk to his doctors about the side-effects of the medication he is taking and to seek professional guidance from a medical doctor.

Is your husband's pituitary tumor a prolactinoma? Norprolac is a dopamine agonist and has been associated with hyper-sexual behavior. Hence, your husband's behavior may be a side effect of his medications.

Your husband's sexual behavior is undoubtedly linked to his mental health and/or medical problems. But it may also be linked to family or couples' dynamics. I would recommend a thorough evaluation--perhaps a "second opinion" since he seems to be receiving treatment, for this problem, as well as a couples' and marital therapy evaluation for the two of you.

Can possibly be that or the medications he takes. Yet most likely it is his condition which normally might be the opposite but needing attention is a sign of sexual desires. No matter what, you should not have to go through this. He is still old enough to understand and know. He needs to know what can happen if he continues. Meaning a separation.

Take a look at this site for some insight:
https://www.gentlepathmeadows.com/conditions-we-treat/sexual-addiction-issues/?keyword=sexual%20addiction&keyword=sexual%20addiction&gclid=CjwKCAiAodTfBRBEEiwAa1haujcEzEiYmctkwbvRH7luIs7iz1NHlHKUBm553lyM0ENqHB0jZZoRtxoC1dAQAvD_BwE
He should see a licensed psychologist certified in sex addiction for help.