There's a few people we've been seeing who have been unconscious that have been abused while they've been asleep." Straight people are participating tooĬhemsex is not isolated to gay and bi men. "I've seen a number of patients that have been taking methamphetamine and mixing that with GHB, and often people will have blackouts with that, they'll lose time," he said. "There can be these sort of cracks in their ability to have insight about what's going on around them."ĭr McKay says he has seen patients who have been raped after using drugs. "I've had a lot of people who have come in with just hallucinations, psychosis. If they've been having sex for a few days and they've been trying to keep up and they've been stimulated for three or four days, then they'll come in with a worn-out penis because they've been having sex too much, much more than what the body can tolerate," he said. "Usually they come to me after a problem.
University of New South Wales' Kirby Institute Nine per cent of general male population have used ice.More than 25 per cent of gay and bi men in Australia have used ice.Health workers like Sydney GP Brad McKay say by the time someone realises they have a problem with their drug use, it is usually too late. "It was a long slow healing process and I realise now, I've done a lot of healing since then in the form of psychotherapy," he said. It took 10 years for chemsex to become a problem for Alex Bartzis, but after losing his job and contracting HIV he realised his life had to change.
So it was an easier way for me to become involved and to get over those hurdles." "I was also looking for thrills that would enable me to avoid the normal hard work of social interaction because I wasn't comfortable, having come out so late in the gay community, going to pubs. "All of a sudden there's no awkwardness or need to go through the motions of an encounter like you do at a bar or party. "You lose your inhibitions, you get an extremely sexual feeling straight away and that stays with you for a couple of hours and seems to ease the social side of the situation," he said. Jack (not his real name), came out in his 40s and started experimenting with various drugs for pleasure soon after.