20 and NO sex interest!

purplebunny · #1 Mar 8, 2007, 09:55 AM

Someone Please Help!! I am a 20 year old female and for the past 6 months I've had no interest in sex! My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years and he is absolutely the love of my love and i know this has nothing to do with him! For the first 2 years of our relationship we had a very active sex life! All this happen so sudden! I have been on the pill for almost 2 years but have had to change pills often and I've been on 2 different brands the past year and I wonder if maybe this has anything to do with the loss of my sex drive!!??

Down and out · Mar 8, 2007, 11:24 AM

THE PILL SURE DOES PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

The Birth Control Pill and Sex Drive: What We Already Know
For the past thirty years, researchers, health care providers, and pill users have acknowledged that the pill can cause a number of side effects. Ranging from weight gain to depression, the pill is definitely not without its drawbacks. An additional drawback for many women is that the birth control pill can inhibit sex drive. In particular, the pill appears to:

decrease libido
decrease sexual enjoyment
decrease lubrication during sexual intercourse

Typically, though, this side effect was thought to disappear when use of the birth control pill was discontinued.

Why Does the Pill Affect Sex Drive?
It appears that the birth control pill affects sex drive because it acts directly on a woman?s sexual hormones. In particular, the birth control pill inhibits the production of androgens, including testosterone, in a woman?s ovaries. Androgens have a direct effect on the pleasure that you experience during sexual intercourse. Additionally, the birth control pill also appears to increase the amount of sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in the body. SHBG is a protein that binds to testosterone, preventing a woman?s body from using it effectively. High levels of SHBG have been directly linked to decreased libido and sexual desire.

Krs · Mar 9, 2007, 03:00 AM

I was on the pill for 7 years....
my sex drive went so down hill due to it, apparantly its a side effect...
I read it off the leaflet.. as down and out said, copied from the leaflet itself, explains alot.

Anayden · Mar 10, 2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by purplebunny

Someone Please Help!! I am a 20 year old female and for the past 6 months I've had no interest in sex! My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years and he is absolutely the love of my love and i know this has nothing to do with him! For the first 2 years of our relationship we had a very active sex life! All this happen so sudden! I have been on the pill for almost 2 years but have had to change pills often and I've been on 2 different brands the past year and I wonder if maybe this has anything to do with the loss of my sex drive!!??

It is a possibility. I have heard from alot of my friends that switching or even certain pills can make you loose your sex drive. I actually think its in the side effects you read, it isn't as big as the side effects like heart attack and stroke, ect., but I do believe its in there though.



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