Does anyone else experience loss of libido with pcos? I do and my Dr. said I should have an increase due to high testosterone levels, but I could care less about sex anymore! My poor husband is miserable. Help! Any suggestions appreciated.
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DH 34
dd 2yrs
pcos dx 2/04
supplements- vit B sub-ling., cal/mag., flaxseed oil, 5-htp.garlic, glyco-trim.
low-carb diet.
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I'm only 18, but i get like that too. My fiancee get's a little fed up but i have found some ways to try and boost things in that department.
If i feel like my libido has gone on vacation, i've found the best thing is a long steamy bath with Ylang Ylang, rose or jasmine. Another nice thing is massage. Explain to your dearest it doesn't have to involve sex in the end, actually, it muchs better if neither of your massage the sexual areas. A nice bath (Together if you can ) followed by a relaxing/sensual massage, then just cuddeling together.... Works for me *Wiggles*
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I get like that too. Usually when I'm having a long cycle (over 35 days) and my hormones have gotten what I call "stuck." Progesterone to bring on af usually gets it rolling again. However, this was pre-met. Once I started on Met and my cycles started coming on time, then it started being less of a problem for me.
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I have a major problem with no sex drive. My poor DH. Most of the time I am just not in the mood. I find that if I plan for it, it makes it a little better. If I start off by pumping myself up mentally, really think about it, today is the day, I want to do it for him, not for myself. If I take a nice long bubble bath and take the time to get myself ready, you know, sexy underware, stuff like that. Then I try to have fun just teasing him, lol, I'll show him just a little of my sexy bra strap or something, and just seeing his reaction helps too. Generally, if I just don't think about it, and it gets time for bed, normally, it's not going to happen, I just want to curel up and go to sleep, but if I put the effort into planning it, it can actually be pretty nice. I hope this wasn't to in depth for anyone, I tried not to be.
I have a major issue with this, I'm not sure if it's the PCOS, the BCP, or my Lexapro. What works for us (besides having a very kind, patient DH), is whenever the mood does strike, we drop everything. Granted, having only furkids makes this easier, but if we waited for a convient moment when I was in the mood, we'd be waiting a really, really long time.
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yes finally it all makes sense
i gained more weight and i thought it was because i felt ugly and fat and NOT sexy but then i would happily walk around starkers!
i have high testosterone levels so thats why?? i just thought i was a freak as i use to love sex well i was slimmer not slim just slimmer lol
i,m starting my medication on tuesday as i have docs appoint ment sooo hopefully it should all come back to me
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I think its a mix of me being tired ALL the time, the fact that I am wanting to sleep as soon as i get in at night doesn't help. I am also down on my size so that doesn't help.
I am keen in the weekend mornings but my BF likes a lie in!! we have discussed it - he knows that once I get going I am fine so I think he needs to make more of an effort in the seduction dept!! when we do it, it's great!
I will try the ylang ylang etc.....you never know, it might work for me! but we'll need a bigger tub - bf is a big lad!
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37, diag 1993 - textbook case! tried; Dianette*Met*Provera.Now back on Spiro, & taking; Atracand for high BP*Evening Primrose Oil*Milk Thistle*Cinnamon*Agnus Castus*Multivitamin + Minerals with Probiotic*St Johns Wort*Glucosamine*
ugh. I have heard this from a lot of ladies. My libido went flatline before I got my thyroid meds, so I can completely sympathize. (Fortunately, PCOS itself seems to give me the opposite problem, so I was able to make up for lost time. )
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Free of soy, sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and and trans fats since March 2002...now regular periods, free of cysts, testosterone normalized, more than 70 lbs lost, ovulation and fertility restored, cholesterol total only 145... ...and now child #2 born 6/7/04 8 lbs 5 oz.Holy cow--a GIRL this time!!!
I also feel like I have a very low sex drive. I'm not sure though if it's because there is not as much testoserone in my system now that my levels are normal because really - before I was diagnosed my husband could barely keep up with me. I'm thinkin now maybe I'm normal? But it's sad, I'm only 25 and we can go for a week or 2 without even thinking about it.
my testosterone levels are "exceptionally high" according to the infertility doctor I attended.
I don't know why I have low sex drive, I used to have an unbelievably high sex drive. Its all went downhill over the last year and a half - and the longest I have went without is about 2 months! it's awful
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37, diag 1993 - textbook case! tried; Dianette*Met*Provera.Now back on Spiro, & taking; Atracand for high BP*Evening Primrose Oil*Milk Thistle*Cinnamon*Agnus Castus*Multivitamin + Minerals with Probiotic*St Johns Wort*Glucosamine*
I am on pills for high BP - candesartan...but I have had a low sex drive loooooooong before I started them. My low sex drive started when I started Metformin, and I just never regained it since then - thats been over a year and a half ago.
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37, diag 1993 - textbook case! tried; Dianette*Met*Provera.Now back on Spiro, & taking; Atracand for high BP*Evening Primrose Oil*Milk Thistle*Cinnamon*Agnus Castus*Multivitamin + Minerals with Probiotic*St Johns Wort*Glucosamine*
My BP is on the low side (my thyroid isn't being maintained properly), but my sex drive seemed to have gone out the window when my thyroid gave out on me. Of course, I also developed PCOS at the same time that my thyroid was being handled (and was never diagnosed until recently) so I don't know what the culprit of it was.
I feel much better now that I'm on the Met, though...my husband even commented that he's getting his wife back...the poor guy, it's only been 8 years that this has been going on! DOCTORS STINK!
Anyway...sorry for my rant...
Stacie
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no sex drive 
) followed by a relaxing/sensual massage, then just cuddeling together.... Works for me *Wiggles*
