Quit BCPS and libido never came back?!

jlmcc · 08-30-2007, 02:43 PM

I quit Yaz after taking it for three months (caused me to be very irritable, angry, depressed, and totally squashed my libido). The last month I was on it, I quit and then restarted the pack incorrectly a few days later and completely messed up my hormones and had a 3 week period.

So, instead of starting a new BCP right away the way the doctor recommended, I decided to give my body a break and I have been off BCP for three months now. But my periods have gotten really strange--terrible cramps three dyas prior and bleeding one day only really light.

And my libido crashed. NOTHING....Zippo....not to be blunt but dry as a bone and I can't even get it started when I want to.

Is it ever going to come back or do I need to go to the GYN to get it checked out? I am so embarrassed but its like a part of my life is gone since Sex is suddenly a non-issue.

I do not take any other medication.

ameliapaige · 09-05-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jlmcc

I quit and then restarted the pack incorrectly a few days later and completely messed up my hormones and had a 3 week period.

I had a similar thing happen to me. I did lose 'it' for a little while but once I got back on bcp and my hormones leveled out I'm back to normal again. The major difference in our stories is that I did not take any time off from the pill and I'm okay with Yasmin. Check with your GYN and don't let them dismiss it as nothing, maybe you just need a different bcp. Whenever my hormones get out of whack my sex drive dies.

soniya888 · 09-05-2007, 05:47 PM

I read a study about this a while ago. It said that SHBG (serum hormone binding globulin) increases I think from long term use of the pill. Even after stopping the pill, it does not go down to normal levels. SHBG binds with free circulating testosterone, lowering the amount of testosterone available. When free circulating testosterone goes down, so does libido.

restfulhaven · 09-05-2007, 07:48 PM

I think each person is different. I stopped taking BCP for 3 months same as you depression and mood swings, but also to see if I have a cycle w/o meds. My cycles are doing fine on their own, but libido is on HIGH alrert...lol.