Decrease in Sexual Drive (Libido)
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Decrease in Sexual Drive (Libido)
Sexual functioning is composed of several different components. For example, there is motivation, desire, pleasure, and then there is the actual bodily response of orgasm. Sexual function can be divided into two components. All of these can be affected by menopause. This is because of the decrease of the hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, or androgen. If you are experience a decrease in sex drive, and have low testosterone, you may be helped by an over-the-counter hormone called DHEA (dephroepiandrosterone). Women with low sex drive and low-normal testosterone levels may be helped by the over-the-counter hormone supplement dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). To find out more about DHEA, or to purchase DHEA supplements, you can click on this link BioSynergy.
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11/23/2006 8:48:00 PMPATTY said:
I was diagnosed April 2006 with hypothyroidism. I am 50 years old and 5ft tall. I have always been very petite and never weight much over 105lbs. I gained aprox 20 lbs in one month. All my sex drive is gone,and i mean gone. When i ask my endocrinologist if i would lose the weight after i began treatment he said yes. When i went back for my check up a few weeks later (despite my calorie counting) i had gained ten more lbs. I was in tears because i am afraid i will keep gaining ,plus my husband is complaining about the sex or lack of. My endocrinologist said i would never weigh what i did before unless i was dying of cancer. He also said i would have to do arobic exercise one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon seven days a week and eat a 500 to 600 calories a day to lose back to 120 lbs. After that to maintain the 120 weight i would not be able to go over 1200 calories a day ,forever. As for the sex drive, that is what is normal at my age and it is normal for all woman and alot of men. When i started to tear up he said i was blowing everything way out of proportion repeating himself several times. My question is why didn't he tell me this in the beginning and am i blowing this out of proportion?? To me 500-600 calories a day doesn't sound healthy but what do i know? Even if he i am petty to him it still is REAL imprtant to me. Are these things really true. I do have a appointment for a second opinon but i can't be seen until the end of febuary 2007, Could some one else please tell me is this true? very very sincerly Patty
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