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Re: Acute/complete loss of libido 10 years ago--never revived.From: Mark (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 27 Aug 1999 22:10:18 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks for the reply, Cheryl. We live in a remote port town which, while boasting a population of 19,000, does not have a good doctor/patient ratio. The doctors are usually not taking new patients, or are so back-logged as to have to set up appointments a month or two in advance. Her doctor is a woman. She didn't think the problem was hormonal and offered little in the way of alternative treatment. We finally "demanded" the hormone treatment, to which she prescribed Estratest. (And, no, there was no evaluation done.) The first time my wife used it, she indicated a positive response. After a month, there was still no hint of a sex drive but she was able to have "a satisfying orgasm" (in other words, one worth working for). This only happened once, however, and when we started seeing the marriage counselor, some old bones resurfaced which put an end to us trying again. In fact, she stopped taking the drug for a week. (The "old bones" I spoke of had to do with the marriage counselor asking us how sex was. She caught me at a low point and I answered that, generally speaking, it didn't appear to be any better than before because my wife still had no drive and gave little indication that she was having anything resembling a good time during sex. There have been those rare times in the past where she's had orgasms but I couldn't detect any outward sign. My wife has also told me that the orgasms were "okay" but not anything to be sought after. Anyway, that was the wrong answer for me to give the counselor. My wife's reaction was then, "why bother taking the drug if you don't think it's doing any good?" We've been through a lot here lately and reactions are sometimes not tempered with reason.) She has since resumed the drug for approx. 3 weeks but it has not seemed to help in the least now. And, yes, we are going to have a hormonal workup done--as soon as we can find an available doctor to do so. There are only four women doctors here in the area--two of which are not taking any new patients. The 3rd is my wife's doctor, so we only have one left. My wife doesn't feel comfortable going to a male doctor. After all, she says, what does a man know about a women's problems? Can't say that I fault her reasoning. Thanks again for your reply. And, yes, she did have her tubes tied. ________________________ At Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Cheryl wrote: -- ________________________ > >Might I make a suggestion. Her dr didn't think it was hormonal. Why? >Did he offer to do hormonal blood tests to make sure, seeing as how he >finally put her on estratest? I have a somewhat similar situation. I am >33, and have no libido whatsoever, well, except for maybe four days a >month, other than that, there is nothing. I recently had some of my >hormones tested, and it was found I had a significant deficiency in >testosterone, which I have just began taking supplementation of. >I would advise you to ask for a complete hormonal work-up on your wife. >One more question, did your wife have her tubes tied by any chance after >the last child? Hope this helps some. Cheryl :o) >*****************************************************8
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