Re: Birth Control Pills??? HELP!
From: jalan (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:27:03 -0600 (CST)
Mary:
In my experience, the libido factor is very black and white. When I'm
on the pill, I don't care about sex at all. When I'm not on the pill,
I'm (in my happy husband's words) a nympho. We have been together 15
years and that has always been the case. So while I think that in some
situations, depression can cause low sex drive, I know that for me the
problem is hormonal. I am currently on Zoloft for mild moodiness and I
find that most anti-depressants can have a terrible effect on my sex
life because many of them tend to cause orgasmic difficulty. I have
been on and off anti-depressants for ten years. Now I'm on a very low
dose of Zoloft (50 mg) and it's not causing me any sexual problems.
Anyway, I doubt if it's all in your head. Good luck!
--
jalan
At Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Mary wrote:
>
>>Mary,
>>
>>It can take a bit to figure out which pill might help. Helios Health (http://nichollsvi.tripod.com/qbcp.html, its in the first
>>set of links at the top) has a list of all the BCP but Yasmin and what hormones are in them. If you can take what didn't work
>>for you and rule out all the pills with the same progesterone, then come up with a list of what did work for you, maybe that
>>would help.
>>
>>As for the other part, the women's health list over here has information in their archives regarding drive. The obgyn's consider
>>it to be more of an emotional issue, rather than a pill issue, and I would guess your obgyn feels the same way. I've never
>>checked behind them in Medline or anything else to see if that is supported or not.
>>
>>--
>>Victoria
>
>Thanks for the insight. :) I am not entirely sure that I agree with the
>(always) emotional vs. physical view of drive. After all, when men
>have "issues" then, shouldn't they be on anti-depressants then instead
>of Viagra? I think that women's bodies just aren't as clearly understood
>as men's.
>That said, I'm going to have to take a look and see what matches I make
>between progesterone content.
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