Re: PCOS & Libido! Finally I can talk about it
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 May 2000 18:05:37 -0400
Just for a laugh....
I'd love to be able to comment....unfortunately, no sex....
:-( Alexis
Jolene Miller wrote:
> We've been talking about high sex drives, low sex drives, etc. What
> are we comparing our sex drives to? I suppose the question is rhetorical,
> but I think it raises an important issue. Are we comparing it to our partner's
> sex drive? Our friends'? Some statistical average from a survey?
>
> Looking forward to your comments.
>
> Jolene, in Toledo
>
> >>> anonymous@obgyn.net 5/31/00 11:46:54 AM >>>
> At Tue, 23 May 2000, Jenny wrote:
> >
> >I suffer from PCOS and have always had a high libido, much more than
> >most women. I guess this is not unusual since I have an oversupply of
> >testosterone in my body which directly causes it.
> >Do other women with PCOS have this symptom aswell?
>
> I am new to this forum but this caught my eye. I have struggled with
> this for as long as I can remember. I have always had a high sex drive.
> I'm wearing my husband out. I definitely want sex more than he does. I
> know it is testosterone related. Before I knew about PCOS, I could not
> understand women who had no interest in sex. Before I got married, I
> thought, my husband would certainly be pleased that I was not going to
> be refusing him. However the opposite has been true. I want sex much
> more frequently than he does. I think he is pleased when I DON'T ask
> for it. I've always felt that my sex drive was much more like a
> "typical male". Sorry if I sound sexist.
> I think it is merely a chemical difference.
>
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