Remember when you were young, and your sex drive was unstoppable? If that’s not how you’re feeling anymore, you aren’t alone. Many women experience a drop in their libido as they age, especially right before and after menopause.
Hormone fluctuations impact your body in many ways, including your libido. If it’s affecting your relationship, you have options to restore your sex drive.
At Collaborative Women’s Care, Dr. Eduardo Valdes offers exams, hormone therapy, and menopause treatments. He’s an experienced OB/GYN with tips and treatments for low libido.
There are many causes of low libido in women that range from health conditions to relationship problems. Even some medications can lead to a lower sex drive at any age.
Certain health conditions, like thyroid problems, diabetes, and chronic pain, affect how much you want to have sex. Even mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and extreme stress can lower your libido.
Women face unique causes of low libido, like menopause. Other reasons include:
Some birth control methods lower libido, including implants, injections, and certain combined forms. It may also be a combination of lifestyle factors, medications, and hormone fluctuations.
Hormones are the key to libido. Estrogen fluctuations often cause low libido during menopause and after childbirth.
As estrogen drops, symptoms like dryness, mood swings, and fatigue reduce your interest in sex and can make intercourse painful. Progesterone and testosterone are other hormones that affect libido.
The main takeaway: Low libido is often linked to hormonal changes. If hormones are the culprit, we provide proven lifestyle strategies to help restore your sex drive and confidence.
You can work on lowering your stress levels and use over-the-counter lubricants and creams if dryness is an issue. It’s also essential to keep open communication with your partner.
Therapy can help, especially if body image after childbirth or menopause is a concern. A combination of relaxation, over-the-counter lubricants, and therapy helps tremendously.
When home or over-the-counter treatments aren't enough, we offer hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to regulate estrogen. HRT can help women in menopause who can't control symptoms alone.
HRT is available in various forms, including as patches, pills, creams, gel, or spray. If you have a uterus, we may suggest combined estrogen and progesterone therapy for protection.
While using HRT, you should feel relief from various hormone-related symptoms, including low libido, painful intercourse, and vaginal dryness.
To schedule an appointment for HRT, please call our Miami, Florida, office to speak with Dr. Valdes or use our convenient online booking feature.
