The pill and sex drive…
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The pill and sex drive…
| Mon, 04-05-2004 - 9:53am |
Which pill have you experienced is better in not TOTALLY diminishing your sex drive?
I am on Ovral now, and it takes some serious convincing to myself to get in the “mood”. Plus, I seemed to have some serious acne and facial hair growth. I switched to Loestrin and I seemed to have noticed a difference. I feel like it is slowly coming back. Anyone else like to share their experiences?

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I totally understand where you are coming from.
I figure that my body is fine with norethindrone, but the norgestimate doesn't agree with me.
~heather
I started on Ortho-cept and Desogen, which wiped out my sex drive, and brought an end to a relationship (it was going down the tubes anyway, but that put the last nail in the coffin!). I switched to Nordette and still had a sex drive (a little lessened) but Nordette made me feel violently angry, all the time! I would sit on the subway and just stare and people with HATE and wish them dead! I thought I was just turning into a cold and evil person--imagine my surprise when I stopped the pill and discovered I loved the world! 7 or 8 months ago I started Mircette and if there is such thing as a *negative* sex drive, that was me. The mere thought of even kissing a guy make me feel like vomiting! It goes without saying that desogestrel is NOT the progestin for me!
Not sure what I should try next. I feel I need something that blocks androgens (I have problems with cystic acne, facial/body hair, and loss of scalp hair) but I'm worried that something androgen-blocking will also block my sex drive.
Is androgen activity the main factor in regards to libido, with the pill? Do progestins and the estrogen play a part as well? Does anyone even know?
:)
Sarah
I hope the Loestrin works for ya and you get your drive back
Michelle
Andrea 4/21/02
Paige 1/06/04
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