Overcoming BC induced NO SEX DRIVE
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Overcoming BC induced NO SEX DRIVE
| Fri, 10-08-2004 - 2:41pm |
My one side effect of the Nuvaring has been NO SEX DRIVE.
I am not talking reduced - I mean an abrupt change from 4-5 times a week hugging kissing affectionate person to Honey, please don't touch me. For three solid weeks.
I thought it was just stress, but we still have the same stresses in our life and when I took our my nuvaring within about 24-36 hours - I was back to my old horny self and it kept getting better through today.
Tomorrow is the last day I can have the ring out -


I will hope if you continue that this symptom will decrease or disappear.
Sandy
I'm sorry, I've forgotten, I think you are new to using NuvaRing aren’t you? If you are it can take 3 or so cycles for your body to adjust to the hormones from your ring. Even so, reduced or loss of libido is a very common side effect of hormonal contraceptives. You can try switching to a different mix of hormones and see how you do. When I was on OTC it took 2 years but I lost my libido. When I realized what might have caused it I stopped hormones and my sex drive came back within a week! Now I use a cervical cap between menses and a diaphragm for flow control and contraception during them.
A very effective, low maintenance and long term method of birth control is an IUD. There are also cervical barriers, diaphragms and cervical caps, which can be very effective if the user has the motivation and discipline to use them correctly and consistently. There are posts in the FAQs about both methods. You might also want to take a look at these links to Planned Parenthood: contraceptive choices http://www.plannedparenthood.org/bc/cchoices.html and method effectiveness http://www.plannedparenthood.org/bc/bcfacts2.html Let us know how you’re doing and what you decide, ok?
Good luck,
Jill