Harder to orgasm while on pill?

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Registered: 09-22-2006
Harder to orgasm while on pill?
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Fri, 09-22-2006 - 1:09am
Maybe I'm crazy. I've been on the pill so long now I don't know what's normal and what's not, but is it just me or has anyone else had problems orgasming while on the pill? It seems like the longer I'm on it, the harder it gets. I just don't remember it always being this hard. I need constant, hard stimulation. It seems like my clit is less sensitive or something. I'm on Apri and have been on for over a year.
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Registered: 01-29-2006
Fri, 09-22-2006 - 2:12am
I've been on Apri for only 1 month and I am already noticing that. I feel like my sex drive dropped down to zero since I've been taking the pill. A friend of mine also has the same problem, and she has been on Apri for almost a year. She has complained about the same thing that you are! You're not alone!
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Registered: 08-12-2002
Fri, 09-22-2006 - 6:29am
Loss of sex drive is a very common side effect on the pill.

 


 


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 09-22-2006 - 7:09am
You're not alone here--we get a lot of posts on this topic, not just the loss of libido, but that it's much more difficult for women to become aroused, more difficult to lubricate, the whole thing.
Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 08-05-2003
Mon, 09-25-2006 - 2:01pm

Omigod! I'm so glad you posted this. I was on BCP (Orth Tri-Cyclen) for 3 months, and my sex drive totally changed. I was like an 18 year old boy prior to going back on them, then it became increasingly difficult to get aroused. Now that I'm back off (I had a tubal), my hormone levels are slowly going back to "18 yr. old boy" levels again.

ISM

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Registered: 07-27-2005
Mon, 09-25-2006 - 2:10pm

Definately harder! I just got off the pill a couple weeks ago, after 9 years. I orgasmed the first time we had sex, and I hadn't orgasmed during sex in probably 2 - 3 years! The pills also changed my cervical fluid and I was dryer, making sex even more uncomfortable and my sex drive was virtually non-existent! I must admit, I do not like how my body changed while being on the pill, acne, weight gain, plus all the stuff listed previously. Right now my husband and I are prepping to TTC#1 here soon, and I don't think that I will go back on them, I like feeling normally, wanting to have sex, and actually orgasming during it!

Nicole

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Registered: 07-20-2006
Tue, 10-03-2006 - 10:27am
Once I went on the patch I lost my libido instantly.... I stopped using it after 5months and haven't gotten my libido completely back yet! I am only 25 and find it pretty sad to have to admit to it.