Sexual desire

Has the Lyme wrecked havoc on your sex life? Do you ever get in the mood for it and is it hard to orgasm?

Seem like since I went into menopause I just don't have the desire anymore and I am also on bio-identical hormones. My husband thinks its him but its me.

How bout the younger crowd, how has it effected your sex life?

Oh, am I glad someone else had the guts to bring this up! Thank you ladies, thank you very much.

Before being diagnosed, I had thought early menopause, it's very common in my family. All the women have started and been done by 55. Peri-menopause often beginning in their late 30's. I'm 38.

I barely have a sex drive anymore. I feel horrible for my husband. I have good days, and I give it a go, but pay for it for a couple of days afterwards. My lack of sex drive has nothing to do with him, I'm still crazy in love and still think he's the sexiest thing alive, I just don't have energy and am usually in way to much pain to make sex enjoyable for myself. There has been more than once, where we've had sex, and when I orgasm, it HURTS! Chest pain, shortness of breath, and just general feeling like crap. Women joke about men and how they pass out afterwards, well, I must break some kind of world record, because on these occasions, I don't even remember rolling over and getting comfortable, I'm just out!

Lucky for me, my husband has been very supportive, he attends my LLMD appointments with me and understands every bit of what's going on. He's constantly checking in on me, to see how I'm feeling and asking if I need anything. He's so amazing, I'm very lucky. Which makes me feel worse when I can't be intimate with him. I miss him in that manner, and I'm sure it's just as bad for him.

Can't wait to get better! You ladies are in my thoughts, wishing you a speedy recovery. And again, thanks for the topic. While I feel horribly for anyone experiencing Lyme, it's definitely nice to know there are people, women especially, who can relate. *HUGS*

lol opugirl! I'm still sort of in the honeymoon stage of my marriage, this May will be 3 years. We've been together since '08, but still feels like we first started dating.

I'm glad it's starting to come back for you! How long have you been in treatment?

Oh and I feel like I worked out at the gym and my muscles feel bloody the next day after a vigorous session, but we make an effort to do it at least once a day.

Mrs. Pallas, email me if you wish, and I can recommend some supplements etc. that might help you.

Orgasms can cause headaches, and when things were really bad for me migraine-wise, it could cause a severe headache the moment it happened. Very annoying.

Then there are the aches and pains.

Maybe the more you do it, the more you'll get used to it, ha ha!!

Noone should be embarrassed to talk about sex; almost everyone does it. It's a perfectly normal part of life. I say, go girls! (If you can, ha ha)!

Margaret

After sex, or after the o? Migraine during and after o is a known phenomenon, not necessarily related to Lyme. I can't remember what my ob-gyn told me to do, but at some point, it stopped happening.

I think it's from sudden dilation of blood vessels.

Margaret

Yep, me too.

Our testosterone levels are very low if not zero. Have it tested often.

Maca is supposed to help raise testosterone levels. Or just use testosterone cream.

Once again, this is another area that having a naturalpath endocrinologist has really helped me.

Prayers for all our poor husbands!!

OMG another of those really SAD threads… One of these days it will be over!