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vaginapagina2007-05-04 08:13 am
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quitting the pill, lack of sex drive
hello all! i looked through the memories a bit but i guess i'm hoping for more of a specific answer.
i've been on ortho tri-cyclen lo for almost exactly a year to the day. it's been good so far for the most part. i definitely became more emotional but the biggest problem is that i have no interest in sex anymore. i mean mentally i'll kind of want it, but i just don't get horny anymore! at all! i used to be a freakin horn dog so this has been very upsetting. and it's not only a mental thing. i feel like physically i'm not even responding anymore. i can have an orgasm if my bf really works at it but...it's completely different from how i used to be. yeah, it really really sucks. i guess i have a few questions
i'll be going back home overseas for a little over a month and i'm thinking about quitting the pill for this period of time just to see how i feel. then when i get back to the states i might want to start it again. so first off, how does one quit the pill? do i just stop taking it or should i wait until my placebo week?
and is this in any way bad for me? to stop it and then start it again only a month later? am i just going to be throwing my body completely out of wack?
and in terms of birth control, would anyone be willing to tell me their experiences with any other brands of pills? basically is anyone on a pill that hasn't killed their sex drive? i'm open to suggestions haha. i have to admit, i'm kind of squeamish and for some reason the idea of an iud or nuvaring don't really appeal to me. and i know everyone responds to things differently but i've had too many friends go through extreme side effects with the shot and yasmin. thanks everyone!
i've been on ortho tri-cyclen lo for almost exactly a year to the day. it's been good so far for the most part. i definitely became more emotional but the biggest problem is that i have no interest in sex anymore. i mean mentally i'll kind of want it, but i just don't get horny anymore! at all! i used to be a freakin horn dog so this has been very upsetting. and it's not only a mental thing. i feel like physically i'm not even responding anymore. i can have an orgasm if my bf really works at it but...it's completely different from how i used to be. yeah, it really really sucks. i guess i have a few questions
i'll be going back home overseas for a little over a month and i'm thinking about quitting the pill for this period of time just to see how i feel. then when i get back to the states i might want to start it again. so first off, how does one quit the pill? do i just stop taking it or should i wait until my placebo week?
and is this in any way bad for me? to stop it and then start it again only a month later? am i just going to be throwing my body completely out of wack?
and in terms of birth control, would anyone be willing to tell me their experiences with any other brands of pills? basically is anyone on a pill that hasn't killed their sex drive? i'm open to suggestions haha. i have to admit, i'm kind of squeamish and for some reason the idea of an iud or nuvaring don't really appeal to me. and i know everyone responds to things differently but i've had too many friends go through extreme side effects with the shot and yasmin. thanks everyone!
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So, no, you guys aren't the only ones!