Dealing with low Libido

There was a time when you couldn’t keep your hands off each other, but now you freeze even if your partner moves towards you. After giving birth there is a general tendency of woman’s libido to go down.

Female libido is more complex than male libido. While male sexual dysfunction can be treated with a variety of drugs, females suffering from low libido need to get at the root cause of the problem before they get them selves treated by a doctor. Now the obvious question that comes up is why did your libido vanish? One needs to go to the root of the problem. Low libido can be a cause for many things- it can be purely physical, it can be an emotional problem that you are trying to hide or it may be a psychological problem.

Size does matter and it matters to a lot of extent in case of libido too. Extremely obese women or severely underweight women suffer from deficiency in sex hormones which leads to low libido. Pretty unavoidable though, but in this fast moving modern world that we live in tiredness can cause low libido.

Chronic health ailments can be another cause for low libido. Chronic ailments include diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, kidney diseases, coronary artery disease are the cause for low libido. Oral contraceptives decrease the libido of a person. Medication for blood pressure, chemotherapy and even birth control pills can lead to low libido.

Hormonal changes causes low libido. Changes in hormonal levels happen during periods, during pregnancy and post delivery. When a woman reaches her thirties and especially when she reaches her forties there is a natural decline in estrogen level which leads to dryness of the vagina and loss of elasticity which causes pain during intercourse.

Poor body image which leads to low self esteem and ultimately fall of libido. We live in a society where we are forced to look good and if we don’t love our selves the way we look we feel low. Depression sets in which leads to a loss of libido. Stress and anxiety are the other causes of low libido. Lesbianism, a case of sexual abuse or rape in the past, relationship issue like not being comfortable with your partner can be cause of low sex drive. If relationship issues are driving you crazy it is time to visit a sex therapist along with your partner. Marriage counseling or couple therapy can also be of great help.