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Why do people who have computers never use them for things like this?:
Admittedly, there are far more options for men seeking to rediscover their libido than there are for women trying to find theirs. In fact, despite rumors — and even some early clinical evidence — that Viagra can encourage both genders to jump in the van and head for the all-night love fest, studies show it had disappointing results in women.
That said, the picture is not as grim as one might think. Experts WebMD consulted suggest talking to your doctor about the following:
A blood test for low thyroid function and iron deficiency anemia, two common disorders that can affect sex drive.
There are also other physical factors:
Stop ovulating, says Goldstein, and you automatically lose that regularly scheduled boost in your sex drive that has been present since puberty — and you're probably going to notice.
"There's nothing wrong with you; it's just the way nature works," says Goldstein.
Moreover, around menopause, when there is also less estrogen circulating in your body, that too can bring your sex drive down for the count.
I hope she takes B12 in the morning, not before bed. It's a natural "upper." I get terrible insomnia if I take multivitamins at night or even in the late afternoon.
I can see a link between being very tired and having no sex drive. I used to be borderline anemic, though, and I never had that problem. What would the diagnosis have to do with it anyway? I mean, you said that she's lost interest ever since her diagnosis. Surely her anemic symptoms were there before the diagnosis.
It's possible that her sex drive was lower prior to diagnosis, but she just didn't put 2 and 2 together. Also, sometimes when people diagnosed with something, they get depressed and worried about it and it may affect their sex drive. Sometimes, people don't start to feel any symptoms until after they are diagnosed. When one gets a diagnosis of anemia, suddenly they start feeling all of the symptoms that prior to that they didn't notice or feel, simply because it increases the awareness.
If the woman in question is anemic because she has her period very badly do you think she should WANT sex?
Any woman going through perimenopause or menopause with bad bleeding issues will not want to have sex. (a leading cause of anemia is heavy periods in women).
You're lucky you can walk around, carry packages, deal with family, and function without fainting.
I'm not saying this is HER problem but it is quite common in women and NO you don't want hot sex you want to just go to sleep and rest.
When I was much younger I got an odd flu for 3 days - real odd and when I recovered from it I started noticing spots on my legs which I thought was razor burn and began to get excessively tired and could hardly stay awake to drive. This all happened extremely fast. The blood spots started to appear on my gums and eye balls and they did a test for leukemia - my blood wasn't clotting and I was anemic on top of it. I wasn't allowed to leave the house for weeks because if I'd gotten in a car accident I would have bled to death. Never found out what it was or what caused it and it never happened again. So the symptoms to diaganosis concept of it being an excuse doesn't play in my book.
I also found myself usually exhausted and not one to ever take naps I couldn't stay awake and I remember my significant other standing over the bed just b####hing at me about it. Weeks went by it progressively got worse and then bam I was in the hospital - the culprit was a major infection of blood poisoning caused by a kidney stone. The surgeon said he couldn't believe as bad and infected as I was that I actually felt no pain except for the tiredness. So, people can endure a lot some times over longer periods of time.
When your health is bad, it all goes down hill. If she has been anemic for that long she should get her heart checked out too. That can damage the muscle. If she got this way from eating poorly and its not her system's naturally tendency that can also affect sex drive. (not being nourished) Then the low energy can lead into mild depression which does affect sex drive a lot too.
I've had severe iron deficiency anemia for years. While it does affect my energy, it's never affected my libido. Interestingly, one of the things that's prescribed to treat iron deficiency anemia (hormonal birth control to lighten periods and reduce blood loss), definitely CAN affect libido, though. So although the anemia itself may not affect sex drive, one of the common treatments for it sure can.
Why do people who have computers never use them for things like this?:
Admittedly, there are far more options for men seeking to rediscover their libido than there are for women trying to find theirs. In fact, despite rumors — and even some early clinical evidence — that Viagra can encourage both genders to jump in the van and head for the all-night love fest, studies show it had disappointing results in women.
That said, the picture is not as grim as one might think. Experts WebMD consulted suggest talking to your doctor about the following:
A blood test for low thyroid function and iron deficiency anemia, two common disorders that can affect sex drive.
There are also other physical factors:
Stop ovulating, says Goldstein, and you automatically lose that regularly scheduled boost in your sex drive that has been present since puberty — and you're probably going to notice.
"There's nothing wrong with you; it's just the way nature works," says Goldstein.
Moreover, around menopause, when there is also less estrogen circulating in your body, that too can bring your sex drive down for the count.
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Originally Posted by TabulaRasa
I've had severe iron deficiency anemia for years. While it does affect my energy, it's never affected my libido. Interestingly, one of the things that's prescribed to treat iron deficiency anemia (hormonal birth control to lighten periods and reduce blood loss), definitely CAN affect libido, though. So although the anemia itself may not affect sex drive, one of the common treatments for it sure can.
All this info is addressed on various sites on anemia if you type it in your browser. Here's one site/article that discusses the above and a number of other issues and methods people have been prescribed or used for this problem.
A Woman's Guide to Reviving Sex Drive - Goodhousekeeping.com (http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/marriage-sex/revive-sex-drive-0606 - broken link)
My friend told me, his wifes sex drive has dropped dramamtically, sicne she was diagnosed with anemia, he sts shes always tired, can anemia affect sex drive?
That's a no-brainer - OF COURSE
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My friend told me, his wifes sex drive has dropped dramamtically, sicne she was diagnosed with anemia, he sts shes always tired, can anemia affect sex drive?
