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Mafioso

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Off the Pill And Sex Drive Effects..
Posted: 01-18-04 16:16pm

My g/f has been taking birth control for about 4-5 months now. As of about 2-3 weeks ago her sex drive has gone to dang near non-existant. It's actually non-existant, haha.. =\ she says she hasn't had any kind of urges whatsoever. Could it be because she isn't taking it at 8pm like she was trying to stay in the habit of doing daily.. She's been taking it any time after 8pm. She's talking about possibly going off the pill and us using other methods because it's not only making her not have urges, but it's also affecting her when it comes to being affectionate. She says that she noticed she's not as affectionate lately too. She missed friday's pill.. And took saturday's late as well.. But she said saturday night she felt urges again and was being really affectionate.. She thinks it's because of the pill, which could be true I believe, since i've read everyone seems to have similiar problems with their sex drives.

If she goes off the pill for a month, will she be able to start right back up? And will her body have to readjust to the pill? Cause when she started taking it, she was moody like none other hahah Smile


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Dr. Nikola

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Posted: 06-10-08 08:29am

There are reports that birth control pills can either increase or decrease sex drive, which probably won't depend upon the time of day when a woman takes the pill.

She can stop and start the pills again whenever she wants to, respecting the rules for beginning a new pack. The body will probably need to readjust to the pills again if the pause is too long, however.

How is your girlfriend's sex drive now?
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Mafioso

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Posted: 06-11-08 05:24am

Considering it was 4 years ago and we went through getting married and her cheating with over 8 men then us getting a divorce.. I'd say her sex drive was top notch.

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Dr. Nikola

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Posted: 06-12-08 06:33am

Sorry to hear that. It appears that sex drive depends upon factors other than birth control pills.
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