Well, I have not had time to schedule a check up appt. I've been swamped in school paper, finals, presentations and Christmas shopping. I probably will call after the holidays.
Anyway, I'm having, again, super light spotting. Slight cramps too, but only for about 10 seconds, as opposed to 1 or 2 hours as I would normally. I try to think back when I wasn't on bc and the first day of my period would send me on a warpath. You did NOT want to cross me on that day. Lol.
Secondly, I'm starting to think maybe my sex drive is diminishing.Granted, no boyfriend, no crushes. Nothing. Can I get anyone's opinion on this? When you don't have a crush or a guy in mind, does sex just seem not worth the effort? OR when you ended a long term relationship? Does it mess you up in the that regard? Looking for any kind of advice/reassurance! I'm hoping this slump is circumstantial.
Anyway, my hair still seems fine. I'm finally losing weight, although I pigged out yesterday. I'm afraid to weight myself now!
I think that is all for now. If anyone has some feedback, please post. In need of advice. Bc is not worth compromising my sex drive!
My experience yes any type of hormonal birth control kills the drive. that is the price you pay for birth control. Even with the depo shot, it has also killed my drive just as much as the pill. Sorry to have to tell you that. I have heard of some (very few) it not affecting the drive, but for most it does. The hormone in the pill, shot or Implanon neutralizes the testosterone in your body which is the hormone that give us the sex drive. when you go off of it, the drive comes back. I know I have been on and off the pill for 12 years, it comes back with a vengeance when I'am off the pill. Unfortunately nothing you can do about it except go off hormonal birth control.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was on Microgestrin, I never had a problem with a lowered sex drive, but on yazmin I did. So, I dunno, it's hard to tell at this point.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, it depends on what type of birth control you're on and the amount of hormones in each kind. I've been on 3 different birth controls and it's been different with each one. The first one, Lo/ovral, didn't effect my sex drive at all. I loved that bc until I started spotting. The second, Desogen, was horrible. No sex drive what-so-ever. Now I'm on NuvaRing, and while my sex drive isn't nearly as high as it was while I was on Lo/ovral, it's deffinetely an improvement from Desogen.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as you were saying, you don't have a love interest at the moment, so that may have somthing to do with it. Also, you're in school and stress may have something to do with it too. It's kind of hard to tell because there are so many determining factors.