Experiences with

Loss of libido

Causes of a low sex drive

Some of the main causes of a low sex drive include:

Some long-term conditions can also affect your sex drive, such as heart disease, diabetes, an underactive thyroid or cancer.

  • you're worried about your low sex drive
  • you're taking a medicine or using hormonal contraception and you think it may be affecting your sex drive
  • your sex drive does not return to normal after pregnancy

Treatments for a low sex drive

Treatment for a low sex drive depends on what's causing it.

A GP can advise you about help you can get and any treatments that might improve your sex drive.

CausesMedical treatments

Common causes of a low sex drive include relationship problems, sexual problems and stress, anxiety or depression.

Treatment for a low sex drive depends on the cause. Counselling may help with relationship problems and medicines can help some sexual problems.

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Gabapentiun pregablin amitriptyline (Physical Side Long Term Side Effects On Men Only) Given For Fibromyalgia Treatment Important

Symptoms: if I may explain please 🙏🏻 Total loss of libido & s.x drive,E.D. no interest in a decade or more. Has any other male experienced these issues etc. These problems caused me the loss of my long term relationship as my partner told me I was useless & pathetic in that department.
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My 8 year update of fighting PCA to a draw.

Side effects have been typical loss of libido, hot flushes, muscle loss with some brain fog. None of these have been terrible, more aggravating than anything.
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Mortality Risk Up for Cancer Survivors With Elevated Loneliness

Especially with men on ADT with the attendant mood swings, depression, fat gain, & loss of libido, I can see how that could occur. https://www.practiceupdate.com/news/45931/2/1?
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The symptoms include; - [ ] Tiredness - [ ] Weight gain/struggle to lose it - [ ] Low mood/mood changes/easily irritable - [ ] Severe loss of libido - [ ] Headaches - [ ] Poor memory/brain fog - [ ] Muscle aches and weakness.
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Brumbris
in Thyroid UK

Eligard and loss of taste

I have been on Eligard since the end of December 2023 and finished 28 IMRT sessions for my Gleason 9 non-metastatic PC Besides the usual loss of libido, fatigue and hot flushes, I have also experienced a diminished ability to taste.
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Ray of hope / weight

I have a set of weighing scales that link to a phone app and logs your weight. I haven’t bothered with the app once the novelty wore off until today. I had my phone nearby so thought I’d give it a go. Well… … January last year I was 66.9 kgs today I was 64.4 kgs. 😎 It’s been so slow that I hadn
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Joant24
in Thyroid UK

tamoxifen question

Hi everyone, I wonder if someone can help with my question. when I was first received my under active thyroid diagnosis, I was given Levothyroxine. I did not do well on it. I put on a lot of weight and developed a lot of symptoms I never had before, I felt really ill. Due to the advice of you lovely
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Misstee2
in Thyroid UK

Help to lose weight

Hi folks I'm looking for advice on how to lose weight with hypothyroidism. I'm currently about 6 and a half stone over weight . I do alot of walking at least 10000 steps a day . My downfall is that I snack on alot of junk food, I do know about healthy eating as I did weight watchers before and lost a
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Constipation trouble again!

Ok been on here many times before ( slow transit bowel etc etc) had several impactions over three years. Anyway things have started backing up again so have resorted to laxido again BUT after passing good motions have terrible pressure in my bowel and feel something there I cannot pass on a massive scale
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Shopnow1
in IBS Network

soft very sticky stool

I have started to have very soft but very sticky stools which are hard to pass I have 2 laxido per day and eat a lot of soluble fibre in the form of fruit and vegetables It is terribly hard to pass these stools and they seem to block up my rectum Anyone experienced this and anyone know how to manage
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Laxido Diarrhea help

I have been taking 2 sachets of Laxido for 5 days now and I think the hard stool blockage has cleared. This morning I woke up with lots and I mean LOTS of Diarrhea - very soupy consistency. When my dr prescribed me this, he did say I would need to be close to a toilet! … I am now unsure about my next
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steve

hi my first post, I suffer from what I suspect in pelvic floor pain due to IBS following bowel surgery Great difficulty with BM which result in staring and make the problem worse, trying to get help but as a male this incredibly difficult as NHS only seems to treat women Have to take laxido and I am
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2 year old constipation

Hi, my daughter has always suffered with bouts of constpation since she was a few months old. We used to give her lactulose for a few days to get things moving and would usually go every other day. She has just turned 2 and over 2 months ago she strarted sitting down on the floor and it looked like
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Ciara670
in ERIC

Linaclotide

I’ve just been prescribed the above for my symptoms which are constipation (probably slow transit or lack of peristalsis), excess gas, nausea (in the morning due to build up,of gas I think), bloating and trapped wind. She told me I had IBS C and I take a laxido every second day and use Peristeen plu
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Profound15
in IBS Network

Prednisolone and constipation

Refer to my original post. I am taking Laxido not Lovicol.
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811Yoga
in PMRGCAuk

Life after leuprolide

I had varying degrees of the side effects: fatigue, brain fog, depression, muscle and penile atrophy, joint and muscle aches and pains, loss of strength, loss of libido, lack of concentration, lack of motivation/ drive, etc.
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On treating micro-metastatic disease

, loss of libido, etc.
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Bowel obstruction.

HGSOC stage 3C. Debulking surgery September 2023 followed by 6 platinum based chemotherapy sessions. Negative for BrCa 1/2 and HRD. Started on maintenance tablet Niraparib in March 2024 and now in December 2024 have had three 3 monthly CT clear scans and a consistently low Ca125 value of 8. Over
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MrsCoole
in My Ovacome

Laxido

I have slow transit bowel and think I may have backed up bowels again. However I am back on the Laxido again which has worked quickly on low doses and doing good amounts but in a lot of pain but more distressingly endless wipe after going which is effecting me going out. Has anybody experienced this
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Shopnow1
in IBS Network

Awaiting PET Scan

Update had to email Rheumatologist for review per his instructions I’m of pred awaiting my PET Scan this will allow them to see where the inflammation is coming from and if I indeed do have PMR after 6.5 years being tested for it ! I have 4-6 week wait but I’m in sheer agony Neck , breastbone , ribs
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CSMM
in PMRGCAuk
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