Decreased sex drive

LegacyUser

Long time user going unregged. Background, both in our thirties, both lots of previous experiences and adventerous sexually. Sex has always been a big part of my life and likewise hers, until recently.
Her sex drive has died. She has gone from extremly interested to pretty much no interest, including mastrubation.
Otherwise were very happy together, great jobs, home, social life all that. She is stunning, in great shape as i am so its not a body issue. Very close, she tells me im her soul mate and that she feels like she has known me all her life. Have talked about it, not excessively and she says that she is at a loss as to why she has lost interest.
She went through a period of reaccurring cistitis last year which is possibly a factor but more likely in my opinion is the fact this is the first time she has ever been on the pill.
Anyone have any thoughts or agree with my pill theory.

Salome

Could well be related to the pill - it may take a few tries of different brands to find the brand that suits. Loss of libido in a woman can be linked to a few possibilities too - depression, stress or a lack of testosterone causing an imbalance. I'd suggest, if it continues, that your OH visits her GP or family planning clinic to discuss other options.

ebmma

I'd blame the pill.

Your story sounds exactly like what happened to me.
I felt pretty bad about losing interest, coz I love my husband to bits and find him attractive, but my sex drive just went non-existent.

It took a while to figure out what was causing it.
Apparently pill affects 20-25% of people this way.

I stopped the pill and my sex drive recovered (yay!!).

It'll take a little while for natural balance of hormones to settle again, so I won't expect immediate results if your gf decides to try to quit the pill.

LegacyUser

Yep - the pill killed it, it came back when I stopped taking it.