Regaining Your Sex Drive

Posted on: 10.05.2022 Posted by: Drlark Comments: 0

July 24, 2004

Aging Beautifully

Lack of sex drive affects

women of all ages, but it’s an especially big problem for women

whose hormones are out of balance or who’ve gone through menopause.

And that’s a shame, not just because sex can be

so pleasurable, but because it’s so good for you. It stimulates

a natural high from the release of opiate-like endorphins

in your brain. It burns calories, feels good, and keeps your muscles

and tissues in shape. Studies have confirmed that an active sex

life is associated with living longer and enjoying better physical

health, with a fuller sense of personal worth, potential, and well-being.

Almost everyone I know who has gone through menopause

has mentioned that they lose their sex drive, until finally they

just don’t care about sex at all.

So how do you get your desire back? Consider the

following simple remedies:

Testosterone therapy
is the single most effective way to restore your libido. However,

it requires a doctor’s prescription. I’ve found very low doses

of testosterone in pill or topical cream form to be quite helpful

for my women patients. Talk to your physician about this approach.
One effective self-care treatment is DHEA.
Sometimes called the fountain of youth hormone, DHEA

is a steroid hormone from which all our other sex hormones are

derived. By taking DHEA each night before you go to bed, you can

restore your sex drive. It does so by converting to testosterone

and estrogen in your body. What’s more, it’s available without

prescription. DHEA is better absorbed when taken with food. Take

515 mg as a beginning daily dosage and monitor the effect.

You can increase the dose by 510 mg each day, but do not

exceed 25 mg daily.
Your vaginal tissues thin as you age, which
can reduce sexual pleasure. However, vitamin E oil applied

to the vagina topically has helped some of my patients build up

vaginal tissues.
You can also use an estrogen cream to
build up your vaginal tissues. Estriol, a weaker and less toxic

form of estrogen, is very effective and will help rebuild vaginal

cells. It will also help restore clitoral and cervical sensitivity

as well as orgasmic intensity, and it will reduce bladder infections.

One-half to a full applicator delivers 1.252.5 mg of estrogen

directly to vaginal tissues. Use it daily at the beginning of

treatment, but taper off after healing has begun and you feel

more comfortable having sex. Use the lowest possible dose to treat

your symptoms.
Take 1,000 mg daily of tyrosine, an amino
acid that is converted in your brain to chemicals that help maintain

sex drive. Take with carbohydrate snack along with 2550

mg of the vitamin B-complex daily to help your liver metabolize

hormones.