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Low Sex Drive
Low Sex Drive
Assassins In Post-
Menopausal Women
Imagine for a second if you will...it's the end of the day, you collapse
into bed, a bit tired from the busy-ness of the day, and your wife comes
out of the bathroom from brushing her teeth and such in order to join
you.
You notice she's wearing that regular "pajama outfit" she wears, which
there's absolutely nothing special about, but that you happen to think
she looks sexy in. And as she collapses alongside you and lets out an
exhausted sigh, you kiss her neck...breathe in her smell...and you get
turned on.
I wrote a previous article (which you can find here) addressing why
many wives often have a low sex drive. The gist of it was that there are
many factors that directly influence a woman's sex drive which her
husband actually has direct control over.
But, sometimes a low sex drive has deeper causes, and in situations like
that, it won't matter what you do as long as those deeper causes aren't
addressed. And that's why I wanted to write this article—to help bring
to light what some of those deeper causes can be, and what you can do
about them.
By no means are the following six "sex drive assassins" the only causes
of low sex drive in post-menopausal women. They are however the
How do you know if your wife’s low sex drive is due to low testosterone
levels she might have? By checking both free and total testosterone
levels in the serum.
As you can see from the example above this woman’s testosterone
level is obviously low at less than 3 ng/dL with a range of 3-41.
If your wife gets her testosterone levels checked and it turns out the
level is inside the reference range and simply a “low normal”, but she
still exhibits all of the symptoms of low testosterone, looking into
solutions that address a low testosterone level is still something worth
considering.
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is just a label given to the medical condition where a
person has an underactive thyroid gland. If you’re unaware of the link
between hypothyroidism and low sex drive, low sex drive is one of the
hallmark symptoms of it (and not just because low tissue levels of
thyroid hormone can lead to low testosterone levels).
How do you know if your wife’s low sex drive is due to having
hypothyroidism? By having her
You can also look into things that will help naturally increase her T3
levels such as:
Optimize her nutrient levels
Get her gut health and diet in order
Make sure reverse T3 levels are as low as possible by exercising
and not unhealthily restricting diet
Make sure her iron levels are where they need to be
Reducing stress/learning how to better manage stress
Make sure iodine levels are high enough
Vaginal Atrophy
Menopause comes with many changes to a woman’s body. One of the
more common ones is vaginal atrophy.
What does this have to do with low sex drive? Well, painful intercourse
and an increased risk of UTI's reduce a woman's overall desire for
sexual intimacy. This is more of a simple negative association. Why
would the body desire something that results in pain, right?
Insulin Resistance
Does your wife eat a lot of carbs? Has she gained or been gaining
weight over the last year or so? She might be suffering from insulin
resistance.
High insulin levels can also affect testosterone levels. It can actually
either increase or decrease testosterone based on other factors, but
most people experience a reduction in testosterone as insulin
increases.
Stress
It’s the end of the day, as much of a “catch-all” concept as stress might
seem, the facts are clear that stress and sex drive are inversely
correlated. In other words, the higher your stress, the lower your sex
drive; the lower your stress, the
higher your sex drive.
Conclusion
When it comes to dealing with issues of the female libido, it can be
quite difficult, especially if the problem exists on a level deeper than
you’re aware. The purpose of this eBook was to help you understand
what those deeper levels are so you can be aware of them and take any
of the steps necessary to remedy them.
On the same note, I would also caution anyone reading this eBook to
not make the mistake of using these factors as cover-ups or scapegoats
so you can carry on in putting forth mediocre efforts while expecting
more than mediocre results.
There is much about a woman’s sex drive that you as her partner are in
direct control over, but for those things you are not, you’re now armed
with the information you need to be able to tackle them together with
her.
Next Steps
Whether or not your woman has any of these problems, you’re going to
eventually need some help in putting your sex life back together, and if
you want you hotwife fantasy to come true, then you’re going to need
to do that in a very specific way. Why?
This is why when I work with clients, I always make sure to help them
solidify their intimacy bond with their wife, which can include helping
them increase the quality of their sex life in ways neither of them would
have thought possible. When that happens, it’s almost like a magic
switch gets flipped regarding the wife’s openness towards the hotwife
fantasy.