[NSFW] Did you?..or do you?..or will you, mourn the lost of your libido?

I lost mine while taking Lexapro. Funny thing, I didn’t realize it was gone until I came back!

I have such a high want for sex that having it lower to in the normal range for a woman would be good, maybe I wouldn’t make men free bad when they can’t keep up.

If it were gone all together I would mourn it terribly but if it only decreased to normal range I think it would be a good thing.

Goodness I hope I won’t have to. Like @creative1 I could live with a bit of a drop off, but not a serious loss. Guess I would have to if it happened though.

I think I might die a little on the inside on the day I lose my libido.

Yes. I hated that aspect while I was taking Zoloft. I really missed it.

When I was a young adult I played one on one with my kids. They could not keep up. I had to try to lose. By the time they were eighteen and twenty, they tried to lose so I would not feel bad. I used to be able to run five miles carrying a load. Now, my knees hurt so bad I have given up running as exercise. Once I could see without vision correction. Now, I can’t read or watch a football game without glasses or contacts. Once I could screw all night long. Now I need a little rest.
So what. Nothing lasts forever.
The problem is imagining that it will.

I suppose us human beings always mourn for losing something we hold dear, or like.
It’s just a matter of whether we are able to steady ourselves or adapt ourselves after it’s loss.
Some people are more good at it than others and probably won’t mourn as much, whilst others will feel it’s absence constantly.
I’m young so I don’t know yet, but yes. I think when that time of life eventually comes, I will be dissapointed at losing my libido.

But life goes on.

All my libido’s done for me is give me some interesting stories, make a few moments awkward, and possibly saved me from boredom a few times, so no, probably not.

I will weep! WEEP!

I think I’ll no longer be sexually attractive before that happens…being old and fat and wrinkly… Now that will be sad!

@lemming It’s sort of funny but old and fat and wrinkly people can still be sexually attractive to…other old and fat and wrinkly people. And still enjoy their healthy libidos.

Ya @janbb that’s probably a bit mean to old fat wrinkly people…I can’t ever imagine me wanting to sleep with an old fat wrinkly person though so I’d assume the feeling will be mutual…maybe I’ll be wrong, hopefully I’ll live to find out:)

Mine went away and now I don’t give a fuck.

@lemming your libido doesn’t have anything to do with your looks.

Uh, Viagra.

Yes, I would miss it. Especially because it was only fairly recently that I began to enjoy it.

Yes, I would definitely miss it.

Honestly, when mine went away due to birth control at one point, I didn’t even notice until it was pointed out to me. So I didn’t really mourn it since I didn’t even realize it was gone. Once it was pointed out to me, I did what I needed to do to get it back.

I know @AmWiser, I said that I think I will no longer be sexually attractive before my libido gives in…so it won’t matter anyway. See?

Mine is mostly gone from pain and medication and I’m okay with it. Wouldn’t say no to some testing, though!!

I noticed it almost immediately when I took Zoloft for a little while. The dosage was 50mg but still… I felt like a dead frog. Because I felt better in all other areas and had no steady partner then it was fine with me.

It would definitley be a problem now to have no libido. I’m now in my early 40’s and feel I am finally enjoying my life as I have always wanted and great sex is now mine to indulge in. I’d be very very angry if my libido disappeared just now. I now understand why men my age freak out and turn to Viagra, Cialis and a whole horde of other stuff- they probably feel they’re at the top of their game and a retreating libido or performance is like death come too early.

I’ve still got mine. I once read a Chinese poet’s description of a dream he had of a time when the oceans had dried up. The poet described the God of the Sea who had been left hopelessly stranded on dry land and it struck me that the sadness of the dream was the sadness of a man who had lost his libido.

Mine has been gone since I got pregnant. I don’t miss it myself, but I feel really sorry for my husband. He’s understanding, but I wish I could get in the mood more often because he’d like it. As for me, I can read books and not think of sex and it doesn’t bother me.