Low libido in young women may be due to stress, antidepressants and birth contol pills: research
A great sex life eludes millions of young women despite the fact that they’re at the height of their fertility - and even though they may be in love.
In fact, research by the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health found that many young women had distress piled on top of the guilt about their lagging sex lives. And a 2008 study in Obstetrics and Gynecology magazine of 31,000 women age 18 and above found that in the 18 to 44 age group, one in 10 reported low libido, or hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD).
While stress, depression and dysfunctional relationships are thought to contribute to decreased sex drive, it’s often antidepressants or birth control pills that are to blame.
The disorder is marked not just by lack of sexual desire but by accompanying distress.
"I think a lot of women are distressed out there and feel bad and think something is wrong with them," Dr. Carolyn Nemec, woman’s health specialist in the department of family medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, told ABCNews.com. "The younger patients hear so much about menopause and a lot of these women - aged 18 to 30 - don’t feel they have a voice. We need to focus on them."
Close to 40% of women diagnosed with HSDD also say they’re depressed, according to Nemec. And for women who are on certain antidepressants, up to half may report decreased sexual desire.
source: nydailynews
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