I'm being "tested" for PCOS by my Ob/Gyn soon. I've read that PCOS causes lack of sex drive, but I'm wondering about loss of sensation as well. Has anyone else w/PCOS experienced this? I have a total loss of overall sensation in my vaginal area. Sex drive is long gone, but I've lost the ability to orgasm as well. My other doctor has no answer for me, and I've posted on various sex related msg. boards, all to no avail. I'm only 30 years old for pete's sake, I don't want to spend the rest of my life sexless. Any advice, suggestions or stories of your own are thanked in advance.

blackbird

Thank you so much for replying. I've been tested for the hormones and my testostrone and DHEA were really high. ARGH!, I go in for an ultrasound as soon as my next cycle starts. Luckily, I have a really good OB/GYN who actually listens to me.

That's weird. I have heard of a loss of sex drive, but everyone that i have talked to that has PCOS has never had the loss of sex drive, instead they had an increased sex drive.

That's me. Poor hubby. We're opposites when it comes to that. *I* am always the one chasing him around the house... hahahaha!!!

Noodles: Maybe he likes playing hard to get, lol!

I think PCOS can go almost any which way. I know I have my hyper-randy moments, and other times in my cycle where IT doesn't even cross my mind all day. It's true high testosterone can make you *ahem* restless, but too much of any one hormone can also make you feel sort of ill and queasy, even numb or sore down there.

I've felt a lot better on my med, Spironolactone, which is a testosterone blocker (I take it mainly for hair loss). It's brought my hair back, and improved my skin and nails, so overall I look better and that makes me feel sexier.

What I'd really like to know is why I feel much more randy around the TOTM-- that just mystifies me.

It was the orgasm issue that sent me to the doc. in the first place. If PCOS is not the cause of my problems, that's depressing, cause I don't know what is.
Oh, they called and I do have PCOS btw... I'm taking Progesterone in between cycles, and I have to go back in for a check-up in a couple of months.
BLAH!

Blackbird, I hope you get it worked out soon! I have had problems to both extremes as well. I was told by my doctor to exercise on a regular basis to increase sex drive.

Are you taking any other medications? Anti depressants can cause desensitization.

I Have PCOS that was misdiagnosed for 12 years. During this time I had little if no sex drive and a big loss in sensation that got worse as the years went on. I was only diagnosed within the past year (by a very good infertility staff at a military hospital). The doctor prescribed me progesterone and around the second month of taking it my sex drive was out the roof (my husband loved this) and I had a little increase in sensation. As I keep taking the progesterone the sensation problem keeps getting better as does my sexual drive

Thanks for sharing that! Maybe we should have a sex drive thread (well this is one, but you can't tell from the title of the thread) to help those that need it. I'm a firm believer in a strong sex drive! It cures what ailes ya, as we say in the south!

I'm on Abilify as well, though I'm not sure if that causes desensitization. I should check into that!