I don't know if you remember me. I wrote you the end of March. I had just purchased your book from Amazon and had my first ray of non prescription drug hope of curing the sexual problems associated with menopause. I'll be 58 this year and for the past 10 years have had zero sex drive. When I would consent to sex with my husband (which was few and far between) we had to use artificial lubricants which I absolutely hated. My doctor repeatedly told me only HRT could give me any relief and that would be minimal. Things had gotten so bad I had asked my husband to move out.

After speed reading your book the first time, I ordered the Minami Mor EPA and Mor DHA via the internet. I figured if I was going to do this, I’d use what you suggested was the best. I started out slow (like you suggested) with only one dose for the first week. The second week I doubled the dose. Third week I began taking three doses (about 1932 EPA and 1605 DHA; I weigh 140 lbs). I started feeling a little desire after the second week. After adding the two ounces of dark chocolate and the zinc along with upping the dosage in the third week, I felt desire like crazy. I have my natural lubrication back which is huge for me. My husband is moving back in tonight and for the past week, we have been like little bunnies in heat. Needless to say, he is a very happy man.

Your book is now dog eared and book marked it's been read so many times. I've now started on the food part and feel so much more energy. My next project will be the exercises to increase the intensity of my orgasms. Listen to me…. Increase my orgasms. I thought I’d never have another one in my life! Thank you……thank you…. Thank you….

You are so wonderful to have taken the time to share this with us.

My pleasure. I am very happy for you! Let me know how you progress.

I am going to ask for something in return, though, more than just buying my book. My publicity is pretty much done now. I have an interview with HBO this summer, but that's it, really. I need you to tell people about my book. It's great that you posted here, it will encourage women to try my diet, but also post other places. Tell your friends about it and have your husband tell his friends. I know it's a lot to ask; it's hard for women to talk among themselves about sex. But I need all the help I can get--it's me up against thousands of doctors just like your doctor. I can't do it by myself. I've gone as far as I can. I need the women who have been helped by my diet to tell other women, so all of us learn that we have this power to own our sexuality.

I just posted a review on Amazon.com under "Sally." I'll tell everyone who will listen. I think my husband wants you to run for President!

I really appreciate it, thank you!

Hi there,

I'm new to the board and just wanted to say THANK YOU to Marrena for putting this out there for women everywhere!!!

I'm sure it is hard to push up against pharma companies and the doctors they so readily court, but keep on truckin! I have told at LEAST 7-10 people about my experiences with the Orgasmic Diet and just actually posted about it on a big wedding website www.indiebride.com where tons of people will no doubt come across it. And hopefully this will make you feel better, out of the 10 friends I have talked to, at least half HAD heard of your book as they had read an article somewhere, so there IS recognition and it's only a matter of time.

I sure hope so!

Now you've got me curious. Can you post a new thread here with your results?

Oh, I found your posts on that site. Thank you!

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I'm glad you found the posts I wrote...it was under a post "where did my cramps go" and my posting name there is filly...I'm assuming you know this but JUST in case someone else posted too about the diet!

Yes I have definitely had positive results from the diet and I haven't even done it to the letter. I am still waiting to order the gyneflex when hubby gets paid next (I'm a super poor grad student currently!) but I try to do kegels here and there.
I had my first vaginal orgasm in I don't know HOW long this past Sunday with hubby and it was incredible! Way more intense than anything I can recently remember and it lasted a long time for me and I ended up hysterically laughing it was such a RELEASE!

Beyond that, I'm not having as many erotic dreams as I was the 1st month I was on it...is there a taper off response? Now I might have like 2-3 a month but at the beginning I was having 2-4 a week! I was enjoying those...even Brad Pitt made an appearance, haha!

I still have to get the Carlson's Super DHA...I currently take more EPA than DHA and am thinking that once I get the extra DHA maybe I'll feel more like I did at hte beginning of the diet.

Anyhow, keep up the great work...women need to hear this message! There are just too many women being chemically castrated in our culture and it is fixable. It actually angers me that doctors are so quick to label women dysfunctional or tell them they have marriage problems because they don't have a raging libido. I have an extremely supportive, loving, hot hubby and I still need some help!

Thank you so much for your feedback. It really does help me keep going with this.

Generally women improve over time--I generally have a wet dream once a week or so (hello, Stephen Colbert!) and I've been on the diet for nine years.

I’ve been thinking about publicity and wonder why your book does not “pop up” when I do a google search on menopause or even sex therapy. There are all kinds of links to alternative medicines. I googled menopause looking for a “cure” for the symptoms the main one being loss of libido. I didn’t find your book until I searched on sex therapy and found the hisandherhealth.com websiste. You had a post there.

Also, do you take ads in any publications? I know your diet works for women of all ages but loss of libido is particularly a problem with menopause. There are numerous publications that target people 50+ and their health issues.

I don't have money. I'm not selling a product. There are lots of people who are selling products, including the deep pockets of pharmaceutical companies. They have the money to pay for ads and search engine hits.

I support myself and my children with my programming job. Aside from the advance they paid when I was writing the book, I'm not really making money on the book, maybe a dollar a book sold. First-time authors don't make money on book deals, and it's not like there's a movie in the works!

That's why I need women to tell other women about it, because I don't have a marketing budget. This messageboard is it--I set it up myself and pay for it each month.

If I did make money on the book, I would save it up to pay for my study. I've got a study set up to go at Columbia University and an offer to publish in a peer-reviewed journal. I want to prove my science is right.