Hi Marrena

I thought the diet was starting to work last weekend when I got very horny - so horny in fact, that I had to take the morning after pill on the Monday. Anyway, this week I've had no libido I'm guessing the high dose of hormones in the pill is to blame, what do you think? And how long is it likely to last? Another factor might be that I started the South Beach Diet on Monday and cut out all carbs except for vegetables (not potatoes, parnips etc though) and beans/pulses. Might this also affect my libido?

Thanks!

The South Beach Diet will help your libido. It's compatible with my diet.

I'm sure it's the morning after pill. I have no idea how long the hormonal effects of that last.

Thanks for the quick reply Marrena. I guess I'll just have to wait and hope it goes away soon. I did have an orgasm during sex this week (just didn't feel like doing it but I did anyway), which is the first for a while, so maybe not all is lost...

I've been feeling really miserable this week, and not wanted sex at all I tried to put it down to the morning after pill and PMT, and this was confirmed when I got my period today (a few days early). But I've been feeling awful, like I wanted to break up with my partner, and wondering if my lack of libido is more to do with the relationship than my diet and hormones.

I felt like this before Xmas, just after I came off the pill and a few days before my period. In fact, I nearly did break up with him. But then I got my period and everything was fine again.

We have a good relationship and I find him attractive. I hate it when my hormones make me feel like this - deep down I know it will pass (it always does) but at the time, it feels like the end of the world.

I'm just praying the fish oil works long term. I can't bear the thought of spending my life not wanting sex - ultimately I know it will break us up if it's not resolved.

I'm the wrong person to ask about all this. Sad but true, I discovered my diet in an attempt to make my libido so high that I would be able to tolerate having sex in a very bad relationship. So a high libido can make things easier if the man is the right man, but more complicated if the man is the wrong man.

The frustrating things is, most of the time I think he is the right man. But when my hormones go mad I think all sorts of horrible things.

Anyway, I'm feeling better today. We talked more last night and had a nice time out today, so we're pretty close at the moment.

IndigoElectron, I know how you feel. My hormones are outrageous before my period. However, I do believe that this diet, consistently and without interruption (your morning after pill), will be what women like us really need to feel 'even' throughout the month. As Marrena just told me, hormonal fluctuations are normal, we just seem to fluctuate off the charts right now. I hope keeping up the diet works for you, me, and our very tolerant significant others!