If anything, I would say the opposite. I think women who go off antidepressants (or quit smoking or quit drinking coffee or go on low-carb diets) instinctively self-medicate to bring their serotonin level back up to the artificially high level that was experienced on the antidepressants, because their serotonin level tends to drop.

I know I'm generally a 100% physiology person, but do you have time to relax during the day or are you under pressure to work from morning to night? A woman's libido needs some relaxation time.

Marrena, it's the original poster, artlady. I'm wondering if either of the following two things may have contributed to the diet not working. 1) I had been off oral contraceptives for only about 5 weeks. I think you said in your book that their effects can linger (although earlier in life my libido was fine on the pill). 2) For about 30 days, I had been taking a high-potency phytoestrogen supplement, containing soy, among other things such as fennel, fenugreek. I had been off it for 2 weeks before starting the orgasmic diet. I read you're not a fan of soy when it comes to libido.
I saw a naturopathic hormone specialist and she tests for estrogren, progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA by saliva 11 times during a menstrual cycle to get a cyclic hormonal pattern. I'll let you know what they find. She made me fill out a lengthy assessment and speculated it might be progesterone issue. Lack of progesterone can be an issue for women, especially past age 35, and it can affect libido. If low progesterone is found, often restoring it restores libido within months without having to take testosterone. Anyways, I won't know my results for over a month, but I'll check in with you again.

Oh, say no more!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11524239

Phytoestrogens kill testosterone! Give your body some time to clear that out.

Usually women on the Pill do respond on my diet, just not as much, and they see a more pronounced improvement if they then go off the Pill. So even with the Pill you should have seen some change.

If you like, you can stay off the diet for a couple months while your hormones get back to normal after the high-potency phytoestrogen experiment, and then try it again. That's my advice.

Thank you so much for your detailed feedback! It's the women who don't respond who intrigue me the most.

Thanks for the advice Marrena. I'll update this post in about 2 months after my testing is finished. (I have to wait til my next period starts before I can begin the testing.) Best wishes.

Marrena, here's an interesting link about progesterone and libido for you or anyone interested.
http://www.hormonewell.com/sexual_health.htm