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Peri high sex drive - how long did yours last?

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KPPlumbing · 18/06/2025 20:30

Following from the recent thread asking when your perimenopause symptoms started and when they hit their peak...

For the last year or so, I've been driven crazy with an insanely high libido. I'm 41.

Don't get me wrong, it's a lot of fun, but I'm genuinely concerned I'm going to either lose my job or get arrested at this point!

For others who experienced this when you either hit peri or hit your early 40s, how long did it last? Or did it never end, and if so, how old are you now?

I kind of want it to last forever, but would also like a break from feeling quite so insatiably horny! 🫠

OP posts:
KPPlumbing · 18/06/2025 20:54

ringoutsolsticebells · 18/06/2025 20:43

A good four to five years

Did it go back to 'normal' after (like it was in your 30s) or did it drop off a cliff?

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Plantladylover · 18/06/2025 20:50

god I'm so envious. I had a ridiculously high sex drive from 15-35. I thought it was normal, that everyone was like that.

I went through menopause at 38 and have had no libido since. Now I understand how some women do feel when they are just not interested in sex. never understood it before.

My advice if enjoy it. I'm bloody envious 😀

rainbowsandraspberrygin · 18/06/2025 20:47

Why would you get arrested??

ringoutsolsticebells · 18/06/2025 20:43

A good four to five years