Loss of libido down to implant

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I am 33 female and I use to have the highest sex drive , just to give you an insight it was like I was insatiable at times ... I would think about sex non stop and it was a big part of my life

3 years ago I decided to give the Nexaplanon implant a try , I had terrible side effects (no sex drive for the first time ) and also acne , I literally took it out after 10 days !

My sex drive never returned after that and for 3 years I have had no feeling hardly down there

If I do have an orgasm it is so mild you can barely feel it where as before it was explosive and came in waves :(

I know it has something to do with that damn implant , I really miss my old feelings :(

Everyone who looses their sex drive on the nexaplannon seems to regain it back as soon as they remove it

Mine never returned and it's been almost 4 years !

The progesterone 100% cancelled out my estrogen and I believe that is why I am the way I am today

Why did it never return to normal?

I would never have taken it had I known this would happen

If any one has been through something similar and got their sex drive back I would love to hear it

Or any tips , I just want my old sexy self back , it has dipped my confidence and I no longer feel sexy

Thank you

Bloodyhell that's awful. You need to get bloodtests but you might have to pay for a private sexual heath specialist to analyse them as GPs aren't always educated on this. You need estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and SHBG blood tests. I'd be concerned that some of the implant was still in you.

Sorry I failed to mention I have had a child since then so the implant I would say is definitely gone? But thank you for the suggestion of talking to someone other then GP , I just didn't know who the name of who I would talk to so I will look into this , thank you

I would think becoming a mother has had far more effect on you libido and orgasms than a residual effect from the implant. It commonly happens- read the board its normally full of similar experiences

No definitely not , this problem occurred way before I was even pregnant .

It could be a gynaecologist, but a gynaecologist who has an interest in sexual health. They don't all do. I'd also test your thyroid to make sure those hormones didn't mess that up.

I have just seen this now !! So I got my blood tests back and the doctor said all normal ... but I know something has changed with in me as I have no desire at all . So I requested my bloods from a couple of years ago and when I compare my TSH level it's 1.9 now compared to 0.92 a few years ago . I understand it can probably go higher due to age but do you think this could be a factor ? I just want to get to the root of the problem now

You’re getting older so things are going to calm down a lot even separate from anything relating to the implant. It’s like how in your twenties you can go out every weekend and get totally hammered but in your thirties start staying in, you need to embrace it a bit and then it will naturally come back at a lower more mature level. You can’t expect to be horny all your life.

I understand what you are saying how ever I'm not 60 I'm only 33 and I've gone from having a healthy normal sex drive to absolutely 0 , i cant see it declining normally like that