In a society saturated with sexual imagery, it seems strange that some people have no desire for sex. But it is a startlingly common problem. Millions of people suffer from low sex drive - about 25 percent of all Americans, by one estimate, or one third of all women. Sex researchers and therapists now recognize it as the most common problem in a woman's sex life.
What is Low Female Sex Drive?
Low female sex drive means there is a persistent lack of desire or absence of sexual fantasies. In other words, you're rarely in the mood and you neither initiate sex nor seek stimulation.
If one partner don't have interest in sex despite the other partners best efforts, it's easy to become perplexed. And without guidance, the couple may characterize the low female sex drive problem in ways that can destroy their relationship.
Causes of low female sex drive
The causes of low female sex drive can be devided in psychological and physical. In fact, the causes of low female sex drive can be unique for every single woman and may be one or a combination of both. With the right practitioner, the causes can be easily identified and successfully treated.
Psychological causes
Relationship conflicts or life style factors often influence the sex drive. Also communication problems, anger, a lack of trust, a lack of connection and a lack of intimacy can all adversely  affect a woman's sexual response and interest. Additive, daily stressors, like financial concerns, demanding jobs or busy parenting schedules can be the causes for female low sex drive.
Physical causes
Drugs, such as antihypertensives, antidepressants and birth control pills, interfere with sex drive, arousal and orgasm by quashing the libido by flooding the bloodstream with serotonin, a chemical that signals satiety.
Low testosterone levels. Normally associated with brawny, deep-voiced men, testosterone is a hormone with a definite masculine identity. But women also make small amounts of it in their ovaries, and it plays an important role in their sexual lives. Without a healthy level of testosterone in the blood, some researchers believe, women are unable to properly respond to sexual stimuli.
Menopause and some surgical procedures, such as removal of the ovaries, can also reduce sexual function by declining the hormones estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
Treatment for female low sex drive
The most important thing to get the right treatment for low female sex drive is to find out whether your problem is psychological or physical. Different causes need different low female sex drive treatments.
If your low female sex drive is caused by psychological factors, the number one treatment option is probably a counsel and therapy (marital or sex therapy) with your partner. But, before you go to a therapist, you can try to solve the problems on your own by talking about it with your partner. Sometimes, however, spending romantic time with your partner, having sexual thoughts or seeing stimulating images can lead to arousal and the return of a healthy sex drive.
If you suffer from low female sex drive caused by physical problems, the reason for all is hormonal imbalance. As pharmaceutical companies want to make you believe that drugs are the only solution, that isn't the case. Three levels of approaches can be considered for balancing hormonal levels. More at low sex drive treatment
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