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I have found, after officially being of menopause-status, that sex has become very uncomfortable due to dryness. I’ve always enjoyed a wonderful sex life and now find that any desire I have is turned around due to tremendous discomfort during intercourse. Help!
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Kudo's to you Alicia! Wow you've accomplished quite a lot in your life and you will with dating too at some point. Hang in there! Hugs back! Lisa
tried this (as well as the Garnier tinted moisture) in vacation last week ... Liked the Garnier better, but this provides more coverage and does indeed stay on through everything ... not heavy or greasy ... covers my rosacea. Not sure it will be my eMy parents divorced when I was ten and I always felt like my lack of self esteem most have something to do with my Dad's absence but then one day when I was in my firths my mother said or did something that made me realize she was emotionally abusive
Holy crap! What a sad story. Congrats on overcoming that hurdle. Wow.
How I would handle it. FIrst, I would get into therapy; that could go a long way to helping you and your difficulties.
Second (boundaries are necessary in life)..when your kids call for advice, I would FIRST ask them what their thoughts are an
Keep Ky jelly near by. I tried the one that gives a sensation and didn’t care for it. Simple ky like the OB-GYN uses is the best I think. Sometime more foreplay helps. And if you are adventurous, well there are other methods that work fantastically ; )
KY Jelly dear. Let him apply it………….for a very, very long time..!!
Oh yeah baby!
Now, I prefer Astroglide gel…works better on toys too. Give it a try and then use your favorite.
I’ve read a post here that Vitamin E helps in our personal area too; What form is this in–cream, gel, ointment, suppository?
I had the same problem, until I discovered a product called Collective Wellbeing Good Glide personal lubricant. A friend told me about it. She said she had tried about 10 different lubricants before she found this one, which she highly recommended. It works well for me too. An advantage of the product is that it contains natural ingredients rather than artificial ingredients, which I understand can carry some risk. Note: It may be necessary to reapply it a few times during intercourse.
I’m always ready for the natural product but doesn’t being interrupted kind of a mood breaker? Just wondering.
I find it’s not too much of a mood-breaker, since I told my boyfriend in advance that it might need to be reapplied. I keep it right next to the bed, and I tell him if we need to pause. Then I reapply lthe stuff FAST.
I don’t have a problem with dryness, I just have a dead libido! I want to have orgasms again…I want to FEEL THE DESIRE AGAIN…I have a very handsome younger husband and I WANT to enjoy him again. I can’t take HRT due to past breast cancer. How can I revive a dead libido, or will it just revive itself once I am through menopause…HELP!
What does the doctor say? I can’t amagine not being able to enjoy orgasms. Wow. I went through menopause and I think I could still be having symptoms. So far, I’m not taking meds for any of it. Thank God. Wish I could help you.
My doctors really don’t seem to have any answers…HRT would have been their answer but…thank you anyway!
Does anyone used Vagifem? It is a Rx, has estrogen, and is something you apply locally. The Dr. and others have said it is NOT absorbed by the blood stream because of local application. What do you think?
I heard otherwise: that there could be some risk of this being absorbed by the body. One of my gyns recommended it, and I decided against it because of possible risk. I’m happy that I found the lubricant I did (the one I wrote about earlier in this thread), whcich is harmless.
I asked a pharmacist about Vagifem. It does indeed somewhat go systemic. Plus, what does this do to the man? Can’t be good for him to absorb estrogen during sex.
It’s low estrogen. If I don’t use a bioidentical estrogen patch for as little as three weeks, sex becomes painful due to vaginal atrophy. Back on the patch and it goes right away. I buy Estradot online (which is the Vivelle Dot in the U.S.)