Good morning! 
Justin I am curious if you don’t find it to personal. Would you end a relationship with a woman who wanted to have sexual intercourse more than once a week?
I have been thinking about your answer and have a question…you have or will end a relationship with a woman who wanted sex with you more than once a week? You don’t need to answer if it’s too personal, but I am curious.
I’d add this. How much time are you spending with your patients to ascertain that they have fulfilling and happy marriages. I’ll be REALLY generous here with one hour every 6 weeks? That seems relevant and lol.
Agree. Men need to feel cared for and respected. I think I didn’t realize how much sex was part of that until it was an issue.
Estradiol, micronized progesterone and DHEA. It was a rough ride, but I finally feel out the other side.
It sounds like you have a healthy, fantastic relationship. I love it and my dos! Never stop flirting (booty slaps and winks still get me 27 years in) and never underestimate the havoc hormones can wreak on the body. Particularly females but males too and I say this as a mom with a son who was diagnosed with abdominal migraines which were impacted by his hormones.
In women it’s not a hormonally contingent reality?!?! Physicians like you are exactly the ones who don’t take women or female sexual dysfunction seriously. Thank goodness for doctors like Dr Mary Haver, Dr Louise Newsom and Dr Kelly Casperson who have helped women who have been gaslit by physicians and their hormonal changes.
I hear you and understand. From the responses, it is obvious to me that there are men who need little sex. This is not the case with my husband or male friends I have spoken to about it.
I understand your position but there are so many other issues I had that have been corrected with bioidentical hormones such as skin dryness/thinning and brain fog. I find physicians reluctance to counsel and treat women’s hormonal changes outdated and maddening.
You wouldn’t check a male’s testosterone level if they only wanted sex annually? I am certain I don’t know any couples who have fulfilling marriages who only have sex once a year and that includes 80+ year old.
Another thing I found is physicians do not take low libido seriously in women particularly in the absence of physical issues like vaginal dryness or atrophy. I saw 3 who said things like “It’s part of aging” “Once a week is normal” or my favorite , “Once a week is healthy at your age.” I fortunately eventually found a doctor who heard me and treated me properly and with compassion.
Interesting. My husband and I have been together for 27 years and once a week is not enough for him or me either physically or emotionally. We are all wired differently for sure.
So through the roof was sex once a week? Not saying it isn’t fine just not what I hear from my hubs or male friends.
You have much more clinical evidence which I appreciate. I can only share my personal experience and anecdotal evidence with friends. Neither my husband nor any of our male friends say they are satisfied with sexual intimacy with their partners once a week. Not a single one.
Most women? In my friend and acquaintance group, unequivocally yes. For most of my life it was not enough until a few years into menopause. Then it was enough.
Be patient. I know it SUCKS but the results are worth it. It does piss me off how little physicians understand the enormous impact of hormones on every element of your being as you said.
Hang in there!
Yes! A little over 6 months on bioidentical. Hell for 2, with 4 months of very slow improvement and finally I feel back to my old self.
It is hard! Even though my husband and I have great communication I found the conversation hard because I was feeling defective and wondering if this is how life would be from now on. Fortunately my husband’s compassion and clear message that it wasn’t enough made me seek solutions.