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When Sexual Desire Changes

Explore low libido, long-term desire, health factors and medical boundaries without treating changing desire as a single diagnosis or relationship verdict.

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    Low Libido: What Can Lower Sex Drive?

    Low libido is rarely caused by one thing. Stress, sleep, mood, pain, medication, hormones, health and relationship context can all change sexual desire.

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  2. 02

    Why Sexual Desire Can Fade in Long-Term Relationships

    Desire often changes in long relationships. Familiarity, stress, conflict, inequity, routine, health and reduced novelty can matter without meaning love is gone.

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    Hormones, Medication and Health: What Can Change Sexual Desire?

    Testosterone, prolactin, menopause, SSRIs, chronic illness and other medical factors can affect desire. Here is what the evidence supports, and what it does not.

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    When Changes in Libido or Sexual Function May Need Medical Attention

    A change in libido may deserve medical attention when it is sudden, persistent, distressing or occurs with pain, hormonal symptoms, medication changes or other health signs.

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