The guy had good advice, but then he had to come back five times to repeat it, and to hijack the thread and complain about how his wife wouldn't have sex with him. The relationships forum is packed with guys complaining about how their horrible wives won't have sex with them, and as much as I sympathize, it gets old.

Thank you for your advice, too, PP.

I don't think Invictus was a 'mansplainer', but you come across as an arrogant asshole.

I'm 55, post-menopausal, and over the past few years, my libido began to diminish. I went through all the tests for thyroid and estrogen but my doctor prescribed an anti-depressant. All that did was increase my appetite and made me an irritable bitch for DH to live with. I then went doctor shopping and was told about a doctor by someone whose husband had gone to for low testosterone. I called and asked if he treated women. He did. The tests showed I was low in testosterone and DHEA. I was given a compounding prescription for a topical cream of testosterone and DHEA. It took about a month for me to begin to feel some improvement and by the third month, I was feeling and functioning quite good. My 2 cents.

Anonymous wrote:PP is obsessed with thyroid function, but seems ignorant to the fact that the thyroid is impacted my the balance of minerals in the body. A functional medicine doctor to correct every deficiency would be another good place to start.

Magnesium + Zinc, along with some other critical supplements, cured my issues

I supplement with those, and they make a big difference for me, though they don't take away the effects of my Hashimoto's. However, I too am tired of the mansplainer who keeps coming back on this subject. Dude, maybe you should go back to trying to get your own wife to sleep with you.

I state that all hormones, including thyroid, should be assessed. I speak from experience. 24 years ago, my sex drive disappeared, along with weight gain, stomach problems and elevated cholesterol. The doctor I was seeing replied, "It's your thyroid." He prescribed Cytomel and within a few days, I was on the way to feeling good, once again. But low testosterone in women, or progesterone or estrogen or DHEA or all of them, could be responsible for diminished libido.

Our hormone levels change, usually for the worse,, as we get older. I agree that minerals and vitamins are important. However, getting a full hormone/thyroid assessment is the logical place to start for both women and men.

Here you go, "thyroid!!!" poster:

http://hypothyroidmom.com/10-nutrient-deficiencies-every-thyroid-patient-should-have-checked/

PP is obsessed with thyroid function, but seems ignorant to the fact that the thyroid is impacted my the balance of minerals in the body. A functional medicine doctor to correct every deficiency would be another good place to start.

Magnesium + Zinc, along with some other critical supplements, cured my issues

I've made the same recommendations to men whose libido and function have declined or disappeared. Before one tries weed, wine, porn, swinging...looking at hormones and thyroid function is the logical place to start. If there's something amiss, nothing will compensate.