Is Your Sex Life Lacking? Check Your Hormones

There could be many reasons why you think your sex life is lacking but one big reason why it could be is something that not many know can actually affect your sex life which are your hormones. Your hormones are your body’s chemical messengers, and they travel in your blood and into your organs and are responsible for a variety of jobs such as your growth and development, your metabolism, your mood, your availability to reproduce, and your sex life.

How do Hormones Affect your Sex Life?

For starters, in men hormones affect your sex life when you age or sometimes for other medical reasons and cause a hormone imbalance which makes testosterone levels decline and leads to a lack of sexual desire or erectile dysfunction symptoms. A lack of sexual desire is when you do not feel physically or mentally to have sex and erectile dysfunction is when a man has the inability to maintain an erection sufficient for satisfying sexual activity. Both symptoms occur because of your hormones.

In women, as they age their estrogen levels fluctuate and eventually drop dramatically, which can cause low libido which is also the lack of sexual desire that men suffer from too. In addition, women also develop menopause when they become of a certain age, and this leads to other symptoms like vaginal dryness that also makes it difficult to maintain a healthy and satisfying sex life. Just like in men, for women hormones also can be the cause of dissatisfying sex life.

Also, it is important to note that other symptoms occur in men and women that can also be a reason for a not-so-happy sex life. Those are, fatigue or lack of energy so if you are feeling sluggish and not full of energy you most likely will not be in the mood for sex. Weight gain and depression are also common hormonal imbalances and aging symptoms which cause a person’s self-esteem to diminish and their mental health as well. A person who is not feeling like themselves or is depressed will most likely not be in the mood for sex. These are just some other examples of symptoms that occur due to hormone imbalances for aging or other medical reasons that can be the reason why you are unhappy with your sex life.

What Can I Do About It?

Well now that you are aware that hormones can be the blame for your dissatisfaction in the bedroom, thankfully you can do something about it. Hormone Replacement Therapy is something you can do to help ease those symptoms and get back to a happy and satisfying love life.
Hormone Replacement Therapy works by replacing your body’s diminishing hormones that cause the symptoms that were mentioned before, low libido in men and women, and erectile dysfunction in men and possibly relieves women of some of those uncomfortable menopausal symptoms such as vaginal dryness.

It is not guaranteed that all symptoms can go away, but it is guaranteed that it is worth a try in hopes of you having a happier, and more satisfying sex life. For more information on hormone replacement therapy, check out our other articles on our health blog that go into more detail on
other ways hormone replacement therapy can help you besides your sex life, for men and women.