read becca_beee's posts on bio-identical hormones on page 3. this might be helpful to you.

I'd get a hormone panel done and find a doctor the prescribes bio-identical hormones. You'll feel much better in a few weeks. I'd recommend Suzanne Somers book, THE SEXY YEARS. I agree with Sally Jo, Becca Bee seems very knowledgeable on the subject and reading her posts would help you as it has me :)

I've had the same problem and not found anything natural to help. I took a small dosage of supplemental testosterone for a while and it helped GREATLY! My husband wanted to send a dozen red roses to the doctor, lol. As a side effect it improved my muscle tone and gave me a nice feeling of well-being and motivation. The only drawback I've heard of (and believe me I've done a lot of research!) is that once you start on supplemental hormones your body gets lazy and quits producing it's own so you have to stay on it. And when I quit it I sure noticed a difference! My muscles got real soft and 'loose', I gained weight, and my husband is willing to pay cash to the doctor when our insurance company didn't renew him.

If you do find something natural that helps please let us know. I think it's a very common problem for middle age women. I had high hopes for Maca, but that was a bust too.

> I am 50 years old today. I have not had a period for
> a year now, for which I am thankful. Do the hormonal
> changes zero out your sex drive?
They can do that -- or they can have the opposite effect. It all depends on the relative levels of estrogen and testosterone you have. Both drop at meno, but testosterone levels can rebound naturally if they were reasonably high before.

What's happend appears to be that your testosterone levels have plummeted. My testosterone levels have always been very high, so when my estrogen levels dropped drastically the balance shifted in favor of testosterone. Everyone's different.

Me too!

Always had a great sex drive until about 2 years ago, it started changing (at 45) and lately (47) I don't get the urge for sex & it takes FOREVER "IF" I get to orgasm!!! I was given testosterone cream 2 years ago but used it haphazardly as it wasn't as bad but today it is almost zilch. I use natural progesterone cream and plan to get back on the testosterone. I have my concerns of using the bio-identical hormonal replacement but then again, I already use progesterone. My concerns are that menopause is a natural process that we are stopping. I have read Suzanne Somers' book, however I am still skeptical as we are changing our body evolution. Maybe I should read her book again. You are not alone and I hope we can get some help for this problem. I myself don't like living with no sexural responsiveness. Thanks for posting.

Peggy