Sex Drive After Going Gluten Free

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#1 soulcurrent

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Posted 27 October 2009 - 06:02 PM

I'm in a period of experimentation and trying to determine if any outside influences are affecting my sex drive, which has always been quite low. Has anyone noticed any difference in libido after going gluten free (I'm hoping for up rather than down..)?

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#2 tarnalberry

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Posted 27 October 2009 - 08:02 PM

For me, my low sex drive was linked to low testosterone levels and dysthymia. It was difficult to get tested for testosterone levels when I was 23, but my gyn specialist for vulvar vestibulitis (the other, major!, cause for my low sex drive) was happy to test for it when I asked him.

Not trying to say this is the case for you, just putting in one of many suggestion posts.

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#3 OptimisticMom42

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 04:28 AM

Now that I feel healthier and less tired my body is ready for some excitement but all this talk of rashes and poop has put the damper on the mental part of it :huh:

There are somethings that my guy didn't need to know :lol:

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#4 soulcurrent

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Posted 30 October 2009 - 06:10 PM

True dat

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#5 Liveenjoylife

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Posted 04 December 2009 - 07:10 PM

I might add that after I went gluten free and my sex drive went through the roof. It is nothing like it was when I ate gluten. It has been a very positive thing for me, lol.

#6 AndrewNYC

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Posted 04 December 2009 - 11:14 PM

My low sex drive is due to being married for 2 years.

#7 WheatChef

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Posted 08 March 2010 - 09:24 PM

I'm about to reach the 3 week mark of my gluten-free life and right around the time when my mind finally started clearing up I noticed my libido sky-rocket. It's the sort of surge in hormones where you just feel the need to punch a hole in a wall but instead drop and do pushups or some other manly thing to use up some of that excess energy. I also find myself flirting almost nonstop with any new female I meet which was definitely not the norm 3 weeks ago.

Alternatively I purposefully glutened myself this morning (double checking, again) and my sex drive went from being high before I did it, to nonexistent. Looking forward to tomorrow when this can clear up some.

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#8 miaryan

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Posted 03 April 2010 - 04:19 PM

mine got better! i just wish my husband's was with me!!! and i'm newly married (7 months) guess honeymoons over lol

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Posted 04 April 2010 - 05:02 PM

mine got better but it's most likely because i wasn't a lethargic ball of sadness and pain. i have energy again and feel good about myself.

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Son(6yo) has gluten intolerance with GI and behavioral reactions. Negative blood test March 2010. Off gluten since March 2010 and he's a totally different kid.

Daughter(2.5yo) previously tested IgG to wheat. Severe dental enamel decay and eczema. She will be off gluten until Enterolab testing later this year.

#10 MagpieWrites

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 10:16 AM

Well, I can honestly say there are few things that will kill a gal's libido than being nauseous and tired all the time.

Almost a year now since going gluten free and, um... well.

Still tired. But grinning a lot about how I got there!

Added bonus? Hubs and I have been married for 3 years now, and I can honestly say we're having LOTS more sex than we did back at the beginning.

I'm not the only one that is tired and grinning..... lol

Diagnosed with celiac in the summer of 09 - after being sick since I was a teen with no answers. I miss "real" pasta - but its a fair trade off for getting my life BACK.

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 02:27 PM

WheatChef, on 08 March 2010 - 09:24 PM, said:

This has been almost exactly my experience: right around the time I started sleeping soundly, jumping out of bed in the mornings, and feeling shockingly alert (most shocking is that dull mental state I'd apparently grown used to over the years) is when I found my libido coming back, just as welcome and sudden as these other great developments. Spot-on with the pushups and other manly things, ha -- I felt totally drained halfway through my workouts before; now I just feel energized and hungry for more (I imagine this will only help with proper hormonal balance in the future). Oh, and I am definitely more given to flirting as well.

I'm only just getting into my mid-20s, but I haven't felt like this since I was a teen. No more glutenings for me, that's for sure!

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 04:50 PM

Well, yep, yep, I have been single for about a year. Want to be single. I will have been gluten free for ONE WEEK TOMORROW! Yay me!

Already, this notions are creeping into my mind.....you know....notions.....

So, yes, I agree with most everyone else, lack of gluten gets your feelings cookin!

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