[Anonymous December 1, 1996 at 1:21 pm Post count: 93172]

#1057983

Does Tapazole affect Libido ?

Joe

[Anonymous March 11, 1997 at 6:44 pm Post count: 93172]

#1167439

Has Grave’s disease been associated with a loss of sex drive? I don’t see this mentioned in the books I read.

[Anonymous March 11, 1997 at 6:57 pm Post count: 93172]

#1167440

Bev: A decreased libido is generally associated with hypothryroid states, however, it takes energy to have a healthy sex drive and being hyperthyroid is very energy depleting.

Luci C.

[Anonymous March 12, 1997 at 9:55 am Post count: 93172]

#1167441

Bev,

I didn’t find being hyper made me lose my drive. However, the meds for
hyper produced this problem (Tapazole). I imagine PTU might work the
same way.

Linda

[Anonymous March 12, 1997 at 10:29 am Post count: 93172]

#1167442

The Thyroid Sourcebook (Sara Rosenthal) lists loss of libido as a symptom of both hyper and hypo.
Dianne N

[Anonymous March 12, 1997 at 1:35 pm Post count: 93172]

#1167443

Boy I tell ya it takes a strong man to put up with my “moods” or lack
there of! somedays I think I should join a convent.
I do think it has a lot to do with your thyroid levels, if I’m hypo
it takes alot out of me to just vacuum the carpet!
But, I’m hyper now.

Shannon.

[Anonymous March 13, 1997 at 6:39 pm Post count: 93172]

#1167444

After I had been on PTU for about a month, when my thyroid levels returned to normal, my libido skyrocketed. It is up and down, but mostly higher than I have experienced. I don’t think the low sex drive is necessarily from the PTU..I seem to have the opposite. ??? K

Also, I cannot find PTU in a current PDR, if there is any place on line that has PDR references for this medication let me know, I guess when a drug is as old as ptu it drops out of the Physican’s Desk Reference. I am interested in how long I must avoid dietary iodine: is that for the rest of my life, or while just on PTU, or does iodine compromise a lasting remission.

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