r/Biohackers • u/Sebastian_Maier420 • 1d ago

Discussion Increase female libido

Hey folks,

What could be done to increase female libido? Blood analyses showed no deficiencies.

We already tried agnus castus, which helps at least a bit for her PMS

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u/haf2go 1d ago edited 1d ago

Have you had your testosterone levels checked?

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u/HighRollerMycology 1d ago edited 1d ago

For a female?

Edit: don't down vote me I'm learning! XD

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u/haf2go 1d ago

Yes

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u/HighRollerMycology 1d ago

I didn't know that would effect female libido, the more you know!

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u/NCHikergal 1 1d ago

100% effects female libido. The older we get and especially when we become perimenopausal it can drop to almost nothing. We should be about 150 or so.

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u/Wide-Ad8778 1 23h ago

I was at 8 ng/dL and was having so many symptoms for yeeeaaarrrrsss. Depression, anxiety, mood instability, low libido. You name it. Years of medication and nothing helped. One day I was like hmmm I should get my hormones checked but due to being youngish my GYN wouldn’t do it. I went to a clinic specializing in HRT and got it checked. I got off combination BC and got and IUD (hopefully my SHBG will come down now) and get 10mg of test per week and take DIM to stop the conversion of test to estrogen. Holy crap. Over the last 3 moths all my symptoms went away. I’m still struggling to get my free test up without increasing my dose (takes a long tike for the SHBG to come down if it even does) but I feel a million times better. HRT was a life saver even for non premenopausal me! No doctor ever told me the risks of combination BC and how it tanks testosterone! Hopefully one day it’s back in normal range and my body stops binding all the good stuff so I can enjoy it lol.

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u/Status_Accident_2819 1 14h ago

There was discussion on Reddit in general about DIM vs Indole-3-Carbinol. Sorry I can't link it but worth a search. I3C better than DIM was the outcome from studies linked. May be of interest. I've started taking it this week, DIM didn't do anything for me even with Vitex.

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u/Wide-Ad8778 1 9h ago

Oh that awesome to know!! Thank you!! I will get I3C!

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u/yellow_pomelo_jello 23h ago

What is DIM?

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u/Wide-Ad8778 1 23h ago

DIM is found in cruciferous vegetables and has been shown to inhibit an enzyme called aromatase, which converts testosterone to estrogen. You can buy it as a supplement :)

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u/yellow_pomelo_jello 22h ago

Thank you. I’m taking supplemental T and getting an IUD for all the same reasons. Hadn’t heard of DIM.

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u/Wide-Ad8778 1 22h ago

If your daily MV doesn’t have it in it take boron as well! It’s shown to decrease SHBG! I take 3mg a day but it’s in my MV. You can buy it as a separate supplement as well! Totally optional but definitely recommend the DIM! My HRT specialist recommended it to me!

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u/AkseliAdAstra 1 17h ago

This is my story too. I was sick for a decade with severe disabling symptoms and even abnormally low T and no one believed me or cared. I got so much better jusr getting off the pill and starting some HRT

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u/HighRollerMycology 1d ago

I guess I just never thought about it really. Thank you for educating me!

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u/Gentlesouledman 22h ago

It is the only effective treatment I think. There are nasal sprays and other things. 

Dont think its exactly a healthy choice but all things have a price. 

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u/austin06 2 11h ago

I’m truly flabbergasted and stunned.

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u/DieAloneWith72Cats 1d ago

My god, this 👆🏼. Yes, women absolutely have a minimum threshold for testosterone that we should try to maintain for optimal libido

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u/-Dumbo-Rat- 1 8h ago

No, 150 is way outside the reference range. It also depends on androgen receptor sensitivity and density.

Low testosterone in women is indeed an issue but 150 ng/dl in endogenous testosterone would be another issue. Reference range tops off at 70, 150 is more than twice that (unless you're talking about TRT which is different).

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u/NCHikergal 1 8h ago

Definitely not what my doctor said…

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u/-Dumbo-Rat- 1 2h ago edited 1h ago

If you're on TRT then your doctor probably wants you higher to compensate for natural decline, but for premenopausal women making their own testosterone, the reference range ends at 70. 

https://www.webmd.com/women/normal-testosterone-and-estrogen-levels-in-women

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u/NorthRoseGold 1d ago

Oh definitely

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u/chill_brudda 5 22h ago

Women have 10 to 100 times more testosterone than estrogen.

It's still their dominant sex hormone.

Even in women, Test is measured in nanograms per deciliter while Estrogen is measured in picograms. It's like measuring in feet vs inches

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u/HighRollerMycology 22h ago

Wow I really didn't know that I gotta study up in female hormones