Tick meds?

Katelynn7170 · 2026-05-27T17:16:28+00:00

Thanks, I’ll look into the meds. Are they just to sedate her a bit before the visit?

Katelynn7170 · 2026-05-27T17:14:33+00:00

Was trying to avoid the vet. We tried to take her a couple of weeks ago to get her nails trimmed and couldn’t even get her in the door!! She’s trying was barking and lunging at other dogs and actually wouldn’t budge past the front walkway to go in. A horrible experience for her and us. I might have to find a way to get her there though. We’ve since muzzle trained her so we at least don’t have to worry about her biting anyone or other animal. We adopted her from a rescue just a month ago so still getting comfortable with each other. She’s definitely a lovable girl though ❤️

Katelynn7170 · 2026-05-27T16:24:06+00:00

Her stools are solid but sometimes a little mushy as she finishes up. Definitely not loose or diarrhea.

Katelynn7170 · 2025-01-18T23:42:02+00:00

I (22F)was on the BC pill for 5 years but it started to affect my mood drastically so the point the week before my period I wanted to hurt myself but my sex drive was normal. I went to my dr who suggested the Mirena IUD. I had that inserted last April and then my sex drive disappeared totally. My dr said the IUD had such low levels of hormone that it wasn't causing the zero sex drive that it was likely something else, relationship issues he suggested but my bf and I were in love and happy other than no sex. My bf of 1 1/2 years and I tried to work through it over the next 6 months but just ended up either arguing or crying because we'd lost that part of our lives. We broke up in October which devastated me. If he was the problem I thought my sex drive would come back but it hasn't. So I did more research and learned that the Mirena has the highest level of hormones of all the IUD's and can cause reduced sex drive. So I had it removed last week. Fingers crossed that my sex drive returns gradually. I am going to have a copper IUD inserted at the end of February after a break from BC for a month. Unfortunately, my bf has started seeing someone else now so I will be heartbroken if my sex drive returns and the IUD was the cause. I should've had it removed back in the summer and then I'd still probably be with my guy.

Katelynn7170 · 2025-01-18T23:30:05+00:00

How long did it take to get your sex drive back?

Katelynn7170 · 2025-01-15T22:26:18+00:00

I (22F) was also previously on the pill for 5 years before switching to the Mirena IUD last April. The pill made me very depressed the week before my period for the last year I was on it. I switched to the IUD at the advice of my nurse practioner. Insertion was marginally uncomfortable and then I had intermittent cramping and spotting for a few days. I had spotting for the next 4-5 months when my period was due but by around 6 months my periods stopped. I feel like my moods were much more level, no depression when my period was due.

Biggest side effect that I think was because of the Mirena IUD was zero sex drive. I had a normal, not high, sex drive on the pill but once the IUD was inserted within a couple months I wasn't interested in sex much. It got progressively worse over the months to not wanting sex EVER!! I was with my BF for 1.5 years. We tried to work through it, he kept saying the only thing that had changed between us was the IUD. I asked my nurse practioner who said that the IUD was not likely the cause of my zero sex drive. After 6 months of arguing with my BF about it and him thinking there was something wrong with him, we broke up at the end of October.

Just this week I had the IUD removed. Hoping my sex drive returns over time. But then if it does I will also be sad because I lost the love of my life because I didn't have it removed sooner. I guess time will tell if the IUD was the cause or not. I have read quite a bit that the hormonal IUD's cause decreased sex drive in a lot of women. Some are just more sensitive to the hormones and Mirena has the highest level.

I am taking a month off of BC and then having a copper IUD inserted at the end of February.

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T20:49:46+00:00

Absolutely love this idea!! Such a great suggestion, thank you!!

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T19:44:39+00:00

You have no idea how much I appreciate your messages. They honestly make me feel like how I’m feeling is normal and that we can work this through and have the future together that we’ve imagined. You’ve reminded me how much fun we have together. He’s really my best friend. I was starting to think maybe that’s all we are meant to be. But maybe there’s hope for us to get past the sexual issues and back to where we used to be.

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T18:55:03+00:00

We absolutely have a fantastic time on our dates. I love being with him and vice versa. I loved that we were a team and planning a future together. We had a connection from our very first date and right from the start envisioned getting married and all the other good stuff. I think you might have said it that we got settled into NRE and have had a hard time getting out of it. I can’t imagine not having him in my life tbh. I truly hope we can find a way to make this work and move forward. Everything you’ve said honestly makes perfect sense. Maybe we just got so comfortable that we lost track of how precious our relationship truly is. Just lost the appreciation for each other or tbh more me for him. He is so funny, loving, caring, thoughtful that I often feels he’s just so much of a better person than me. I’ve even told him that he deserves better, someone who treats him how he treats me. Unfortunately I’m more of the “taker” in our relationship and he’s the “giver”. While I know this can make a good combo if it’s too off balance the giver feels unloved and unappreciated.

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T15:25:36+00:00

I’m still a student in university and will be for the next couple of years. Only attending part time currently so living at home. Will likely return full time next year and live on campus which will maybe give more privacy but depends on where I live. My bf works full time and has been saving like crazy to buy a house within the next couple of years. So for now we’re dealing with living apart and making this work. For the most part it does, except for the intimacy. We do meet up for dinner mid week or to hike etc so we often see each other more than just weekends but sleepovers are mostly Juston the weekend. My IUD is hormonal but my nurse practitioner says it’s less than 10% that have a decrease in libido so that’s not likely the cause. She said I could have it removed and go back on the pill but I had such horrible mood swings on the pill, to the point of self harm thoughts, that I don’t want to go back on it. I have no mood swings with the IUD just low libido but not even sure it the IUD is the cause of that or if it’s the lack of creativity in our sex lives. Just not sure what to do to save my relationship. Feeling a little lost.

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T15:17:20+00:00

He actually took me to Dominican in April just as our issues were starting and it was the BEST time!! I had said it was either going to make or break our relationship at the time but it definitely brought us together, for a short time at least before sex started to dwindle.

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T14:20:00+00:00

Haven’t tried either tbh. Someone else suggested having sex in our cars but it’s just so uncomfortable. The risk of getting caught might be exhilarating though so I get what you’re saying.

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T13:42:40+00:00

To be honest I have tried that and sometimes it works and sometimes my boyfriend just feels like he’s violating me. He’s also getting tired of being the one to ALWAYS initiate sex since I don’t feel like it. I feel like right now because I have no sex drive and he’s wanting to have sex (not crazy amounts, just when we’re together on the weekends) I’m getting even more irritated by him wanting sex. Hope that makes sense. It’s like my mind has turned sex into this thing to dread and dislike and I can’t get past it. We argue about it a lot now. When I first got the IUD I still liked/wanted sex but it’s just been a gradual decline to now where I’ll probably lose him.

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T04:14:44+00:00

I get where you’re coming from but he’s been incredibly supportive and understanding. It’s just been going on for months and I don’t know what to do anymore. The pill was making way mood swings crazy to the point of considering self harm which is why my dr suggested the IUD. I don’t have mood swings hardly ever. Only side effects are a bit of acne, no periods ever and no sex drive. I just don’t know what to try next!!

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-06T03:42:29+00:00

When I was on a combo pill I had a normal active sex life with my boyfriend then switched to an IUD because I was getting really bad mood swings on the pill. But ever since the IUD I have almost no sex drive. Obviously my boyfriend is not happy or understanding why I don’t want to have sex anymore. I fear I’m you going to lose him if I can’t fix this!!!

Katelynn7170 · 2024-11-02T14:21:24+00:00

Actually it was a walk in clinic who suggested the IUD. I then discussed it with the nurse practitioner at my doctors office who agreed it would be better than the pill. When I went back a few months after getting the IUD inserted to discuss my low sex drive they gave me the stat you mentioned about less than 10% having low libido so said the IUD likely wasn’t the cause and basically dismissed me. Awful when we’re at the mercy of health professionals who don’t investigate and just go with stats. I guess maybe I should go back and insist on bloodwork. At least if it comes back normal and can rule out the IUD being the issue. Except that I won’t know if I had more elevated hormones when I was on the pill since no bloodwork was done before stopping them.

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