I am 23 years old and married. I have been having a problem for the last year or so with vaginal dryness during intercourse. I don't know if the low sex drive is psychological because sex is uncomfortable or if it is perhaps hormonal. I have mentioned the above to my doctors but they just blame it on my busy lifestyle and stress. Please help, all of the books that I have looked at seem to be aimed at menopausal women.
Vaginal dryness can play a role in the cause of decreased libido.
There are other causes of vaginal dryness. Decreased estrogens from anovulation. Reaction of the vagina to spermicides, condoms, even sometimes K-Y jelly doesn't help it. Fear of pain with relations, anger at one's spouse or something else, can also suppress lubrication at the time of sex. Certain medications, dietary ingestions can also affect lubrication.