The impact of menopause on sexual function is not controversial. When you look at charts of when women are likely to have problems with libido, arousal, and the ability to orgasm, there is a precipitous surge at age 50.
It is no coincidence that the dramatic increase in rates of sexual dysfunction occurs at the same time as most women are no longer producing estrogen.
This episode includes:
The definition of orgasmic dysfunction
Primary orgasmic orgasmic dysfunction vs acquired orgasmic dysfunction
Why research is limited
Clitoral changes with age
Changes in the clitoris, brain and pelvic floor that occur when estrogen declines
The impact of other menopause symptoms.
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EPISODES (subject to change)
The WHAT, the WHY and the WHO of COME AGAIN Listen to this before you subscribe so you know what you are getting (FREE)
Are YOU Having Good Sex? A visit with Dr. Ruth (FREE)
SEX Has Many Meanings The Definition of Sex is Not Straightforward with Dr. Rachel Zar
What Could Go Wrong? Unfortunately, a lot.
Is It Menopause or Mid-life? It’s Not Just Your Hormones That Are Sabotaging Your Sex Life
“I’d like to Buy an O please” An overview and historical look at orgasm
A View From My Side of the Stirrups- Making Your Privates Less Private
Requirements to Get the Job Done Estrogen is not on the list
Why Orgasm Tanks in Menopause But estrogen helps
Whose Vulva is This and How Did it Get On My Body? How Dry I Am
Turning PAIN into PLEASURE-lubes and moisturizers are not the same thing
Prescription Rings, Creams, and Other Things-
When and Why Treatment Fails-a bucket full of estrogen is not always the answer
How “Hygiene” Can Harm -A Walk down the Fem Hygiene Aisle
When Non-Hormonal Pain is an Obstacle to Orgasm- Dryness is not the only thing that makes sex hurt
Medical Conditions That Make Your Clitoris Malfunction
Vaginal Orgasms are a Thing- But Not for EverybodyHas Your Hysterectomy Hijacked Your Orgasm?
Faking It -Acting Lessons are Not the Answer
Orgasm SOLUTIONS: My approach
How HORMONES Help -estrogen, DHEA hey, hey!
Say YES to TESTOSTERONE -but pellets are a problem
Arousal Creams- what works, and what might work
Can CANNABIS Make You Come?
Why VIBRATORS Work So Well-The scientific explanation
Is the Only Thing that Vibrates Your Cell Phone? It’s time to go shopping
Getting Your PARTNER on Board
HYSTERIA! The history of the vibrator
A Personal Trainer for Your PELVIC FLOOR- Meet the Vagicians
Here COMES the PAIN! When orgasm is excruciating
Did Your SSRI or Other MEDICATION Make Your O Go? You have options
These Prescription Options May Be your Answer-waking up your brain
Masturbation and Sensate Focus-
WEIRD Things That Might Happen When You O-Laughing when nothing is funny
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Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Rachel Zar PhD, LMFT, CST, holds a doctorate in clinical sexology, a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University, and certificates in sex therapy and sexuality education from the University of Michigan and is an AASECT-certified sex therapist. Her clinical interests and areas of expertise include painful sex, difficulty or inability to orgasm, and low or diminished libido. She is trauma-trained and informed.
For more information: https://www.rachelzartherapy.com/
