Female Sexual Dysfunction: Symptoms, Types, and Compounding Options

If you’re experiencing changes in desire, arousal, orgasm, or pain—help is available.

Do you suffer from these symptoms?

What is Female Sexual Dysfunction?

Lack of sexual motivation or desire. Painful intercourse. No sexual climax. These symptoms may be signs of sexual dysfunction. Sexual dysfunction is a serious health issue and can decline one’s quality of life. While it is more often associated with men, women suffer from it too.

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Mayo Clinic’s description of female sexual dysfunction (source)

Persistent, recurrent problems with sexual response, desire, orgasm or pain— that distress you or strain your relationship with your partner— are known as sexual dysfunction. Female sexual dysfunction can occur at any stage of life. It can occur only in certain sexual situations or in all sexual situations, and may occur throughout one’s life.

Sexual response is not just about attractiveness or love or attentiveness. It is complex and mixes physiology, emotions, experiences, beliefs, lifestyle and relationships. When any of those components is disrupted, it can affect sexual desire, arousal, and satisfaction.

Types of Female Sexual Dysfunction

Symptoms vary depending on what type of sexual dysfunction you’re experiencing:

Female Sexual Dysfunction Self-Check

If you answer yes to 3 or more of the following questions, you may be suffering from Female Sexual Interest/Arousal/Orgasmic disorder:

• Reduced or no interest in sexual activity
• Reduced or no sexual/erotic thoughts or fantasies
• Stopped initiation of sexual activity, and are typically unreceptive to a partner’s attempts to initiate
• Unreceptive to a partner’s attempts to initiate sexual activities
• Reduced or no sexual excitement/pleasure during sexual activity in almost all or all sexual encounters
• Reduced or no sexual interest/arousal in response to any internal or external sexual/erotic cues (e.g., written, verbal, visual)
• Marked delay in, marked infrequency of, or absence of orgasm
• Reduced or absent genital or nongenital sensations during sexual activity in almost all or all sexual encounters
• Reduced intensity of orgasmic sensations
• Pain during vaginal penetration
• Pelvic pain during vaginal penetration attempts or vaginal intercourse
• Fear and/or anxiety of pain associated with vaginal penetration attempts or vaginal intercourse
• Marked tensing or tightening of the pelvic floor muscles during attempted vaginal penetration

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Creams: Compounding Pharmacy Solutions

Because FSD is considered a private topic, you may be reluctant to seek help. However, in recent years, women have been creating communities where they can openly talk about FSD without feeling uncomfortable.

If you’ve come across these spaces, you might have heard of “Dream Cream,” “Scream Cream,” “Yell Gel,” or “Big-O Gel.” These names commonly refer to custom prescriptions of compounded creams made to support women experiencing symptoms of FSD.