Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Few Ways to Improve Your Sex Life if you are over 50

It is a well known fact that the body is changing over the years but that doesn’t mean that the sex life should suffer with those changes. When the body starts to get older, sexual needs are changing too. Even the level of desire and possibilities changes too. The best way to deal with these changes is to talk about them with your partner, because menopause and andropause (male menopause) is something that no one should go through alone.

Over the years the level of testosterone in men is getting lower and this directly affects the erection – it is getting weaker, harder to achieve and the process of regeneration is slower. This inability to maintain a harder erection is usually solved with medications like Viagra or similar medication.

Women have to deal with lower levels of estrogen, which usually causes often emotional changes.

The cause for the difficulties in the bed can be found in non-sexual diseases too. For example, cardiovascular problems, high blood pressure, hormone difficulties, diabetes, anxiety, depression are all problems that can affect the process of getting an erection or vaginal lubrication. Besides these diseases, that are often found in elder patients, the medications used to treat these diseases and the side effects that they bring can also affect the sex life. Emotional stress that these diseases bring can also have negative impact.

Medications can affect both the sexual desire and the arousal and the ability to reach orgasm. In case you have noticed that the medications are directly linked with these things you should seek advice from your doctor. The doctor can prescribe other medications that might be better and you won’t feel the side effects.

After a certain age you really don’t need to be protected against pregnancy and this is a big plus when it comes to sexual intercourses because you can enjoy more. But keep in mind that sexually transmitted diseases don’t know about age so wearing a condom is still important if you are having sex with people you don’t really know.


A common problem that occurs in long term relationships is the discrepancy in the libido. Feel free to talk about that with your partner and maybe with a therapist. Having a certain time for having sex can be very beneficial in these cases. Maybe it sounds like getting into a routine but regular sex increases the desire for sex. Masturbation can also be very helpful, because it keeps the walls of the vagina in shape and keeps the erectile function in men on high level.

The life expectancy is continuously extending and so is the period when we are sexually active. In order to have sex even when you are older make sure you exercise regularly, watch your diet, avoid alcohol and stop smoking.

Try to spice up the sexual intercourse with longer foreplay or different kind of foreplay, change positions, use lubricants and don’t forget that sex is much more than a sexual act but also fondling and kissing. 

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