Ozempic is a wonder drug for weight loss - but this one surprising side effect could ruin your relationship and will make you question if you REALLY want to take it...

I was wiping nan room surfaces and humming to myself erstwhile I felt a brace of hands connected my waist. Normally, I’d person turned to look my hubby pinch a smile, pressing myself against him successful a committedness of what mightiness travel later. But now, puzzlingly, each I felt was irritation.

The hands moved higher. I felt rage - alternatively for illustration PMT, irrational and heavy successful my stomach.

‘Don’t touch me,’ I said. His look was shocked and hurt. I felt terrible, but astatine nan aforesaid clip detached.

My husband, Jim, and I person ever had a passionate, playful and inventive activity life. From breathtaking domiciled play to handcuffs and making emotion astatine immoderate clip of day, activity has ever been an intrinsic portion of our 20-year relationship.

However, 8 weeks ago, I started to usage Ozempic injections. All nan desire I usually consciousness for Jim has  vanished on pinch nan other pounds. I’m emotion amended astir my assemblage than I person successful years, but I person nary wish whatsoever to person sex. The only emotion I consciousness erstwhile he comes adjacent maine is anger and a faint consciousness of repulsion.

Understandably, Jim is very keen that I travel disconnected nan injections.

I’m a caregiver astatine my section GP believe successful a engaged Dorset town, and I’m ever successful a rush. When you activity 11-hour days, you thin to eat erstwhile you can.

Patients bring successful cakes and biscuits nan full time, and it’s intolerable to resist. I ne'er consciousness afloat and I’m an affectional eater. Whether I’m happy, sad, grieving aliases overwhelmed, my go-to is nan biscuit tin, crisps aliases vessel of wine. I knew that I needed to make semipermanent changes, but I recovered it intolerable to get started. I’d effort to enactment distant from nutrient during nan time and, if I managed it, I’d past binge successful nan evenings.

My weight summation really started during Covid and by January this twelvemonth I’d put connected 2 stone. All my apparel were tight and I was uncomfortable pinch really I looked.

I’m successful my forties and I knew that a batch of nan weight summation carried wellness risks for nan future. We’re going connected vacation successful August and I don’t want to consciousness for illustration nan mum group susurration astir because I’ve fto myself go.

As I person a 15-year-old daughter, I’m highly cautious astir dieting aliases restricting food, truthful I’d ne'er skip meals. We don’t person scales successful nan location - I measurement myself astatine work, and that’s why Ozempic seemed for illustration a bully solution. I’d proceed to eat pinch nan family, but conscionable person smaller portions.

Before utilizing Ozempic I did plentifulness of research. I knew nan astir communal side-effects; mostly headaches and nausea. And I discussed it pinch Jim who said if I felt I needed to do it, past he was correct down me. I’d opportunity he’s regretting that determination now.

I recovered an online drugstore that sold it for £170, which would past 4 weeks. I had to do a lengthy questionnaire. Then they requested a image of me, which I sent, and past nan medicine had to beryllium okayed by a GP, which was done nan very adjacent day.

Within 24 hours of my first injection I mislaid my appetite. It was extraordinary. It was lunchtime astatine work, and usually I’d beryllium trying to seduce myself to person a crockery alternatively than a mayonnaise-packed sandwich aliases a pasty, but I realised I didn’t person immoderate desire to eat. Normally medications return a spot of clip to footwear in, but this was little than a day. It was an breathtaking feeling.

That day I marvelled astatine really different I felt. By that constituent I’d beryllium heading consecutive for nan biscuit tin, but I had nary desire to do so. I was thrilled. Clearly, nan weight was going to melt away, and I’d consciousness awesome astir myself successful nary time.

Over that week I felt much and much satisfied pinch my decision. I’d wondered whether I mightiness consciousness little energetic because I’d beryllium eating less, but I upped my h2o intake substantially and woke each greeting emotion refreshed fresh for nan day. It was fabulous.

I didn’t spot Jim overmuch that week. He’s a method technologist and we were connected other shifts. But past we some had nan play disconnected and we thought we’d spell and do thing nice. For america that would ever culminate successful sex. That’s erstwhile he went successful for nan cuddle successful nan room and I realised I conscionable couldn’t carnivore him rubbing me. I wasn’t remotely interested.

It didn’t get amended complete nan consequent weeks. I don’t want to contradict him activity - why should he person to suffer too? But I’ve been very honorable pinch him and said that I’m not getting thing from it. God thief me, but erstwhile he started kissing maine I’ve moreover utilized nan words, ‘Just get connected pinch it’.

I respond physically - I buss him backmost and I touch him - but I consciousness nothing. He has tried everything. And I mean everything. He has put successful truthful overmuch effort pinch massages and trying different ways to excite me. But I’m conscionable not interested. I cannot get aroused successful immoderate way. Normally, I orgasm easily, but now there’s thing there.

Not only has each nan pleasance gone from nutrient - I person to unit myself to eat - but I don’t consciousness for illustration drinking intoxicant either. I’ve stopped making plans to spell retired pinch friends - aliases for meal pinch my husband. And what’s nan constituent of maine and Jim going retired together aliases going distant if I don’t want to person sex?

I consciousness arsenic though I’ve mislaid nan pleasures that make life truthful rich. There’s thing for illustration a delicious, crisp solid of achromatic wine, a creamy curry aliases nan sheer sweaty pleasance of astonishing sex. but I don’t bask immoderate of those immoderate more? I’m thinner, but I’m miserable. It’s Hobson’s choice.

Since this happened I’ve Googled ‘Ozempic and mislaid libido’, and I tin spot others person reported it arsenic a broadside effect.

Now Jim is asking really agelong I’m readying connected staying connected nan Ozempic. I’ve said, for now, I’m going to support going. I’ve mislaid 10 pounds and I’ve sewage capable for 4 much weeks. But I tin spot that much than a period for illustration this mightiness commencement to harm our marriage. And it’s excessively precious to consequence that.

So successful April I’ll extremity pinch nan play injections and dream that everything goes backmost to normal. I’m dying to put connected immoderate beautiful underwear, consciousness sexy again pinch my slimmer figure, and seduce my hubby arsenic he deserves!

As told to Alice Smellie. Name has been changed