Hormonal contraception dampened everything down, including libido, in my late 20s. I wish at the time I'd complained but I assumed this was how it worked. Mini-pill while breastfeeding made me very depressed, which at the time was said to be post-natal and normal, except that when I stopped taking the mini-pill it was like the sun coming out. Mirena coil, which I tried next made me feel amazing and energetic and have a sex drive again except they said this one wouldn't need replacing because I would be through the menopause by the time it ran out and that would have been three years ago and I'm now wondering if I could go and ask for a new one anyway and if that would remove the fog and exhaustion.

In other words different hormonal products have very different effects on the same person and probably even more so on different people. I wish they could do some sort of analysis of what your brain and endocrine system are like to start with and prescribe based on that rather than it all being very hit or miss.