Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: cerealnmuffin on May 23, 2010, 03:59:50 AM Return to Full Version
Title: no longer asexual?
Post by: cerealnmuffin on May 23, 2010, 03:59:50 AM
Post by: cerealnmuffin on May 23, 2010, 03:59:50 AM
I'm a trans girl to first clarify.
Even throughout my teen years, I have had next to no interest in sex. Even before I started hrt, my testosterone was at really low levels (in my teens, the doctors even wanted to put me on T), so I didn't have an interest in sex even at the biological level. That part never reacted on its own. I liked intimacy as in cuddling, but no interest in sex.
Fast forward to now, I have been on hormones for 4 years. This one endo I saw kept me at a really low hrt dose. She wasnt used to working with a younger transitioner and wanted to play it safe (I started at 23). During the last 8 months or so, I switched doctors and this one doctor pretty much doubled my estrogen dose (now, it's the approx standard dosage). I haven't noticed much more physical changes, but in the last few months, I have noticed an interest in sex.
Is this due to hormones? Or maybe that I am becoming more comfortable with myself. I have been able to be stealth for a few years, but this past year I left a discriminatory job to get more schooling so I feel much happier and have been a lot more social than I have ever been.
I have heard that taking too much estrogen can be synthesized as T so I worry that is the cause of my newfound sexual interest. The urges fade in and out, but it's a new feeling for me. This might seem dumb to ask about, but something happened recently that bothers me. That part (I'm pre-op) gets ermm.... only for a brief moment when thinking about stuff which doesnt make sense if I have been on hormones for this long and it never really has done that pre hrt or when I was on lesser doses. At least, my body isn't producing anything when I act on those urges so it probably isnt a testosterone resurgence.
Why would I develop a sex drive now?
Is something wrong with my hormones or is this because I'm starting to recognize myself as being attractive and worthy of people being attracted with me?
Even throughout my teen years, I have had next to no interest in sex. Even before I started hrt, my testosterone was at really low levels (in my teens, the doctors even wanted to put me on T), so I didn't have an interest in sex even at the biological level. That part never reacted on its own. I liked intimacy as in cuddling, but no interest in sex.
Fast forward to now, I have been on hormones for 4 years. This one endo I saw kept me at a really low hrt dose. She wasnt used to working with a younger transitioner and wanted to play it safe (I started at 23). During the last 8 months or so, I switched doctors and this one doctor pretty much doubled my estrogen dose (now, it's the approx standard dosage). I haven't noticed much more physical changes, but in the last few months, I have noticed an interest in sex.
Is this due to hormones? Or maybe that I am becoming more comfortable with myself. I have been able to be stealth for a few years, but this past year I left a discriminatory job to get more schooling so I feel much happier and have been a lot more social than I have ever been.
I have heard that taking too much estrogen can be synthesized as T so I worry that is the cause of my newfound sexual interest. The urges fade in and out, but it's a new feeling for me. This might seem dumb to ask about, but something happened recently that bothers me. That part (I'm pre-op) gets ermm.... only for a brief moment when thinking about stuff which doesnt make sense if I have been on hormones for this long and it never really has done that pre hrt or when I was on lesser doses. At least, my body isn't producing anything when I act on those urges so it probably isnt a testosterone resurgence.
Why would I develop a sex drive now?
Is something wrong with my hormones or is this because I'm starting to recognize myself as being attractive and worthy of people being attracted with me?
Title: Re: no longer asexual?
Post by: Asfsd4214 on May 23, 2010, 04:13:57 AM
Post by: Asfsd4214 on May 23, 2010, 04:13:57 AM
I'm afraid I don't think anyone here can answer your question with much certainty.
If I were in your position, I would go to a doctor and ask for a blood test to check your hormone levels.
My blood work shows everything in normal range and I still have a pretty healthy sex drive, so there isn't necessarily anything wrong. It probably is just that your estrogen dosage has increased, it's possible your testosterone levels have too but only to the extent of increasing sex drive without being outside of the female range.
Really the only way to know for sure is a blood test. ;D
If I were in your position, I would go to a doctor and ask for a blood test to check your hormone levels.
My blood work shows everything in normal range and I still have a pretty healthy sex drive, so there isn't necessarily anything wrong. It probably is just that your estrogen dosage has increased, it's possible your testosterone levels have too but only to the extent of increasing sex drive without being outside of the female range.
Really the only way to know for sure is a blood test. ;D
Title: Re: no longer asexual?
Post by: LordKAT on May 23, 2010, 04:17:30 AM
Post by: LordKAT on May 23, 2010, 04:17:30 AM
The surges of interest in sex were a normal part of life and why I hated it. Enjoy.