Hi, I was just wondering about how testosterone would affect the asexual person because it increases libido. I am a bit concerned about this considering how I am both asexual as well as antisexual. I mean how would it affect the way you are. Is it just like sexual thoughts forming in your mind? Does it affect the body too? I don't know that's why I am asking first because I never felt this and don't wish to either.
Then T is likely not something you want.
Testosterone will not change your sexual orientation. Some people experience what feels like a change but it is only them feeling more comfortable in what was there but not being expressed. Testosterone increases your libido, but if you never had one it is probably pretty unlikely one will form if it didn't happen the first time you went through puberty. That is only my opinion because there isn't really very much information on this.
If you want testosterone then take it and don't worry about that. If things start to happen that you aren't comfortable with you can always lower your dose or stop, and still have experienced some masculinisation.
I dont think T will actually change your orientation, but as you approach the person you really are, you may want to explore the field. I feel asexual too... At least atm. I have no interest in sex because my sex is all f***ed up. I dont know how to be a man so i cant please a woman. And i have no sexual interest in men because i feel so ugly as a man and thats not how i wish to be labeled. with that being said, once i transition i could see myself with another lover, male or female.
Well I changed orientation from asexual to, for lack of a better term, queer. I don't know how typical my experience is, it actually happened during my social transition, and pre-T.
However, being asexual does NOT mean you have no drive. I don't know what that's called. But it has to do with not being attracted to anybody sexually (you can still have romantic attraction).
This person is asexual and nonbinary trans:
http://neutrois.me/
You might like their blog.
--Jay
Not to be crude, but direct and to the point...yes, T will make you horny, and often. My libido was crazy in the beginning but now after a year on injections it's still there but not constantly like it was in the beginning.
You don't mention why you are looking to be on testosterone. No offense intended and I apologize if I missed a post about it somewhere but your posts have all talked about how you want to take test but you don't want any of the affects of test so this is quite confusing and becomes difficult to give an educated answer to your posts. It would be helpful if you could explain your situation and what you're looking to achieve.
Testosterone will most likely increase your libido. In my experience, if you're already asexual, it simply results in an undirected sex drive. You're hungry but you still won't have an appetite :P The effects are usually a magnification of what you already experience, mentally and physically. You might feel the need to let off steam by yourself, just to get rid of the physical feeling, but it probably won't change your feelings of sexual/romantic attraction towards others (I say probably because it might, you never know).
It can go either way. I know some asexual trans men, I know some guys who were asexual prior to T but discovered after transitioning they maybe wanted to be sexual.
But what it really boils down to is that you have a choice. Maybe you won't get any change in sex drive and that's good, and maybe you will...it doesn't mean you have to do anything you're not comfortable with. If you still don't feel a desire to be sexual in spite of a sex drive, that's totally legit, it doesn't control your life or your decisions. You can still be yourself.
I am also asexual and have no drive. So if I take T, is it definitely guranteed that I will have a libido? If so, I am disturbed by it because I don't really know what to expect.
I was asexual, now I'm all about the ladies. All depends. Your mindset entirely shifts on T which is why I believe it can equally shift the asexual part. I don't think it's entirely T. I think there's the aspect of just being comfortable in yourself at last that your brain just feels more aligned to the norm it craved and opens up the potential to become more willing to the possibility. Amplify that with new libido increase on T and I think it's very probable to change. Not a definite either way, but can't be ruled out as a possibility.
I think how it affects you will depend entirely on what makes you asexual as a person(and asexual can be such a broad term). In my experience it raised my desire to have sex more often, though didn't change who I wanted to have sex with or in what ways. If you currently have no desire to have sex with anyone, I don't think that T will change that unless your asexuality was due to dysphoria.
I also found that the increased libido became much more manageable after a couple months and now it's not much different to me than it was pre-T. I suppose I just adjusted to it.
Quote from: Jack_M on January 28, 2014, 09:58:07 PM
I was asexual, now I'm all about the ladies. All depends. Your mindset entirely shifts on T which is why I believe it can equally shift the asexual part. I don't think it's entirely T. I think there's the aspect of just being comfortable in yourself at last that your brain just feels more aligned to the norm it craved and opens up the potential to become more willing to the possibility. Amplify that with new libido increase on T and I think it's very probable to change. Not a definite either way, but can't be ruled out as a possibility.
I don't think it's all about the T. I was asexual and after I started transitioning socially I began to wonder about it. But the T can really change your brain in ways you don't quite understand. But yes your libido goes thru the roof, but I know that's not always the case. I know an asexual guy who didn't really change at all and his libido didn't even increase. But I am guessing he is in the minority there.
--Jay