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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: Madison (kiara jamie) on April 03, 2014, 10:32:33 PM

Title: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: Madison (kiara jamie) on April 03, 2014, 10:32:33 PM
so i have been on hrt for about 8 months currently with using spiro as my anti androgen, i was on hrt a few years ago for a year and i was instead on cyproterone, now being on cypro really kept my libido down but it just replaced my libido and dysphoria with depression, so this time around i have been on spiro but unfortunatly i haven't seen a drop in my libido, i really dislike my out of control libido and just want it gone but i don't want to change my meds if they make me miserable or reduce the feminizing effects of my hrt,

has anyone else noticed a lack of reduction in libido since starting hrt?
Title: Re: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: kelly_aus on April 03, 2014, 10:48:43 PM
You do realise that HRT won't actually 'kill' your libido? It'll change, but it won't die. Those who claim it does are mistaken.

I had a reasonably high libido before hormones and that hasn't changed - but what I want certainly has.
Title: Re: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: MadelineB on April 03, 2014, 11:05:25 PM
If changing or reducing your desires is your goal, meditation is much more effective than medication.
Title: Re: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: Madison (kiara jamie) on April 04, 2014, 12:29:08 AM
i think my libido actually might have reduced, i definitly have seen a change in the way i become aroused, but i think maybe since i have accepted myself as trans, i have moved on and currently i am focusing on my inner lesbian and that comes with actually enjoying the idea of sex in my current gender with the gender i desire,

blah blah im a mess, i just need the snow to melt so i can ride my bike, im spending my spare time at home on the computer or watching tv, i need a hobby, not enough snow to go sledding but to much to go for a cruise on my bike, ugh i hate spring/fall
Title: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: ErinM on April 04, 2014, 01:00:04 AM
Have you had your T levels checked?

Are you still taking Prometrium? That could be contributing as well.

As for the snow, we still have the month of April to deal with. :(

Then comes the rain . . .
Title: Re: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: Apples Mk.II on April 04, 2014, 01:54:19 AM
Mmmm. 11 months HRT, and after the last  androcur bomb I was given (double dose, most people I know can't understand how I can tolerate it without suffering massive depression) My libido? Not a dent. I won't have random erections unless doing dirty chats or looking for porn, but the hornyness never goes away.

AA's not doing their work? I don't think so. Two years without sex and accumulated libido? Quite probably. I need daily masturbation every morning to have a clear head before studying.

My bet is that after getting laid once I'll be back to a normal dead libido for a loooooong time. If that ever happens.
Title: Re: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: EmmaD on April 04, 2014, 02:59:03 AM
Suspect it has more to do with how you are wired than anything.  Like most HRT stuff, we are all individuals.  I have absolutely zero libido. Thats it, I got nothing!  It dropped away significantly after I started finastreride and has continued downwards on spiro ad E.

Why is mine zero and yours lots?  We are different I guess.
Title: Re: my libido isn't low enough on hrt
Post by: Hikari on April 04, 2014, 03:06:15 AM
I mean, I don't really have random erections anymore, but I didn't really notice a big change in libido to be honest. Perhaps a slight change in the quality of it, but I never really had the sort of libido most people describe so maybe I am just strange.