Hey guys,

I feel almost embarrased asking this  ...
(btw I've already checked out this topic using the search-box. There is a smilar thread, but talking about mtf)

Firstly I have to explain my situation a little bit:
I have been on T for exactly 5 months now (using TestoGel). There are changes like body hair, voice change, etc. already, however I'm struggling with my voice a lot. It certainly got deeper compared to pre-T, but it's still quite high (unless I strain it by lots of talking, which makes it droping a lot!).

And now I am returning to the topic: Betweens months 1 and 2 1/2 my voice dropped really quickly, but since then it hardly changed till now. Perhaps a tiiiiinyyy bit ... But it occurs that also my libido at the ~ 2 months mark increased a freakin' lot  so my amount of masturbation did ...
This week I was really busy with university stuff and did not even think about ... well doing the do and it seems like my voice got a bit deeper and the hairs on my chin got a bit thicker o.O

Basically that's it - any ideas? 

Thanks in advance,
Shinigami

I really doubt there's any correlation, your body's just still working through changes. The first 6 months are when the most rapid and noticeable changes typically occur, and they can happen seemingly overnight. Within 2 days of starting T the hair that would in a few months make up my sideburns grew out like crazy with just blonde fluff everywhere. Even my mom agreed it'd grown. My last big voice drop also happened in a matter of days (3 months ago, sigh...). So just enjoy the changes and your body without fear! You're not helping or hurting your progress in masturbating, I'd be willing to put money on it.

I don't think there's any correlation. I've had consistent progress on HRT, and I've been fairly sexually active since starting.

From what I know about human sexuality, I don't think orgasms affect the body's hormone levels at all. Since it does release some happy chemicals in the brain, I could be wrong, but I think if this were a thing, more people would know about it, since it would affect puberty and fertility. It was probably just a coincidence that your changes came when they did.

Quote from: Gothic Dandy on July 11, 2015, 09:47:49 PM
From what I know about human sexuality, I don't think orgasms affect the body's hormone levels at all. Since it does release some happy chemicals in the brain, I could be wrong, but I think if this were a thing, more people would know about it, since it would affect puberty and fertility. It was probably just a coincidence that your changes came when they did.

It doesn't release any sex-related hormones.

Such a funny thing, that I've been imagining the same thing, without being influenced by anything (I haven't read anything on the Internet before, just summarised it by how I'm feeling). After a few months on T, I couldn't handle how horny I've become. I started to masturbate every day, sometimes twice a day. At that time I also got the feeling, that masturbating that much had a negative influence on my hormone level (unclear skin, a bit higher voice, weakness, ....).

In contrast to this: At the beginning of my HRT (before that horniness-phase), I've started working out every 2nd day with an intense program. Working out seemed to have an positive influence. My voice dropped very fast and I also started to get chin-char already back then.

I'm now about a year on T and still can't get rid of that impression.
But hey, it's maybe really only our imagination. I'm not really "owning" knowledge in this area of topics.
However, I nevertheless cut down my frequency of masturbation