So I'm about to be one whole month on T. My voice is slightly deeper in pitch, and my skin is oilier along with some new facial hair coming in on my chin.

At first, I thought the most annoying change to put up with was the appetite increase. But when that leveled out after a couple weeks, my sex drive decided to show itself for the first time, and that's become even MORE of a nuisance than the hunger. It's obviously nice to know what an orgasm feels like, but I hate the constant need to self-stimulate when I already did earlier that day. I mean, I'm not anywhere near stimulating to excess, but, it just takes so much out of me every time, and I hate feeling so limp after climaxing.

Please tell me this levels out just like the hunger thing and I won't have to feel this all day and night. It's really getting on my nerves. Or do you have any tricks to lessen urges? Does a cold shower really work? lol

Sorry dude, don't know any tricks, but I'd say it becomes more manageable with time.

I use gel and I notice it's usually after a certain time of day that it's 'strongest', I assume because most of the T's reached the system at that point. If you take shots maybe it'll decline some during the shot cycle, depending on how often you inject I guess.

I'm seven months on T via gel, and it seems to me that my sex drive is leveling off.  At first I had to jerk off three or four times   day, every day, but now I can go about five days or so before the need "builds up."  Unfortunately, it seems that once I have to jerk off, it takes about three or so sessions before I'm calm again (or too sore to want to any more. [emoji5] )

Ryuichi

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It tapers off but it may always be present in some form or another.
Pre-T, my drive was already abnormally elevated so I figured it couldn't get that much worse. I was wrong.
I was constantly distracted for the first eight months resulting in much of my time being taken up by five times a day minimum. That slowly dropped to four, then three and now it's sitting at two.
Even now, though, I could definitely go more than twice and sometimes do, it's just not an absolute urgent necessity anymore. I've been on T for a little over a year and a half for a frame of reference.

Quote from: Stone Magnum on June 13, 2017, 11:59:56 AM
It tapers off but it may always be present in some form or another.
Pre-T, my drive was already abnormally elevated so I figured it couldn't get that much worse. I was wrong.
I was constantly distracted for the first eight months resulting in much of my time being taken up by five times a day minimum. That slowly dropped to four, then three and now it's sitting at two.
Even now, though, I could definitely go more than twice and sometimes do, it's just not an absolute urgent necessity anymore. I've been on T for a little over a year and a half for a frame of reference.

I have to admit that the main reason I make myself go for more than a couple of days is because when I jerked off every day, I was so raw and sore afterwards.  I literally had to FORCE myself to back off in order to give myselg time to heal. 

The urge is still there nowadays, and still really strong, but I'm a bit better at controlling it. [emoji5]

Ryuichi

Yeah, my sex drive hit about the same time as you. By 1.5 months in I was an animal. All I could think about was sex and getting off. Any free time I had in the day was spent watching porn. I unfortunately have at least an 18 hour reset cycle and can't get off more then once a day even if I try. This really made the sex drive completely unsatisfiable. I at least didn't have the one track mind afterwards but sex was always in the back of my brain.

This has tapered off around 5 months to where I can go 2 or 3 days without it if I've had a jam packed day and get home at like 11pm but If I'm in bed by 9, I know what I'll be doing until 11pm. Basically, if I have the time to do it everyday, then I do. This is coming from someone who almost never masterbated pre-t. Maybe like every 2 or 3 weeks but no more.

Quote from: kings joker on June 14, 2017, 02:12:17 AM
Yeah, my sex drive hit about the same time as you. By 1.5 months in I was an animal. All I could think about was sex and getting off. Any free time I had in the day was spent watching porn. I unfortunately have at least an 18 hour reset cycle and can't get off more then once a day even if I try. This really made the sex drive completely unsatisfiable. I at least didn't have the one track mind afterwards but sex was always in the back of my brain.

This has tapered off around 5 months to where I can go 2 or 3 days without it if I've had a jam packed day and get home at like 11pm but If I'm in bed by 9, I know what I'll be doing until 11pm. Basically, if I have the time to do it everyday, then I do. This is coming from someone who almost never masterbated pre-t. Maybe like every 2 or 3 weeks but no more.

Yeah, I rarely if ever masturbated pre t unless I absolutely had to. I have to force myself to chill out, too, because I experience the same raw feeling, and it's just plain exhausting to go through. I seriously need an hour long nap afterwards lol!

Having been under the influence of testosterone for over 50 years, I would say that you fellows got it right.

The male sex drive is many times overwhelming to the point of being the primary and sometimes only motivating force that men have.

Welcome to the one track mind! 

I must caution all you men that if you do not control your sex drive there may be adverse consequences. There is a reason the prisons in the US are full of many men and only a few women! 

The drive is incredibly intrusive for me, especially in the afternoons, about 8 hours after applying my morning dose of gel.

I'm 37 and on T for about 2 months now. I'm hoping it will level out some at least. Right now, I'm getting off 4 - 8 times a day and can no longer honestly answer the question, what did you do this weekend?

At least there's the bonus it can feel satisfying after.

If there's one difference I notice between now and then, it's that back then it never felt conclusive. It would wake me up rather than sedate me, and I wouldn't feel like I'd done much of anything. Now I am able to feel the chemical and mental benefits most of the entire human race has been raving about all this time.

That's why I only have to do it once now. Back then if I was going to bother at all I might as well have had to do it several times, possibly out of boredom and definitely out of feeling like I ought to be more spent. Safe to say it obviously wasn't too satisfying back then. It was also ridiculously difficult to get in the mood and to stay in the mood long enough for results.

It's very easy and very simple now; it's not a chore and it's relaxing, which is new and pleasant for my poor, wretched body. I don't want to get addicted though. I could see that occurring if I let it. God forbid I enter a passionate relationship at this point - I wouldn't be out of the bedroom.

Quote from: Dani on June 14, 2017, 07:43:54 AM
Having been under the influence of testosterone for over 50 years, I would say that you fellows got it right.

The male sex drive is many times overwhelming to the point of being the primary and sometimes only motivating force that men have.

Welcome to the one track mind! 

I must caution all you men that if you do not control your sex drive there may be adverse consequences. There is a reason the prisons in the US are full of many men and only a few women! 

Welp, I have to admit, it seems like I'm like a cis male in the regard of needing to jerk off.  No worries about it overwhelming me to the point of somehow ending up in prison.  I can barely jerk off in front of my boyfriend, much less do anything that could potentially end up with me being arrested! [emoji1]

Ryuichi

Quote from: KyleEdric on June 14, 2017, 07:22:08 AM
Yeah, I rarely if ever masturbated pre t unless I absolutely had to. I have to force myself to chill out, too, because I experience the same raw feeling, and it's just plain exhausting to go through. I seriously need an hour long nap afterwards lol!

I used to be the same way before I made it more of a habit. I used to not be able to "get in the mood" either, I would be flooded of inappropriate thoughts and images for a time like masterbating. My grandmother or teacher or homework would come flooding into my head instead of the porn right in front of my eyes. It was so so annoying and so I didn't even bother doing it. About 3 years ago in a Long distance relationship, I couldn't take it anymore and I started masterbating more frequently. Only then did those annoying pestering thoughts stop cropping up.
Now post-T, I can get in the mood and STAY in the mood for hours.
I think the best remedy is to just make yourself do it until your body AND mind are trained.

It leveled off for me, but I was pretty high octane until around a year and a half. Now I can think about other things again 

Quote from: Dani on June 14, 2017, 07:43:54 AM
Having been under the influence of testosterone for over 50 years, I would say that you fellows got it right.

The male sex drive is many times overwhelming to the point of being the primary and sometimes only motivating force that men have.

Welcome to the one track mind! 

Interestingly that sort of energy can be harnessed and put to other uses, but you are spot on; for some guys, especially those who decide to the leave the dating scene altogether and/or give up sex, they can find themselves highly lacking in motivation to do anything.

The general "drive" has doubtless driven a lot of people in ways to various accomplishments, whether through competing with other men in some sports field, creative endeavor etc. to trying to be the best in a particular field, to making sure one looks good, impresses people, etc. all that male energy requires an outlet but mindless sex is probably its least creative and profitable expression for the individual.

I notice I have a hell of a lot of this energy milling around, but very little interest in pursuing sex at all which seems a waste of time and effort without the correct person, and I doubt I have the time to sift to find them. It almost automatically gets diverted down other creative or physical channels.

Quote from: Dani on June 14, 2017, 07:43:54 AM
I must caution all you men that if you do not control your sex drive there may be adverse consequences. There is a reason the prisons in the US are full of many men and only a few women! 

I hope that was a joke. Those kind of men who are in prison are there because they're criminals and deviants who enjoy hurting people, not because of their sex drives.


I would say the 1.5 month mark sounds about right. I do my injections every two weeks so that seems to help it even out. I also take an antidepressant which I always thought didn't affect my sex drive very much like that kind of medication is known to do because despite the medication it still seemed pretty high, wanting it several times a day high. But when I went off of it for a while woah did my sex drive ramp up even more, it was ridiculous.