Quote from: Sofie L on August 12, 2017, 09:07:55 AM
I've been on estradiol for 6 months now (2 months low-dose and ramped up to a normal dosage after that). I'm also on spironolactone. I started noticing changes within about a month of starting on the estradiol. Of course, the changes mostly start in the brain, and the body just goes along with it, I believe. For me, the desire for sex plummetted. Nothing "started" on its own, and had to be initiated manually. Yes, a climax does feel different now. It used to be much more pinpointed at the erogenous nerve endings on the top of the head of the penis. Those seem to have dulled, for whatever reason. Perhaps this makes me more aware of the physical feeling throughout the rest of the body, what some women describe as a more "female" orgasm. I think I understand now why sex is so much less an imperative for women. Your (my) brain simply doesn't think about it as much.

That is something else I noticed. My sex drive completely crashed. I don't really get horny anymore. When I'm with my boyfriend sex isn't the main thing on my mind. It takes kissing and foreplay to get me in the mood for sex. Before hrt sex was the main reason I hooked up with guys. Now I can be just as happy watching a movie with my boyfriend as having sex with him. Actually it's usually him who initiates sex. It's interesting how testosterone pretty much makes a person a slave to sexual desires. Well, actually it's like sad.
Julia

Yeah. It can be sad.

I'd be a happier person if I had a lower sex drive.

These days I can ignore sex more than I could on T, but my sex drive is just as high if not higher than it's been in the last decade. How to explain? Being horny, on T, was like an independent thing. I could be happily doing something else and it would just "invade my space." Now it's a gentle knocking. A quiet voice asking, "now?" and if I agree it sweeps me up like a tidal wave. Distractions can kill the mood like that, though. I have to stay focused on it or it's gone.

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Hmm I might need to think more deeply about my relationship with sex. It might be more complicated than I realise.

I've noticed it's more of a whole body feeling now.  I shudder sometimes feeling my body shake and what sounds like I'm moaning as I am reaching orgasm.  I don't even need to be hard.  This is one thing that is keeping me on track of continuing hrt.  I really like the feeling of a female type orgasm than the male version.


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A prolonged, full body electrical experience that makes your toes curl in kind of feeling 

It didn't feel any different for me.  I had to find the right "combination" of t blocker and hormones that enabled me to still get an erection and be able to have the benefits of hormones which took about 6 months.

After getting breast augmentation though now I cannot orgasm if my nipples aren't stimulated.  That wasn't the case before I got them done- but I like it.

Quote from: Zoetrope on August 12, 2017, 03:19:51 AM
Odd question ... I think it's mostly in your head, has to do with who you are interacting with, how you feel about them and how we feel about ourselves.

Some people will become more sexual through transition, others will lose interest altogether. It really depends on the full story of who you are.

Transitioning seems to be all about revealing the real person within, including how libidinous they truly are. 

Many accounts talk about the sexual drive shriveling up and dying.  If it's important it seems like a good idea to keep practicing occasionally, as a lot of it seems to be mental, as you say.  Or perhaps these people truly aren't horny and the hormones are just driving them on.  But according to many much of the sexual response is really in the head. 

After a month on HRT, I started feeling it through my whole body. Even before climax, I felt these wonderful waves of pleasure just run all through me.

Quote from: LilyMelody on August 11, 2017, 02:57:21 PM
I could do with finding a way to pleasure myself without feeling disgusting and dysphoric after.

I totally understand this. I felt this way for.... well, 20 years or more. After deciding to transition, it often felt worse than before, but HRT seems to have cured that.
My sex drive is way down now. Instead of it being something I feel like I have to do regularly, it's kind of a 'Oh, yeah, sure I could do that' thing.