I'm a trans girl to first clarify.
Even throughout my teen years, I have had next to no interest in sex. Even before I started hrt, my testosterone was at really low levels (in my teens, the doctors even wanted to put me on T), so I didn't have an interest in sex even at the biological level. That part never reacted on its own. I liked intimacy as in cuddling, but no interest in sex.
Fast forward to now, I have been on hormones for 4 years. This one endo I saw kept me at a really low hrt dose. She wasnt used to working with a younger transitioner and wanted to play it safe (I started at 23). During the last 8 months or so, I switched doctors and this one doctor pretty much doubled my estrogen dose (now, it's the approx standard dosage). I haven't noticed much more physical changes, but in the last few months, I have noticed an interest in sex.
Is this due to hormones? Or maybe that I am becoming more comfortable with myself. I have been able to be stealth for a few years, but this past year I left a discriminatory job to get more schooling so I feel much happier and have been a lot more social than I have ever been.
I have heard that taking too much estrogen can be synthesized as T so I worry that is the cause of my newfound sexual interest. The urges fade in and out, but it's a new feeling for me. This might seem dumb to ask about, but something happened recently that bothers me. That part (I'm pre-op) gets ermm.... only for a brief moment when thinking about stuff which doesnt make sense if I have been on hormones for this long and it never really has done that pre hrt or when I was on lesser doses. At least, my body isn't producing anything when I act on those urges so it probably isnt a testosterone resurgence.
Why would I develop a sex drive now?
Is something wrong with my hormones or is this because I'm starting to recognize myself as being attractive and worthy of people being attracted with me?
