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i'm really sad that my hrt dosage has fucked up my sex drive rly bad
i just had a cute girl over and we did everything but penetrative sex because i couldn't stay hard enough to get started and like
this was never the case pre-hrt or even before my dosage was bumped up to what it is now (300mg spiro, 4mg estradiol, used to be 100mg spiro and 3mg estradiol) and it Sucks
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I had to use oral sex a lot *prior* to HRT just to get aroused.
The ability to be erect really does fade with time and dosage.
After a few years... it's gone... and orgasms get amazingly better
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@ThatDamnCat also by the end part, did you mean that like, your erections are gone but you're having rly good orgasms? or did i read that wrong
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I've been on HRT for 13 years. My erections are long gone, though I can sometimes feel... a "filling" sensation of arousal... and it's way more intense.
Additionally, the orgasms are more powerful, don't come with guilt after, and I've gone up to 10 orgasms in a row.
I personally like it way better than before HRT
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@ThatDamnCat but yeah!!! even a year on HRT, orgasms are a LOT better (they're very full-body instead of just sort of centralised which is still wild to me but i love it) but it also takes me a bit to reach orgasm
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100 to 300 on spiro is quite a jump. Your doc must have felt you needed it but you could always try 200 instead. It's good to give your doc feedback on this so they understand what is and what isn't working for you.
At least a couple times I had to raise or lower something because it felt wrong or wasn't desirable.
Hope you sort it out. Enjoying sex can be a big part of mental health while transitioning.
...and congrats on a year!
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@ThatDamnCat yeah! my doc said that my testosterone was still kinda far from cis girl levels so he decided to bump me up. honestly i might just start taking 200 instead because the side effects of 300 aren't worth it (and i'm also looking into an orchi if that doesn't work out)
thank you for all of your advice aaaaa you're wonderful <3
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@ThatDamnCat oh! damn, that's a long time, i've only been on it for juuuust over a year, i think? it's been A Time
god i'm worried about fully losing my erections since like, i'm dysphoric about everything EXCEPT my genitals (which is weird but yeah) and penetration can be fun sometimes!
i mean worst comes to worse i could just ask my doc for a viagra script or something (or maybe change from spiro to something else like bicalutamide if i ever have the $$$)