I have been on hrt for 8 months and I figured it would have done something before now but I have recently had a sudden and unexpected drop in libido and I am finding it really distressing and hard to deal with, I have always been shall we say a high drive person but now its nothing other than wishing I had that because it was fun in the past but I am basically getting no enjoyment out of anything more than cuddling and I have absolutely no idea what to do because everything was going absolutely amazing until just recently but suddenly I have absolutely no drive to do it and don’t really enjoy it when I do try
I feel bad for my partner even though they insist it is fine but also I just really strongly dislike the lack of drive for and enjoyment from it
Does this get better/ will I adjust to it or is there a way to fix it
I am currently only on estradiol enanthate injections once per week every week and have been consistently for 8-9 months and this is a sudden change within the past maybe 2 weeks
Kinda rant ish but I am literally crying writing it so I’m not getting better out rn
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I had the same experience. In my case it resolved itself on its own after a few months.
tbh i have no idea, i heard progesterone hightens it a bunch but i think it’s best to ask your prescribing physician abt it I wish the best of luck to you as a pre-hrt trans girl ^^
I have been told progesterone is helpful but I don’t have a physician to get in contact with because I am doing diy due to lack of money and hrt being harder to obtain “legitimately” in my area
ohhh, ic maybe it’s the dosage? Have you been able to get blood tests to see how high/low your estrogen/androgen levels are ? Nevertheless ive heard a lot of trans ppl with this same problem so jt could also be a temporary situation that’ll resolve on it’s own. Idk tho, never been able to get hrt wishing you the best of luck ^^
I have been trying to get blood testing but it has been a struggle to first get the money saved and now find a way I can get the tests preferably without being outed as trans
I really need to avoid it until December at the very least but given how the government is going it may be a problem given my state Is one of the worst in the united states for trans people
tbh the entirety of the u.s is bad to be in for a trans person i think ;-; best of luck to you!!
It is but I am in one of the states that invented the “bathroom bill” and I have a neonazi group based less than 5 minutes from my house
oh sht that’s real bad then
Still not as bad as Florida or some places in Texas but it is nowhere near somewhere I would actually like to be when it comes to the political climate
oh also if you’re buying your stuff online, it could be that you got the “weaker stuff” (less concentrated; depends on manufacterer and type). if you have someone that gets you the stuff, you should ask them instead if you’re making the stuff from scratch then i would reccomend buying it if you can
I got it from a mutual aid group but it is Estradiol Enanthate from Open Gate Labs
It is a 10ml vial at 40mg/ml and I am taking a tenth of a ml (4mg) via the thigh once per week because that is what I had been told to start at.
Sadly I haven’t had a chance to even get my first blood test yet but I am trying to
plz dont feel alarmed tho wa ><
its usual for hormones to screw with your libido and general mood; it’s a second puberty, after all
I wasnt alarmed because it happened, I was really bothered because I assumed it taking effect on that would take less than the 8-9 months I have been on it and it was a sudden change despite no change in the dose I am doing
