Since hrtgen is down I wanted to ask something. I'm really really sorry I have to talk about my genitals, I'm just worried.Three years of DIY estradiol enanthate, 9mg every 7 days, with the following most recent levels:testosterone 0.5 nmol/lestradiol 610 pmol/lMy levels have been like this more or less for the past three years. I don't take any antiandrogens or any other medicine.I have several problems. First, despite the low T levels, I don't think my testiscles have atrophied that much. Second, my penis didn't really atrophy and erections aren't painful, though they are more difficult to maintain than before HRT. Also, I still ejaculate some semen and some white stuff also comes out, but seperately. Not as much as before HRT obviously.The thing is though I haven't seen many posts about this online. Everyone is worried about atrophy, but I WANT it yet I'm not getting it. Do I need an orchidectomy to lose all sperm production? Is the atrophy thing just honscience?Again I'm really sorry for talking about my penis lmao
>>44079059as i understand it it's mostly "use it or lose it"so... just don't use it? idk
>>44079059>9mg weekly>610pmol/lWhat is your natural T level? Is it crazy high or something. This seems low for that dosage at trough.
>>44079139I never had my levels checked before I transitioned, I probably should have. Yes, I know it's rather low and I was surprised too.
>>44079117Nah. It's a myth. Most people don't experience nor care. Those who do are those with genital dysphoria or a limp useless clity fetish and trying to talk actual reason just makes an enemy of them.
>>44079208Yeah, I have genital dysphoria and I don't like getting erections when aroused.I raised my dose to 11mg and I'll test again in three months, check FSH and LH levels too. Maybe I should get an GrNH agonist.
>>44079245Castrate yourself pedo
>>44079245You shouldn’t raise your levels you’re being very stupid. I’ve had 1500pmol/l and no detectable T it sucks. If you’re ejaculating that is weird. Atrophy is somewhat hon-science though, it’s very hit or miss.
>>44079208how does having genital dysphoria or a fetish magically manifest atrophy. it either exists or it doesn't lolis atrophy really a myth? literally everywhere says it's a thing on estrogen.
>>44079463I didn't raise them by a very high amount and I think they will still end up being within the range of normal estradiol monotherapy. I think ejaculation is happening due to high levels of LH and FSH, which should drop with higher estradiol levels. So I'll see if this does anything.GnRH agonists are pretty expensive though. Prohibitively expensive so maybe I'll just have to cope with this lol.It might be true that atrophy is honscience though. So many things I've found through transitioning to just be larps and pseudoscience.I really should pick up an endocrinology textbook since I'm DIYing.
>>44079487Sauce?
>>44079576like in general. when some place lists the "side effects" of hrt, atrophy is almost always listed. it's on that https://pghrt.diy/#S11.SS19 website too
