When I started HRT my libido went away almost instantly. I took the E sublingually, with spiro to suppress the T. The levels dropped unexpectedly quickly, at the 3 months checkup my T levels were at the bottom of the healthy range for women.
My libido has returned since both starting progesterone and reducing the blocker. Two changes in treatment, can’t be sure which is responsible. Thankfully its manageable.
T suppression, especially from monotherapy takes time to ramp up. My guess is this is probably the result of you having high levels of both E and T, simultaneously, and will reduce in time.
Enjoy the libido for now if you’re into that sort of thing!
It could also just be a mental thing. I’ve always been rabidly sex positive and don’t suffer from bottom dysphoria and not much physical dysphoria generally. Testosterone horny made orgasms feel like a biological imperative or an addiction kind of like smoking cigarettes. They feel great when you have them, but going without feels life threatening (that feeling is gone). Whereas now it’s more of an actual desire for emotional contact with another human. Not a need so much as a desire, but a powerful one.
When I started HRT my libido went away almost instantly. I took the E sublingually, with spiro to suppress the T. The levels dropped unexpectedly quickly, at the 3 months checkup my T levels were at the bottom of the healthy range for women.
My libido has returned since both starting progesterone and reducing the blocker. Two changes in treatment, can’t be sure which is responsible. Thankfully its manageable.
T suppression, especially from monotherapy takes time to ramp up. My guess is this is probably the result of you having high levels of both E and T, simultaneously, and will reduce in time.
Enjoy the libido for now if you’re into that sort of thing!
It could also just be a mental thing. I’ve always been rabidly sex positive and don’t suffer from bottom dysphoria and not much physical dysphoria generally. Testosterone horny made orgasms feel like a biological imperative or an addiction kind of like smoking cigarettes. They feel great when you have them, but going without feels life threatening (that feeling is gone). Whereas now it’s more of an actual desire for emotional contact with another human. Not a need so much as a desire, but a powerful one.