Eunuch with puffy face HELP

[PrettyBoy (imported)]

Hello all my fellow eunuchs. So I have been a eunuch for 8yrs (I am 28yrs old). About a year after my castration I gained all types of weight. I went from a ripped 170pds @ 5'11" to 292pds. Recently, I have worked hard and got down to 184pds but I still have the puffy face from when I was well over 250pds (weird huh). Then I started thinking back to all the symptoms I got after my castration 8yrs ago:Increased anxiety/panic attacks, depression, puffy face (yes it actually started back then but threw me off b/c I thought it was just from weight gain), insomnia. So I did some research and these symptoms are brought on by decreased testosterone-then increased estrogen-then thyroid gland disorder-then increased cortisol-then puffy face. So please anyone experiencing this or has experienced this PLEASE help me. How do I get rid of this puffy face. I have worked so hard to get my body back but my weird puffy hormonal face is ruining my life. Thank you!

[zeebster (imported)]

Well I'm not a medical professional, I was a Paramedic for 30 years so I understand some of the inter relationships, but messing with hormones is a complicated business and we all respond differently. That's why endocrinology is it's own specialty and you need to find a Doc.

I mention that as I was just recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I'd figured that since I underwent some major surgery shortly after I was castrated and required to pretty much knock off most physical activity for months, that those restrictions were responsible for my symptoms of fatigue and weight gain with some due to the lack of testosterone. Then last summer I got some significant dependent edema. My cardiologist went looking to see if there was any CHF going on and there wasn't. So I looked somewhere else figuring it might be the low testosterone causing the problem as what was being produced by my adrenals may be getting converted to estradiol and causing the problem.

So I got some testosterone cream mentioned by one of the members here and that worked to get most of the edema gone, but I still had some and still the puffiness around my eyes. What really bothered me is that my libido returned and I started masterbating again, something I did not what to happen.

I finally got blood pulled again several weeks ago and did a whole hormone panel and that's when the hypothyroidism showed up. There are several other issues like cholesterol and some others being out of whack and my testosterone was 603 on a scale of 348 to 1197, no wonder I was masturbating again. However, I still could not loose any weight despite continually decreasing what I ate I was still gaining weight and not much physical strength improvement.

Found a new PCP guy with some experience with hormonal issues and he put me on a thyroid replacement regimen, I started feeling better with in a week which the Doc said might happen as I was so low. We'll get that straightened out first, then chase the other issues that showed up on the blood tests and I'm going to tell him why I've been castrated and that I really don't want my libido back. If I can dump the testosterone replacement I'll do it in a heartbeat, if not I want to keep the levels as low as possible. Whether the low testosterone was the cause of the thyroid issues I don't know, there seems to be a relationship established but which one controls the other seems to be a "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" question, I have a family history of hypothyroidism, the surgery was a craniotomy for a cerebral aneurysm so maybe that screwed things up? Who knows

Like I said, find yourself an endocrinologist.

I suggest that the rest of the members might want to consider getting tested for thyroid function if they are having any of the other issues besides weight gain and fatigue which could be side effects of the orchiectomy, of low thyroid. Get tested.

[PrettyBoy (imported)]

@zeebster Thank you so much for taking time out of your life and sharing your knowledge. I wasn't sure if this was just a fetish site at first before I posted lol. But to the point, yea I was afraid it was a thyroid/high cortisol level causing my problem. I currently don't have med insurance until April so im stuck with Rhodiola, Ashwagandha, low carb. Some good news. I have been on Rhodiola for only 4 days and it is helping all of my symptoms minus puffy face! I will also add weight loss is possible with an intermittent fasting + low carb lifestyle. Again, thank you very much zeebster!!

[kristoff]

Tell us PB, what was the reason for your castration - voluntary, medical (i.e., testicular cancer, or other)? May put an understanding and accepting twist on what happened at age 20.

Voluntary since 2000, 06, 19. BIID

K

[PrettyBoy (imported)]

@kristoff Hi. I was pretty much a pervert lol. Not a rape someone or a pedo or a sick freak (whatever that entails). Starting at 15yrs old I would constantly masterbate average 6 times a day. I would masterbate at home, at school, at work, in parking lot, mall, theater, freaking everywhere all day. A girlfriend didn't help. I ha terrible raw skin on my penis. This went on for 6yrs. Finally mix in my sex drive was ruining my life with the fact I was going to get arrested one day (think Pewee Herman theater) and the fact I never wanted kids and I was balding and BAM! Dr Kimmel in O6!

[daifu-orchid (imported)]

Good thoughts go with you.

Hard to know from a distance, but I have to agree that an endocrinologist might have something useful to say.

If you are also broke, the ACA might help get help? Maybe worth a trip to the website or the local Walgreens to advise?

You never know, it might be cheaper than you thought.

[jako9999 (imported)]

Hi I have been quite lucky and oly put on around 14lbs but my arms and legs have thinned and its all gone around my stomach so over the past 6 weeks I started exercises just for my stomach and its working. The endo people are great but it tends to be an all over thing it may be stupid but have you Googled face exercises it may be worth giving it a go for a few months?

I hope you get it sorted good luck.

[PrettyBoy (imported)]

I thank everyone for their posts. It has helped me!