How do you survive at Zero Testosterone?

[Chesleyt (imported)]

I've been living without testosterone for 5 weeks now because I was having emotional problems severe depression and anxiety and couldn't take it anymore. I've been on meds for it for years but they changed the one for depression and add another one to elevate my dopamine. The testosterone was effecting the psychiatric medications. Now I'm off and feel great I'm a little more forgetful though. I couldn't sleep when I was on the testosterone so I've been taking a sleeping pill and now have noticed it is working better. I do get tired after a long day out but caffeine takes care of that. I'm taking extra calcium and vitamin D for my bones and am doing resistance exercises 3 days a week. I will keep you updated on my progress. It does help to have someone to talk to while you're going through this it helps with the emotional changes.

[Frida G Cavic (imported)]

If you look at menopausal women it also goes very gradually. They get hot flashes but normally it takes about 2 years for them to finally settle their hormones and the hot flashes disappear. It takes long time. If you do it very quickly you sure get bad side effects.

but menopausal women suffer after lossing of estradiol, the rise of risks of strokes and DVT, low glucose tolerance etc. high lipids etc,

[Frida G Cavic (imported)]

I was at "zero" T for 4 months using Androcur. Actually it never goes to zero. Generally it is considered that anything below 50ng/dL is a castrate levels. But I think it should be lower. Like below 30ng/dL. As at 47ng/dL I did not feel castrated enough. My lowest recorded level was 17ng/dL.

The hardest time was weeks 3-8. After that transition period it started to get better. Very slowly. Sleep got better and I was less exhausted. Dizziness went away. Also I started to get used to my new condition. Emotionally, after that period I felt even happy.

the current agreement about the threshold to consider a man "castrated" is equal or less than 20 ng/ dL with the technique of microparticles inmunochemioluminiscent assay (the most used techic but not the most accurate) but everyone is different

[Chesleyt (imported)]

What would be the estrogen level in a castrated man not on hormones is it higher than the testosterone level?

[catoboros (imported)]

I'm taking extra calcium and vitamin D for my bones and am doing resistance exercises 3 days a week.

Cool. Weight-bearing exercise is also often recommended for bone health. Good for me because that is all I do! I should add some resistance exercise.

[sparkey49 (imported)]

I went 2.5 years no T after castration and my E was high and T unmeasurable. It got pretty rough.

[Chesleyt (imported)]

I'll have to add weight lifting when I'm able to lift more than 20 lbs just had surgery 11 days ago and have weight restrictions

[seanthomas (imported)]

I have been with levels of adrenal produced testosterone only for three years. There were aspects of it I loved and some I did not. For several years I was able to maintain a reasonable erection on demand but work got hectic, sex pretty much abated and my penis shrank from lack of use and I became completely impotent. My last blood test revealed my T level was around 40 ng/dl and my estradiol 20. In the last year I began to loose energy and memory and gained man boobs. I do not want to go back on T. I tried it and the side effects were explosive enlargement of my prostate, increased temper, anxiousness and more. But at my age I am most worried about the effects of no hormones such as osteoporosis. So, I began a trial of estrogen last week and we'll see how that works in lieu of testosterone. In summary, every man reacts differently and the best you can do is find what works for you. A good doctor can help but in the end you simply have to educate yourself and experiment until you find that sweet spot of hormones.

[attistoC (imported)]

My T isn't down to zero but low enough that I was having problems with memory loss and lower energy. For me the solution has been adding estradiol and progesterone. I feel far better than either being on testosterone or on androgen suppression. Since you don't mind breast growth then some combination of female hormones may work for you as well

I like this, interesting. I have to decide soon.

[justapup (imported)]

I never went on hormones after I was castrated in April of 2021. The 6 months after were great! My body slowly over that time dropped from 348 ng/dl of testosterone to just 30 ng/dl. After those 6 months is when the negative things started appearing. I've lost a lot of interest in sexual things that I enjoyed tremendously when I had normal testosterone, my muscle mass has gone way down and if I am not careful I can become exhausted and very irritable. My moods swing very differently than before, sometimes I wonder if I am able to feel anything at all, then my mood swings really hard in one direction or another. Aside from those issues though. I love it. I do not feel like a man anymore and my body has been transforming into its new eunuch shape perfectly.