I guess I'm lucky. When I had a highT count I had all my problems. Now that I have a high Estrogen and Progesterone count and a below 30 T count, I am at peace with the world. A very happy person.

It might just be from the very low testosterone, the last time was around 0.01 or something. My estrogen levels are in the male level although I do use patches with low strength. I think I'm more than hypersensitive than depressed, still not sure. I get happy easy but I get disappointed very easy too.

I'm going to have my hormonal test again in around a month but I do not feel like my hormones has raised. I cannot have erection anymore. I did have around a month ago but I lost it at all even when being with another man (I'm homosexual)

This is something that I have dealt with for several years now. One of the easiest ways I've found to deal with it is with anti-depressents. My 1st choice is Lexapro which can be a little pricey. However there is a generic version of it called Citrilopram which Walmart will sell you a 90 day supply of for $10 on their generic program.

If you really want to learn more about psychiatric/depression meds go to a website called "Crazy Meds (http://www.crazymeds.us)." Awesome website! http://www.crazymeds.us

Most states & cities of any size will have a place where you can go to get help dealing with your depression & possibly getting on meds to help.

Hope that helps!

bigdude1 (imported) wrote: Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:19 am However there is a generic version of it called Citrilopram

I wonder if that's the same drug as Citalopram which is available in the UK, but only by prescription. It certainly helped me deal with depression for a period of three years. It was two weeks before I noticed Citalopram was having any effect, and after three years I was able to wean myself off the drug with no ill effects simply by gradually reducing the dose.

I don't believe my depression was caused by castration. I had a lot of work, family and financial issues all going on at that time and during that period of my life the only good thing that happened to me was getting castrated. I've been a happier and more balanced person since castration.

eunuch2001 (imported) wrote: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:20 am I wonder if that's the same drug as Citalopram which is available in the UK, but only by prescription. It certainly helped me deal with depression for a period of three years. It was two weeks before I noticed Citalopram was having any effect, and after three years I was able to wean myself off the drug with no ill effects simply by gradually reducing the dose.

I don't believe my depression was caused by castration. I had a lot of work, family and financial issues all going on at that time and during that period of my life the only good thing that happened to me was getting castrated. I've been a happier and more balanced person since castration.

I'm sure that it's the same.

mantonis (imported) wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:46 am For those of you who are in eunuch hormone levels, do you get depressed? I do all the time, no interest in life, I feel like I want to die.

Yeah, I had those same symptoms or feelings, it was dark and hellish, so bad I had no will to live. Freaked me out. I was advised and took the advice to add back some testosterone, which I did by using a compounded testosterone that was prepared at a pharmacy not far from where I lived at the time. I noticed almost immediate relief within an hour, I wanted to live again. You could use some anti-depressants, that's your choice, but as a eunuch I liked being able to control my testosterone level(s). I used a small amount, 1/2 of what was recommended initially and then after awhile I even added less so that my testosterone level(s) remained around 150, whereas the normal male is somewhere around 300-1000ml's or mg's I can never remember if it's ml's or mg's. So for what it's worth, you might want to try a little compounded testosterone. You should vary the amount from time to time, after six years, I'm stuck at a low level and can't get it any higher, but I still feel good with little to no depression.

I, thankfully, never suffered from clinical depression following my castration. I was,for a period, devastated at the loss of my manhood but adapted quckly to being, and accepting that I was now a Eunuch and would be for life. Now after five years and five months I am not sure that I would want to be intact again. Clinical deprssion is a serous illness and anybody suffering from it, whether a Eunuch or not must seek professional medical help. Castration causes a massive hormone crash in the new Eunuch and this may be the trigger for depression in people that are prone to it but ,as in my case, it does not happen to all Eunuchs.

I've also been very lucky so far, its been 20 weeks sense my surgery and I've had no depression what so ever, my T level last time it was checked was 24.7 all in all I do feel great.

Ken

Psalm 30:5 (KJV)

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

I have been fighting depression for years and have been on SSRI's for ten years now. While they are essential for keeping depression at bay, they have consequences. While it keeps from falling into serious depression, it also keeps me from being really happy, really sad, really angry, and I kind of feel like a zombie. My testosterone levels are way below normal, but not quite to female levels and I have done nothing. And even though I take blood pressure medication, SSRI's, and two other drugs who side effects include ED, along with having super low T, I have no problems getting or maintaining erections. I still wake with erections and have other spontaneous erections.

Having said all that, I do still get depressed and everything bores me and I have no energy and it's hard to care about things I need to care about. Paxil made me suicidal and Cymbalta made me impotent, and I mean I could not get an erection by any means. My best friend experienced the same thing on Cymbalta. And it also does not work for Fibromyalgia. At least not for me.

Don't let depression sneak up on you. Be proactive, that is the only way to deal with it.

Elizabeth