After three years of being on meds that block testosterone I agree with Bobbie about what happens.

Reduced sex drive (What sex)

Weight gain (I can't loose weight to save my life!)

Loss of muscle mass (see above)

Increase chance Osteoporosis

Depression (Dam it! That's what started this all (along with bi-polar of course))

Mood swings (see bi-polar)

Hot flashes (These suck! I can soak a pillow at night!)

Changes in personality (I can cry over damn near anything!)

Change in body fat locations (YUP! Everywhere now)

Mental changes (see above)

Changes in skin (can't tan)

Changes in hair (no more receding hair line)

Will get tired faster while doing physical activity (This really sucks!)

Have a great day!

BIG

big (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 5:27 pm After three years of being on meds that block testosterone I agree with Bobbie about what happens.

Reduced sex drive (What sex)

Weight gain (I can't loose weight to save my life!)

Loss of muscle mass (see above)

Increase chance Osteoporosis

Depression (Dam it! That's what started this all (along with bi-polar of course))

Mood swings (see bi-polar)

Hot flashes (These suck! I can soak a pillow at night!)

Changes in personality (I can cry over damn near anything!)

Change in body fat locations (YUP! Everywhere now)

Mental changes (see above)

Changes in skin (can't tan)

Changes in hair (no more receding hair line)

Will get tired faster while doing physical activity (This really sucks!)

Have a great day!

BIG

After a time most of the things become what you are and become normal for you. The hot flashes are gone, I tan just as before. Body hair is thinner and lighter in color. I find that them are just part of me now and would think anything different would be odd. Osteoporosis has happened and I take a pill once a week to help control it.

bobbie (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 6:29 pm Osteoporosis has happened and I take a pill once a week to help control it.

How do you know Osteoporosis has happened and what do you take for it?

big (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 11:21 pm How do you know Osteoporosis has happened and what do you take for it?

I dont want to give drug names directly but for osteoprosis you can search for

1- Zoledronic Acid

2- Risedronic Acid

3- Ibandronic Acid

some of those have once a month or even once a year treatment options

greetings,

hakan

big (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 11:21 pm How do you know Osteoporosis has happened and what do you take for it?

Osteoporosis is a disease that has no outward signs till it is in the later stages. You look and feel normal. Most people find that they have it when they break their hip. Most often it is an older female that it will happen to who is in the later years. The only way to know if you have the disease is to be tested for it. That is a bone density test. It is a special type of X-ray.

This test is becoming a common test for females post menopause. It is good to get a base line test. Then get follow on test every few years to see if their are changes. The doctor will say how often you should get retested.

I got tested while I was just in the chemical castration part of my eunuch trip. I wanted to get a base line test. I found that I was already in osteoporosis. My doctor prescribed a drug for me to help reverse the osteoporosis. The drug is Fosamax 70mg ( alendronate ) I take one pill once a week.

big (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 5:27 pm After three years of being on meds that block testosterone I agree with Bobbie about what happens.

Reduced sex drive (What sex)

Weight gain (I can't loose weight to save my life!)

Loss of muscle mass (see above)

Increase chance Osteoporosis

Depression (Dam it! That's what started this all (along with bi-polar of course))

Mood swings (see bi-polar)

Hot flashes (These suck! I can soak a pillow at night!)

Changes in personality (I can cry over damn near anything!)

Change in body fat locations (YUP! Everywhere now)

Mental changes (see above)

Changes in skin (can't tan)

Changes in hair (no more receding hair line)

Will get tired faster while doing physical activity (This really sucks!)

Have a great day!

BIG

Reduced sex drive.....let's hope so

Weight gain ......always been a problem and this moment I am proving to myself that I can get it down

Loss of muscle mass...............nothing like that up to now

Depression .......If I see them outside, I always think: nice weather for a wether after this

Mood swings .........As I was "normal" I already could jump from one mood to another within seconds. My mood is up to me (I love HIM) And I can still do the same. This means I cannot compare for you.

Hot flashes ......almost all of my life I got short fever attacks, and it has been normal for me to turn my bed into a swimming pool (even as a child, lol)

Nothing has changed, and I still can handle the fact that some children are wetting their beds

big (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 5:27 pm Changes in personality (I can cry over damn near anything!).........

Less me, more you, less hate more love. Yeah and I can enjoy a nice cry, love it

big (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 5:27 pm Change in body fat locations ...........

getting tits damned, what the hell, where are doctors good for. As for my shirts, they have that mistake in the front for many years, and this moment I am reducing it a bit

Mental changes .........not sure, still nuts I guess

Changes in skin ..........yeah to the best, lost a lot of life time problems, and negative, got lichen (google for information)

Changes in hair ...............little, shaving down there again, trimming my beard

more often and short, and I promised myself to shave it of as soon as an urologist did a nice job. But nothing in the way you ask your question

big (imported) wrote: Wed May 20, 2009 5:27 pm Will get tired faster while doing physical activity .........

Strange I hear that a lot, I must be the crazy joker again as I had never so much energy before.

Oh and don't forget, I love you (all) no changes there

loveUall

Jean

WOW You forgot this one!!

I mean I forgot about osteoporosis. I am taking calcium two times a day, and I am going to use my psychiatrist and the urologist to take more care about that danger

Jean Op den Kamp (imported) wrote: Thu May 21, 2009 9:57 pm WOW You forgot this one!!

I mean I forgot about osteoporosis. I am taking calcium two times a day, and I am going to use my psychiatrist and the urologist to take more care about that danger

I started on a full dose of calcium when I started my chemical castration. More then what is recommend for a post menopause woman. That is what is suggested for a castrated man. I still got osteoporosis. I know of many other guys that took the high does of calcium and vitamin D and ended up the same way.

bobbie (imported) wrote: Wed May 27, 2009 7:59 am I started on a full dose of calcium when I started my chemical castration. More then what is recommend for a post menopause woman. That is what is suggested for a castrated man. I still got osteoporosis. I know of many other guys that took the high does of calcium and vitamin D and ended up the same way.

Thanks Bobbie, for another warning. I do take things serious, and I am a bit worried to see that not all doctors do the same. My family doctor thinks there is no need for a density scan.

I had my first visit with a psychiatrist yesterday, but I am going to tell about that later (at the introductions)

thanks again for your help

loveUall

Jean

If chemical castration is not what you want WHY???

Re Calcium my MD has me taking 2 600s a day with Vit D. My first scan was ok but then I'm on HRT so it probably will be ok. I think?

Not all who are hormone free develop osteoporosis, however the consequences of osteoporosis are so severe that it is only prudent to take at least simple precautions. You should get a baseline bone scan as early as possible and taking calcium with vitamin D would seem to be useful (and cheap and easy). Also, follow up bone scans should be done periodically. --FLO--