Reading of Jesus's post on revisions of the DSM and coarses of treatment, I became curious about the time it takes a eunuch to become comfortable with themselves after castration. Basically how long it takes to feel psychologiocally integtrated and comfortable expressing their true emotions. Or is there a time when a eunuch ever feels complete?

chilli-

What an intriguing question.. It seems from reading the experiences here that " becoming a eunuch" takes a year or so as the hormone levels settle and the shock of being castrated fades

Today I feel complete as a eunuch. I wish I could pinpoint the time when I knew I felt complete. On the other hand I knew from my early twenties that I desired to be a eunuch. As I think back and have mentioned before that I never felt male. I think emotionally I was eunuch before I physically became a eunuch.

Of course with the drop of T the intensity and variety of emotions was a bit of a surprise. I had always been a sensitive person but could empathize more easily. Now when I am enjoying life I am so happy it is this way for me. Today if I am sad it is over something to be sad about and not something that happened because I was not my true self. I am no longer surprised by the intensity of emotions but glad I have them.

I am not sure what made the transition from a T driven person to a eunuch easy for me. I wonder if it was the years I waited, fantasized, dreamt and prepared myself for the change. I was castrated at a time when I was escaping a profoundly abusive situation and was a raging sex addict so castration was a relief along with a life saving measure. Castration was what I wanted and needed.

As my life and situation is different from many so my results have been different. I hope you receive a wide range of responses. Becoming a eunuch is not a benefit to all who have tried it and I hope no one decides on one or two posts but much reading and thinking.

I imagine it would take some time, it would take some time for the testosterone to filter out of your system, for the "shock" of undergoing castration and the effects of the operation to filter out, to adjust physically and emotionally.

As to how long it would take my guess is it varies probably a lot between individuals. Everyone is different and everyone handles things differently. Some guys would probably adjust more quickly and easily. For others it would be a longer and more difficult transition. There is probably an average length of time it would take for most new eunuchs to adjust, but there's probably no way to predict just how long it will take a particular individual to adjust to castration and being a eunuch.

Is there anybody out there who embarked on a slow "withdrawal" from testosterone over a period of time using siterone or androcur.

My untested theory is that by taking a chemical like siterone or androcur, 25mg in month 1, 50mg in month 2, 75mg in month 3, 100mg in month 4, 125mg in month 5, 150mg in month 6, 175mg in month 7, 200mg in month 8, 225 in month 9, 250 in month 10, 275 in month 11, and 300 in month 12, and then have physical castration, the shocking physical, mental, emotional effects of testosterone withdrawal would not occur or would be very minimal.

In this fashion one could kind of ease into the transition. Plus this gives one an opportunity to change their mind and not proceed with the surgery; after taking them anywhere along the way, either slowly decrease the drugs over a few months time * to a desired level, or slowly decrease them over a longer period of time and go back to letting your body do its own thing.

*One must never stop taking these drugs abrubtly. Read the enclosed notices; they should be decreased in 25 or 50 mg amounts over a period of months.

Hey Fellas: I have no idea about what's the "normal" length of time it takes to get over the shock of becoming eunuch but I am still not adjusted. I was castrated last december and I am still messed up mentally and emotionally. I recently resolved some problems with my dad and am in hormone treatment (BUT even though it is explained to me often by the doctor, I am still confused and unhappy). Guess I still have some recovery to do. Does anyone know if there is an accepted "common" length of recovery for us?

I don't think there is any such thing as an accepted timeline for adjusting to being a eunuch; that would be rather like asking for a timeline for growing up - some people almost seem to be born grown up and some people never seem to grow up. The difficulty in adjusting rapidly is that the changes are both physical and psychological. In your situation it may be analgous to adjusting to a war wound. If you embrace your new circumstance, enfold it, make it part of you instead of fighting it and regarding it as something alien then you should do well. You may even use it as a springboard to enhance your life, after all this is a new start, a chance to make yourself into a whole new person. --FLO--

Hey! Wait!!! Wait for me! Everybody's all grown up around here and here I am still stuck back here at tanner stage 3.8 yet! At the age of fifty. --Never quite made it to stage 4. I'm TRYING to grow up. It's just that I can't. Oh well. My orchiectomy never brought me any changes except for two: They're gone! Thank God! And I have since never had another hot flash which used to dog me about once a year since my teens.

Hi Uncle Flo: I think you make lot of sense. I think that I am fighting acceptance of my present situation and that's contributing greatly to a lot of my problems. Big Time! I am not getting much support (except from you guys) and guess that doesn't help the recovery. Thanks to everyone by the way. Donny

Castration at a younger age seems to bring issues that may take years to integrate. Waiting a year would not likely solve these issues prior to castration because they are situational. In other words there are many life goals that a castrated man will not achieve and the full gravity of his situation will not become apparent untill full castration is achieved. Putting these to rest can take years, a lifetime the twenty year old does not have.

However, a person who has years of dealing with an undesireable sex drive, may relish the thought of removing that part of the self. A self which causes so much discomfort and further loss. In this case it seems that a brief period, pehaps three months, of chemical castration, would allow this individual to determine if this life style would be desireable.

Everyone and everycase is different. MtF would need a relatively longer amount of time to transition and achieve an integrated personality than a MtE.

chilli-