I am tentatively considering taking cyproterone for a year or so, and then sealing the deal, so to speak by becoming physically castrated. Do you guys think a year is a long enough time to be on cyproterone in order to accurately gauge what it will be like to be an actual eunuch?

Also, I have seen that a lot of people here deliberately damage their testicles beyond repair so that the urologist or emergency room people are willing to remove them. What is the legality surrounding this? I have seen that some of you guys lie about what happened to your testicles. Is this necessary? Like hypothetically, if I crushed my testicles in a vice grip, and then went to the emergency room to have them removed, could I get in legal trouble? I live in Florida, so I guess I could be Baker Acted. any thoughts or suggestions?

As far as the legality of purposely harming yourself there are stories on this very archive about people being involuntarily committed to a mental heath facility for several weeks when doctors discover that the damage was purposeful. Its also dangerous to begin with...

I believe there are also health insurance issues with self-harm. So you'd be on the hook for the ER and any medical procedures that would be required. At least that is my understanding...

I think it is highly likely that any attempt at self-castration would be perceived as self-harm or self-mutilation if medical intervention became required, which would almost certainly involve a period of hospitalisation under psychiatric assessment.

I rather unwisely mentioned my desire to be castrated and loathing of my testicles and hormones to my support worker and therapists and it was made quite clear to me that if I made any attempt to castrate myself or even if I had the surgery done illicitly by someone else, then I would definitely be Sectioned (involuntary admission to a psychiatric ward) and subjected to a lengthy psychiatric assessment.

I should add that I have a Borderline mental health condition and a feature of that condition is self-harming and self-destructive behaviour. I admit that I do self-harm and I have exhibited self-destructive behaviour in the past but I genuinely believe that my yearning for castration is not about self-harming. Unfortunately my psychiatrists and therapists do not share this view and perceive my feelings about this as just another facet of my illness that they feel should be address through my psycho-therapy!

Mark

i have been on cyproterone for well over 4yrs now and yes i would say that 1yr on it would be long enough to let you see what it would be like if you were castrated or me the desired effects came within 1month of starting taking it i lost the abillity to get erect and my spem stpped within 2 weeks i am glad to see that you want to try the chemical route first and have not just gone off and had yourself castrated

I would like a trial run with cyproterone or some other chemical castration.

However, from what I've read there can be some dangerous side affects such as stroke or heart attack.

What say you?

Charlie

iamdaniel (imported) wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:21 pm I am tentatively considering taking cyproterone for a year or so, and then sealing the deal, so to speak by becoming physically castrated. Do you guys think a year is a long enough time to be on cyproterone in order to accurately gauge what it will be like to be an actual eunuch?

Also, I have seen that a lot of people here deliberately damage their testicles beyond repair so that the urologist or emergency room people are willing to remove them. What is the legality surrounding this? I have seen that some of you guys lie about what happened to your testicles. Is this necessary? Like hypothetically, if I crushed my testicles in a vice grip, and then went to the emergency room to have them removed, could I get in legal trouble? I live in Florida, so I guess I could be Baker Acted. any thoughts or suggestions?

Most likely your testicles will not recover after being on cyproterone for a year or more. So there should not be any changes if you have the testicles removed. So why should you try to damage them to have them removed if there non-functional now. I know how you feel I have non-functional testicles and I still wish them gone and now after a few years now, add a Penectomy! along with the castration.......

_g (imported) wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:49 am Most likely your testicles will not recover after being on cyproterone for a year or more. So there should not be any changes if you have the testicles removed. So why should you try to damage them to have them removed if there non-functional now.

I don't think that is true. If cyproterone (or other chem castration) was permanent then we'd all be permanently castrated right now, and people like Chemcast Scott wouldn't have been taking it for 4 years. The recovery might be slow, and maybe there are some permanent reduction in function, but I think generally chemical castration is considered fully reversible.

Maybe you mean that he could keep taking cyproterone, which is true. Once you are chemically castrated there might not be much need for physical castration. However, chemical castration drugs cost money and have side effects (like liver damage) that would be avoided with physical castration.

The real question is: Do you want to be castrated? If you do not don't do anything, if you do start with chemcast until you can arrange or afford surgical. A year on meds is plenty of time to know if you like it. Keep things simple.