Hi there Eunuch Archives!

I Have been lurking these forums for years, and never introduced myself or really had any questions or input for the board. I have found this site to be very informative, and have throughly enjoyed all the posts here. About myself, I'm 33, I have had an interest in castration and penectomy as far back into my early childhood. I may not have understood it as a child, but I knew I wasnt fond of my genitals. I self attempted castration at 15 with an exacto knife. I managed to cut a hole in my scrotum and almost had a testicle out, when I realized that I was making a horrible mistake. At 17 I found a cutter online, and was going to meet him, but once again, due to his 'requirements' for meeting (I was supposed to go to a certain street, cover my head with a pillowcase and wait for him to put me into a van, do the castration, and then be dropped back off all with out ever seeing anything), I realized I had made a horrible choice and backed out. More recently, about 3 years ago, I was experiencing all the symptoms of low T, no energy, no libido or erections, depression, being very passive. I was started on testosterone injections after having all the labs and what not. Up until about 6 months ago I was recieving 200mg/ml every two weeks, but my endo has slowly been lowering the dose due to high red blood counts. After talking with my regular doc, we decided to put me topical test to help with lowering my red blood counts without reducing my dosage of Test.

Now my questions, I have been desiring for a while to reduce my dosage, but I want to do it on my own, and not all the time. This is basically because I have a way over active sex drive, so I want to be able to have a low dose at times, but be able to boost myself up a little when my sex drive is needed. I know it may sound like a bad plan, but I have thought this through, and I understand all the other factors that will be affected by this choice. What I want to know is, how long does it take for daily topical gels to affect my libido, ie, if I need 4 pumps a day to be at normal levels, but normally just use 1 pump, when I needed a sex drive, would 1 day of 4 pumps help, or would I need to do a few days worth of extra dosing? Likewise, what time frame would using 4 pumps for say one or 2 days, and then cutting back to the lower 1 pump take to cycle through my system?

Thanks for the input, and hopefully my questions are worded well enough for understanding.

Tim

tymc1982 (imported) wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:57 am Hi there Eunuch Archives!

I Have been lurking these forums for years, and never introduced myself or really had any questions or input for the board. I have found this site to be very informative, and have throughly enjoyed all the posts here. About myself, I'm 33, I have had an interest in castration and penectomy as far back into my early childhood. I may not have understood it as a child, but I knew I wasnt fond of my genitals. I self attempted castration at 15 with an exacto knife. I managed to cut a hole in my scrotum and almost had a testicle out, when I realized that I was making a horrible mistake. At 17 I found a cutter online, and was going to meet him, but once again, due to his 'requirements' for meeting (I was supposed to go to a certain street, cover my head with a pillowcase and wait for him to put me into a van, do the castration, and then be dropped back off all with out ever seeing anything), I realized I had made a horrible choice and backed out. More recently, about 3 years ago, I was experiencing all the symptoms of low T, no energy, no libido or erections, depression, being very passive. I was started on testosterone injections after having all the labs and what not. Up until about 6 months ago I was recieving 200mg/ml every two weeks, but my endo has slowly been lowering the dose due to high red blood counts. After talking with my regular doc, we decided to put me topical test to help with lowering my red blood counts without reducing my dosage of Test.

Now my questions, I have been desiring for a while to reduce my dosage, but I want to do it on my own, and not all the time. This is basically because I have a way over active sex drive, so I want to be able to have a low dose at times, but be able to boost myself up a little when my sex drive is needed. I know it may sound like a bad plan, but I have thought this through, and I understand all the other factors that will be affected by this choice. What I want to know is, how long does it take for daily topical gels to affect my libido, ie, if I need 4 pumps a day to be at normal levels, but normally just use 1 pump, when I needed a sex drive, would 1 day of 4 pumps help, or would I need to do a few days worth of extra dosing? Likewise, what time frame would using 4 pumps for say one or 2 days, and then cutting back to the lower 1 pump take to cycle through my system?

Thanks for the input, and hopefully my questions are worded well enough for understanding.

Tim

If you're getting high red blood cell count (i.e., high hemoglobin), then you are using to much T. High hemoglobin (too high T) can essentially cause "sticky" blood, cause clots and potentially cause a stroke. For an average adult male, 2 pumps of Androgel should be sufficient to provide a full level of T. Reducing to 1 pump a day for reduced levels would work after a couple of days. Resume normal dose when desired. Keep in mind, also, that with prolonged use (years), Androgel tends to lose its effect for libido, but keeps your T levels normal.

welcome!

Thanks for that info Kristoff. I start the gel next week, but it's not androgel, it's a different brand fortesta. Had my insurance agreed to letting me get androgel, I would have been starting at 2 pumps, but this other med requires 4 to have the same effect. As I said, I've been getting shots every two weeks for about 3 years. My sex drive has been that of a teenager since I started. Its unfortunately starting to negatively affect my relationship with my fiancee, basically because I want sex constantly, and tend to get very agitated if I don't get it enough.

The doc recommended the gel because it has less tendency to raise the hemoglobin rates as injections, and most commonly to lower them on injections you have to have a complete stop of hrt for a few months.

Honestly, if it wasn't for a fiancee that needs penetration every once and awhile, and the need to at least have decent strength and endurance due to being in the military, I would just lose the hrt altogether.