For those who have been castrated and are undergoing treatment,

do you have dry cumshots, and do you know where it comes from?

Is it something reversible?

I have more sensations it seems to me when there is sperm in the ejaculation, or is it psychological ...

If castrated, you have no balls to produce sperm. My orgasms are completely dry.

Politely, please learn about how the male reproductive anatomy functions. The balls make very little of the total volume of cum. It's mostly made in the prostate. If you're castrated and take testosterone, you'll ejaculate like a man with balls, just no sperm in it. You'll have semen like that of a man with a vasectomy.

Now, if you don't take testosterone, can still get erections, you may end up with dry orgasms. I experienced this twice when I had my penis but no balls, but hadn't started my testosterone yet. It was a great orgasm, and it caught me off guard. Typical of a young man, I was enjoying myself just before bed, and had my orgasm. I then reached for my little towel to clean up, and was surprised I had nothing to clean. I had gotten all the pleasure, and none of the clean-up.

Best. Orgasm. Ever. LOL

Losethem (imported) wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:50 pm Politely, please learn about how the male reproductive anatomy functions. The balls make very little of the total volume of cum. It's mostly made in the prostate. If you're castrated and take testosterone, you'll ejaculate like a man with balls, just no sperm in it. You'll have semen like that of a man with a vasectomy.

Now, if you don't take testosterone, can still get erections, you may end up with dry orgasms. I experienced this twice when I had my penis but no balls, but hadn't started my testosterone yet. It was a great orgasm, and it caught me off guard. Typical of a young man, I was enjoying myself just before bed, and had my orgasm. I then reached for my little towel to clean up, and was surprised I had nothing to clean. I had gotten all the pleasure, and none of the clean-up.

Best. Orgasm. Ever. LOL

This is correct. In my previous post I should have noted that I am not taking T, but do take E.

It seems to be a hormonal issue so ...

Gelded (imported) wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:34 pm It seems to be a hormonal issue so ...

It depends on with what other treatments the castration is done.

Removing only the testicles and using testosterone replacement, there should be almost no reduction in semen. Semen is made up of only 3 to 5% sperm. The rest is prostate and seminal fluid.

A prostatectomy removes far more than the prostate. The surgeon will remove the prostate, the seminal vessels, and the spermatic chords. Since 95 to 97% of semen is prostate fluid and seminal fluid and the 3 to 5% of semen that is sperm needs the spermatic chords to travel into the semen, there is nothing left to make semen. Even if the prostatectomy left enough nerves to clamp down the bladder muscles during orgasm, there would be no fluid to pump out during ejaculation.

After the prostatectomy, the pathologist will score the cancer. If the cancer is aggressive and requires androgen deprivation therapy, there are two choices - either chemical or physical castration.

If a man chooses physical castration after a prostatectomy, it won't be the cause of his dry orgasms. The lack of prostate, seminal vessels, and spermatic chords will be the cause of the dry orgasms.

Since most men think all of their semen is 100% sperm, it's easy to see how they would blame the lack of testicles on a dry orgasm.

Even if the cancer in the prostate is scored as nonaggressive and castration is not required, dry orgasms are going to happen because there are no seminal vessels nor prostate to make fluids for semen.

Not all prostate cancer is treated with radical prostatectomy. Sometimes radiation is used to kill the cancer. This can be done with beam radiation or with seeds. Both have the possibility of damaging the seminal vessels and leaving a man with a dry orgasm.

Lastly, medications designed to make it easier to pee can cause dry orgasms. Flomax and similar drugs are smooth muscle relaxers and are used to relax the prostate to allow urine to flow thru the part of the urethra that passes through the prostate. These muscle relaxers can cause the muscles that clamp off the neck of the bladder to fail to do so during orgasm and result in a retrograde ejaculation.

The urethra is very sensitive because it contains a great many nerves. As semen passes through the urethra, it feels good. Most men equate ejaculation and orgasm. In fact, they are two separate events that happen at about the same time. Many men into "edging" (bringing themselves just to the point of orgasm and then stopping") can experience a full flow of ejaculation without orgasm. As well, a small percentage of men are multiple orgasmic and can experience orgasm without ejaculation.

Some medications - such as SSRI antidepressants - can have the side effect of preventing ejaculation. Some men love this "side effect" to the point that doctors will prescribe an SSRI to help premature ejaculation in men who need it. Men on an SSRI will either learn to orgasm without ejaculaition, live without orgasm or tell their doctor they can't tolerate the side effect.

You are correct, semen and ejaculation are a fun experience and living without it can make orgasms less pleasurable.

TopManFL (imported) wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:50 am It depends on with what other treatments the castration is done.

Removing only the testicles and using testosterone replacement..............................

This is a very clear, well-argued and very true explanation.

I am not yet castrated, but I used medicine for benign prostatic hyperplasia and did have retrograde ejaculations, honestly I did not like the lack of fluid and stopped the treatment.

Thank you TopManFL for that helpful summary.

I have been prescribed avodart for over 10 years for an enlarged prostate, and the side effects of DHT reduction have helped me get through difficult years. Taking this, emissions were reduced. I had a vasectomy a long time before, but the volume after just this alteration was identical.

I started transitioning some years back taking spironolactone and 17-beta estradiol, but to stay partnered gave up after a year. After some months on this drug regime my breasts developed nicely, and I discovered the best orgasms I had ever had. They were whole body and cantered around my abdomen and lower back. Unlike male orgasms I only needed one every few weeks and they were dry.

Now I only take avodart and am working on becoming a complete eunuch prior to moving to low e therapy.

I cum with a varied amount of seminal fluid. Sometimes it is a little while other times almost as much as before castration. I take a zinc supplement and believe that helps stimulate volume.

seanthomas (imported) wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:30 am I cum with a varied amount of seminal fluid. Sometimes it is a little while other times almost as much as before castration. I take a zinc supplement and believe that helps stimulate volume.

thanks for the information