For context, I've been on oral estrogen and bicalutamide for about 3 and a half weeks now, I still masturbate maybe 4-5 times a week and have had sex twice in that time, but regardless, I've noticed a massive drop in the size of ejaculations. I had specifically requested that my doctor write a script for bica rather than any more common anti androgens because I was under the belief that it was the only one that did not affect sperm production??
Is this purely a psychological result (I have felt more depressed lately) or does the process effect your body that fast??
As others have said, the estrogen itself reduces testosterone which affects the function you’re talking about.
Some folks recommend Sunflower lectin, magnesium, and other supplements to address this. It’s (unfortunately) called “cumstack” if you want to look into it.
Your mileage may vary, etc etc.
Afaik suppressing T however you do it will affect reproductive function
Once my T was adequately suppressed it went clear very fast
When Dr Bowers turned it inside out.
There is no set of medication that will give you all the feminization of estrogen, and allow you to retain all of the sexual function you had before HRT.
If you take estrogen at sufficient levels to provide feminization, you should expect to lose some amount of function.
Nah, cialis prevents it entirely for me. Also use it or lose it - I was honestly fine on very high dose e + regular erections but after most definitely losing it I need the cialis to maintain function.
The reason we can lose size and ability to maintain without frequent erections is often because cis men have sleep erections, so even if they don’t use it it stays ok. Taking an ED drug like viagra right before bed (short half life) or cialis (lasts 30 hours) will give you night erections
This person is talking about sperm production.
Not size and ability to maintain an erection.
This isn't about use it or lose it.
Lost liquid super fast. 6 months tops. Probably shorter. Rest of functionality i still have despite an orchi.
yes, ejaculate changes can happen pretty fast compared to a lot of other things.
I noticed that my cum went clear around the 3-4 week mark then shortly after started to get less followed by not being able to get hard anymore
With bica you may not lose penis function, typically ppl have that problem with spiro. With any T suppression you will lose sperm volume.
does estradiol have any effect?
Estrogen at high levels functions as an anti-androgen yeah. That’s why/how monotherapy works.
About 5 years before transition
After 2 months (my current state), my ejaculate is very clear and if i masturbate like before HRT, i ejaculate very fast. Its not a problem for me, but a very drastic difference
Ejaculate started to go clear within 3 weeks on 12.5 of CPA every 3 days and 2mg of sublingual E pills . By week 3 I ramped up to 2 x 2mg of sublingual E and continued CPA at 12.5mg every 3 days . Completely clear by week 4 .
I can still get hard (8 months on estrogen) but I no longer produce sperm. Use it or lose it.
To keep most of the size i reco.mend to keep jorking it for best result but you'll lose some function but more for me it just feels different
it still "works" for me but nothing comes out, took 6 months on oral 4mg/day
Ejaculate volume dropped for me in the space of a month.
The rest of him still works pretty well.
8 months
I haven't been able to come for months now 🥹
Lost my ability to reproduce like 2 months in. Started staying more often than not around 4 months in. Now 5 and a half month in I'm still getting random days where it decides to have random erections all day. They are pretty soft though
I love not really worrying about erections.
Zero ejaculate after one month for me. Orgasms are weird now? But I’m only ever in the mood once a week or two.
I haven't produced anything in years and honestly don't miss it. Penis still works for the most part, but if I'm going to top I'll take some Cialis before hand and it does a lot to help with the strength of the boner
Never. It’s a classic YMMV.
I had to have an SRS revision because some leftover erectile tissue still responded and caused problems.
Been on hormones and t suppression for 14 years, I'll let you know when it happens.
It was never a functional vagina to begin with! That's why I'm going to get it fixed 😉
That’s nice and all but that wasn’t OP’s question
Masterbating so much suggests your t levels are still high I think. Others will explain better than me why that affects feminisation. I managed to tank my T and my libido followed. Not saying it's a good thing. Just saying it happened.
Women vary a lot and that frequency isn't unusual.
Sure, not unusual but certainly worth checking T levels. That's where i would start.
I have lost the abilty to use it but what makes it work is a very different story
Over the course of about a 4 hour operation, tbh
No specific timeline, it’s more about use it or lose it after months in.
When I hear "penis function" I think of erectile function, not ejaculation. But some people have different gender goals and busing fat loads is valid. There's a subreddit called r/cumbiggerloads you might check out.
I've had an orchi and I'm on injections, and let's just say, my boyfriend knows that it's very functional 😏
Edit: yeah no I cum very little but my orgasms are still strong and my dick isn't significantly smaller.
Still hard about 8 months spiro and estro. As others say use it or you will live forever with regrets of what could have been. Ejaculate decreases stupid fast though.
I didn't. Year and a half in, still works just fine
The longer your on Estrogen, the more you will start to atrophy, adding an antiandrogen (bica) will help it to atrophy slightly quicker, after six months you should be completely sterile, within a year you will not produce cum, whatsoever.
Say, by around 18 months penile atrophy sets in, ( I was 6.5" erect, now, lucky if i make 1.5" ) then comes the testicles, they start to get smaller, this may take a few years, unless you go on Decapeptyl, antiandrogen injections, 3 monthly. Within a short time you testes will shrink to the size of small grapes or peas.
100% don't believe the old adage "use it or lose it" YMMV
u/magnazika Honestly, I think your masturbating far too much. Maybe cut it to once a week.
Def don’t do that, even if it somehow allows more sperm you need to use it at least a couple or few times for 10-15 minutes at a time to retain size and ability to get hard. Those are way more important to keep than the ejaculate stuff which you’ll probably lose anyway.
Look up exacts tho, I could be wrong about days per week but I’m fairly sure it’s 10-15 minutes per recommended