Castration: DISCUSSION

[JodieTs]

Originally Posted by Jasmine

Hi there! I'm new to this forum and there are a lot of interesting threats. Great!

As I'm a M2F-TGirl, I have a question to the community. Maybe you have some suggestions. I'm on herbal therapy for about 2 years. The breasts are developing very well and the figure is transforming into an female shape. Only my testicles are pretty the same size. As I'm not ready for the castration now, I would like to see my testicles shrink and erection should become very seldom. To you have some ideas how to reach this goal?

Hi Jasmine.
Firstly talk to your doctor. Get referred to a psych specialising in transsexual persons.
Then
1. Stop using herbal therapy. These products are manufactured to much lower standards the pharmaceutical products.
This means you never know exactly what you are getting. ie. the amount of Phytoestrogens in each tablet may vary a great deal; not a good thing.
Also, there is a question mark over the sterility of the factory they are produced in, as they are not subject to the same stringent production controls that pharma drugs are subject to.

2. After say 2 or 3 months get a blood test for your levels of:

• Testosterone
• Estrogen
• Cholesterol (triglyceride's)
• Liver Function Test (LFT)

3.Your psych in conjunction with your doc can then prescribe the right amount of oestrogen
& if you are under 40 years old, an anti-androgen or gonadorelin (LHRH) analogue type drug. {These suppress testosterone production}

4. after a couple of more months another blood test . To see if your bloods are the same as a Bio-female*. If not, the meds can be increased/decreased accordingly.

After a while 6 months on ....erections for most people, die away.
Over two years the testicles shrink, a lot.



*Bloods

Baseline Testosterone levels:
Male . . . . 10-25 nmol/L
Female. . . . . . 0.5 - 2 nmol/L

Baseline Estrogen 2 Level (midcycle Genetic woman):
120-400 pmol/L


The following are figures previously posted on NuttycaTS, which are similar to the ones above:

Normal testosterone levels:
Adolescent male. . . . 75-400 ng/dl

Adolescent female . . 20 to 64 ng/dl

Adult male. . . . . . . . .300 to 1000 ng/dl or 10.4-34.7 nmol/L (SI units)

Adult female. . . . . . .20-75 ng/dl or .69-2.6 nmol/L (SI units)

Post op transsexual. .can be lower than 3 ng/dl