It’s taken me a while to notice because it doesn’t feel like it used to. It’s kind of subtle compared to before and makes me want to be social in a way I’ve never felt. Going too long without taking care of it still makes me frustrated but I didn’t realize what it was so I’ve been doing nothing about it and getting super horny as a result, and only feeling better when I finally get myself off. I didn’t expect the feeling to change so much. I love it and it feels so much more me than testosterone horny, but damn I’m so fucking thirsty sometimes. Just felt like sharing :3

    • Fei@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Pretty much the same for me! 2+ years on hrt. I forget when I added progesterone, but I was super hoping it’d help. No change. I did have a brief moment (couple weeks) of it returning when I started dating my current gf (long distance). It felt entirely different, and was incredibly pleasant, but I woke up one day and it was gone.

      I’m assuming it was propelled by the new emotions and connecting with someone as a girl for the first time. I’m also suspecting that the lack of physical closeness has a lot to do with it… that and the mix of my autism and ADHD. Images, videos, anything that would excite me before doesn’t really do anything. It really bothered me for a bit, but I’m more okay with it now! I’ll have to reevaluate if I’m ever in a local relationship again!

      • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Do you take it rectally? Doctors usually prescribe it orally, blissfully unaware that taking it orally is basically pointless. It’s pretty much all side effects (due to how it is processed in the liver) when taken orally, without getting any significant progesterone into your body. Taking it rectally bypasses the liver and makes it actually work.

        • Fei@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I’ve read that! I’ve had no side effects and my levels (have to get blood work every 6 months) are where my provider wants them, so I haven’t really had reason to explore that option.

  • Hexarei@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’ve found that I swing wildly between “cuddly horny” where I want to be a gentle top to my spouse, to have slow gentle sex … And one brain cell in the back of my brain going “TOP ME TOP ME TOP ME TOP ME TOP ME TOP ME”

    And yeah, in both cases it’s a very social feeling. It’s no longer “thinking with the wrong head”, where I feel like I’m being pulled around at the whims of my libido; Instead it’s like something in my brain is yearning for the touch of another.

  • Shirow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I get it too, I just love this new type of arousal so much more. You know I’ve never felt like “Butterflies” before hrt. This feeling is magic. The increased sensitivity…

    My needs have changed too, and somehow I get it for the thirsty part, been there and exploring those feeling just slightly.

    • Nissa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Wait, HRT brings back the butterflies? I miss them soooo much! Is that why I have crush dreams not sex dreams? I just miss the butterflies? That makes so much sense

      • Shirow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I don’t know, I’ve never had them before. Like maybe I’m expressing that poorly that’s not what butterflies mean?

        Like tingly feeling that wasn’t there before. Especially when picturing something a bit more spicy or intimate without being especially sexual… Like I feel in my chest and lower?
        Like before hrt. I’ve never felt that.

        • Nissa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          That warm fuzzy feeling of intimacy, the happy giddy floaty feeling, the wanting to hug and cuddle, to be one in a very non sexual way. Just thinking about it makes my heart flutter, not i must consume your flesh race.

          That type of feeling?

  • MacroMoray@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    First time I got girl horny, I was ready to jump on my wife, but I didn’t feel horny, so I didn’t have a clue why. It took me a week to figure out what it was because it was so wildly different from what I was used to

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Fuck I wish I had someone to jump on these days. The feeling of wanting to connect with someone is much stronger than guy horny, so doing it myself hasn’t really been satisfying.