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Effects of taking testosterone on ftm

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ChristmasWrappingTheWaitresses · 14/12/2018 21:05

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"A lengthy thread on a hitherto little known medical consequence of young women being prescribed testosterone, namely severe long-lasting pain during and after orgasm that can apparently only be alleviated by a hysterectomy."

It's really time that all these side effects were brought out into the open and discussed with young girls before they make such a huge decision to throw away their fertility in this way.

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Anlaf · 15/12/2018 13:44

I listened to a good chunk of Aydian's video before (tbh) I found it upsetting to listen to more. I'm glad that Aydian and Buck Angel are now talking about extreme cramping on and after orgasm due to Testosterone use, and the only treatment offered is a hysterectomy as the womb (apparently) atrophies after Testosterone.

I know women's reproductive health issues are given low priority, and it sounds like female born transmen are no different in that.

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ChristmasWrappingTheWaitresses · 15/12/2018 13:44

yes that's mentioned in a couple of those tweets actually people saying that they have no idea what health will be in 50 years down the line having injected testosterone into a female body for 50 years.

I know there's a detransitioned male on Twitter who I used to see posting a lot who basically had to come off the female hormones for health reasons and pretty much instantly found himself wondering what on earth he had been doing.

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boldlygoingsomewhere · 15/12/2018 13:11

What worries me is how young some of the people responding to this are. What is their life going to be like if they have to have a hysterectomy really young? Are there implications for bone density?

No-one knows what the long-term effects of cross-sex hormones are. I worry that there will be a whole raft of unpleasant symptoms further down the line. Sad

Voice0fReason · 14/12/2018 23:43

Girls need to know about this before they get anywhere need testosterone.
In fact this needs to be widely known so girls who might consider going down the transition route know what is ahead.

FamousPJ · 14/12/2018 21:41

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NotMeOhNo · 14/12/2018 21:35

This is just horrifying. Those poor xx.

HestiaParthenos · 14/12/2018 21:14

Hey, they could just keep their uterus and just never have an orgasm ever again.

Not like the orgasms anyone without a penis could have are of interest to anyone, anyway.

After all, kids are transed before puberty so they never learn what an orgasm feels like, and that's considered perfectly okay, too.