I mean, I’m on monotherapy at half the base starter dose and my T is still only 17ng/dL (tested last week). It’s just gonna depend on how ur body reacts to E (and T).
I don’t get spontaneous erections at all, but I also don’t have much trouble with the “less spontaneous” situations you mentioned.
There’s nothing you can really do differently with HRT to change that. You don’t get to pick and choose what parts of it you get. Whatever effect it has on your body is the effect you’re gonna get, and there’s nothing you can really do to alter that. It’s essentially all or nothing.
One of my favorite parts of HRT is that this no longer happens to me either in the morning, or any random time of day. It felt awful having it happen randomly multiple times a day for literally no reason.
You say that like it’s a bad thing? I’d gladly take an orchiectomy :3
Sociopathy is absolutely a real, defined, in-use term. It’s shorthand for someone who suffers from Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), which
removes ones ability to feel empathy and to distinguish between the morally right and wrong*ahem* “causes the individual to habitually and pervasively disregard or violate the rights and considerations of others without remorse”. If we’re going to be pedantic here, I’ll just quote the DSM-5, though I’m well aware that the DSM is flawed in many ways. You’re right that it can be treated, but it is notoriously difficult to treat, as patients are highly unlikely to believe they have a problem, and even less likely to commit to treatment for it. Being a personality disorder, treatment is done through therapy, as medications alone cannot treat it. As someone who suffers from a personality disorder (BPD), I am able to recognize personally how difficult they are to treat. That doesn’t mean they can’t be treated, and certainly doesn’t mean it isn’t worth seeking treatment, but it can often feel that way (in my personal experience). Having BPD, I am solely responsible for the harm I do unto others, and the same can be said for ASPD. I understand (and personally struggle with) others not wanting to be around me or have close personal relationships with me. I’m currently in the beginning phases of treatment and have a lot to go. I understand that the person I am right now is not someone who is ready for a committed relationship, and don’t believe it to be ableist for one to not be attracted to me for that. Again, at the beginning of my treatment, I still have a long way to go before I’d be comfortable even thinking about relationships. Sometimes people simply aren’t ready for relationships, and while that doesn’t mean they won’t ever be, it does mean that it isn’t ableist to not be interested in someone who isn’t ready (whether that person understands if they’re ready or not).You’re thinking of the term “psychopath”, which is no longer in use.