Hi, I saw some other AMAs on here, so I hope it’s ok to post one too, otherwise I’ll gladly remove it.
I’m a 23yo trans woman and I have Hypersexuality, formerly known as nymphomania. I’m attempting to get an 6C72 Diagnosis under the ICD-11, although it’s unlikely I’ll get one soon.
Hypersexuality combines a high sex drive with a compulsive behavior disorder (to make it clear: high sex drives alone does NOT equal hypersexuality). Due to this, a lot of my life revolves around sex and intimacy. As it’s a disorder, there is also a certain level of distress that comes from it.
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Interesting. Thanks for the reply. I guess I’m surprised. If I may ask another question, how long did you live as a male before transitioning? I know if I go long periods of time without sexual contact I begin to feel ‘stopped up’. It becomes where the longer I go without release the more it becomes an all consuming thought. So can you enlighten me? Was that similar to your experience and if so did the feeling abate when testosterone tapered off? I ask as I’m approaching middle age and wondering if such urges would taper off. If this would better be answered privately, you’re welcome to dm.
I transitioned socially when I was 20, so 3 years ago. I started hormones a year ago.
I think that what you’re describing is a relatively common thing, especially with people that have a higher sex drive. To me, some of that is also a bit more extreme. As I said, when I went on testosterone blockers I didn’t feel a need to masturbate anymore. At the time I wasn’t really sexually active, so I didn’t have any sexual activity going on for month when I started to notice me getting really horny. I thought nothing of it. But the next days it just go stronger. After 4 days, I was so horny that I felt drunk. My vision got blurry and I couldn’t walk straight. My friends thought I was abusing drugs and I somehow had to explain to them that, no, I’m just that horny. I tried masturbating at that time, but it didn’t help. It only went away once I had sex on day 6. Since then I rarely ever go a week without sex.
Now, for most people, testosterone will be the primary cause for their sex drive. But for me it’s all a lot more mental than that. I can’t really say if high sex drives taper off naturally. Maybe they do with age but I can’t really give an answer to that