Did you know testosterone can make you like men more?

[Anonymous]

I started taking testosterone just a few months ago (natural deficiency). I was already gay before I started, but I've definitely noticed that becoming stronger.

Before, I could see some cute guy with an earing, think "hot," pay him for my coffee, and go about my day. Now, I have to be careful in public, or I can get flustered just trying to interact with men normally. They don't even have to look good. Just any man anywhere in my line of sight means I have to mind myself. It's frankly ridiculous. I'm almost glad I didn't have this spike happen as a teenager when it was supposed to.

I mentioned it to my doctor, and she said the intensity might go down some in time—but likey never back to where I started. She said it's expected when taking testosterone to have your attraction be much stronger, but especially towards men, which surprised me. I'd heard a theory that gay men just had low testosterone, and I sort of confirmed it in myself. Of course, that theory had no scientific basis, and now that my testosterone is at a normal level I'm significantly gayer. That's literally the opposite.

Anyway, it's not a huge deal, it was just interesting to me. It wasn't something I'd heard before, so I figured I'd share. That's all. Thanks for reading. ⭐

[Wonderingguyy]

Oh interesting- Wait why would someone take testosterone? Like what else does it do?

[Asker]

Well it mostly just to bring your testosterone up to normal levels, which if it's low can cause higher risk of certain health problems, and slows/nulls body development. I basically just didn't go through puberty. So while not taking it wouldn't put me personally at any health risks, it would suck to look like a 12-year-old forever..

[worldscolide]

Testosterone doesn't change your sexual orientation, it just changes your desire for sex, so that would make sense.

[Asker]

I have seen people say they didn't like men before starting testosterone, and then did start liking men, but it's possible that they did like men just not enough for it to be noticeable. That wasn't my experience personally though, and I don't know any of those people personally.

[worldscolide]

or they were in the closet.

[Asker]

Well in those cases it would have been very strange for them to be in the closet about being gay but out of the closet about being trans. It is possible though since again, I don't know them personally.

[Anonymous]

False. Testosterone makes your sex drive stronger, regardless of whether you're attracted to men or women.

[Asker]

Of course it makes your sex drive stronger regardless. I've just seen/heard that it especially does so towards men, which I didn't know before.

[Opinion Owner]

It's not true.

[Asker]

Oh? Where do you see/hear that it's not true?

[Opinion Owner]

The onus is not on me to prove you are wrong. It's on you to prove your silly claim is true.

Testosterone is the male sex hormone. It makes men sexually hungry for whichever sex they prefer. The only poeple who make the claim you are here are gay people, whose view is obviously biased.

[Asker]

I just said, based on what I've seen/heard. Which I already pretty much explained, in the initial post. If you don't belive me that's fine. I just thought that since you stated your opinion as such a fact, you might have had your own experience that led you to believe that way. And I was curious what that would be.

[Opinion Owner]

Fair enough. Cheers

[Anonymous]

I've been on Testosterone Replacement Therapy for many years because simply my body doesn't make enough of it and I use Androgel where I place three applications on both shoulders a day and of course I get blood test to keep a check on it, but my cock throbs when I'm masturbating and I gave mind-blowing orgasms.

[OlderAndWiser]

Perhaps it had that effect on you, but that doesn't prove that it would have that effect on heterosexual men.

[Asker]

No of course. I don't know if there have been any studies to that effect either. I just know what the doctor told me and some other anecdotal evidence from what other people have experienced.

[OlderAndWiser]

So you understand that anecdotal evidence is not really evidence at all.

[Asker]

Its anecdotal. I'm not in a court of law, I'm not trying to prove anything. I just thought this was interesting.

[OlderAndWiser]

I didn't mean to suggest "evidence" in a legal sense but in the way that researchers use the term.

[Asker]

I'm not a researcher either. I just thought it was neat. If I saw/heard anecdotal evidence for something else about something I'm taking, I would probably post about that too. I'm just interested by it. There's no need to argue, I'm not trying to make a point.

[madhatters4]

testosterone doesn't make you like men more. it may make you more prone to sexual arousal though

[Asker]

Well I'm glad it doesn't have the same effect for you, because it can be annoying. It's nice when our medications don't have annoying side effects.

[madhatters4]

doesn't have the same effect? i don't take testosterone, so i have no idea how it would impact me.

[Asker]

Oh. My bad, I shouldn't have assumed. What did lead you to hold that opinion?

[madhatters4]

it's not an opinion. testosterone doesn't make you more attracted to people. it can elevate your sexual arousal. so whatever you are attracted may make you more sexually aroused

[Asker]

Okay... what led you to hold that non-opinion?

[madhatters4]

science. testosterone simply doesn't make you like a gender more. just not how it works.

[Asker]

Oh, wow, that's crazy! Science is where I got my opinion, too! Well, science and experience.

[Bairavaa01]

Artificial drugs + gay = failure = kill yourself

[Asker]

No 💙

[Anonymous]

Testosterone is the root cause of my PCOS. I have high testosterone that it lowers my progesterone

[gorydetails]

Apparently it makes you a moron, too.

[Asker]

Well to be fair, I was also already a moron.