#bicalutamide

As promised I wanted to make sure I post my experience with HRT, specifically with Bicalutamide (Bic) instead of Spironolatone (Spiro) as my anti-androgen.

It’s only been a couple weeks now but I seem to have gotten used to Bic pretty well. I was worried it would be a while till I adjusted, but a couple weeks in and I seem much better. I can safely drive now after taking my evening dose, I don’t feel anywhere near as drowsy. Best guess, this is because the first few days the Estrodiol (half-life of 16 hours) hadn’t built up in my system so I didn’t have very much estrogen yet and was then also missing most of my testosterone.

Now, as long as I remember all my pills I’m ok. My energy level is still lower than it was pre-hrt but it’s on the rise now so in a few weeks I’m hoping to be back to where I was an if not, well that’s ok too.

Since sex-drive and function were my main motivation for Bic instead of Spiro, I assume other people are curious. I have no issues with either at this point. If anything my drive is up from where it was (I would say from low-high I’m at very-high) and I’ve had no issues with getting or maintaining an erection.

Again, I’m on Bic, Estradiol (pill form) and Progesterone.

My next doctor’s appointment is late December so I’ll post after that if nothing changes between now and then.

So since I posted about taking bicalutamide, I’ve had a few girls reach out wanting to know more.

Please feel free to dm me if you want and I’m more than happy to chat but I also figured I’d take some public notes as things go along so that the info is out there for anyone else.

For those that don’t know, Bicalutamide (Bic) is an alternative to Spiro. Where Spiro (a steroidal anti-androgen) stops your body from producing testosterone, Bic (a non-sterodial ant-androgen) blocks the receptors that testosterone binds too, meaning it’s still in your body, just can’t effect you.

Bic is shown (in studies for treating prostate cancer) to have less impact on sex drive and function than Spiro. Which was my main interest in it.

So for now that’s the facts. Now let’s talk feels.

I’m approaching the end of week 1 and I wanted to document it while it’s fresh.

Bic makes me a SLEEEEPPPYYY bitch. I’ve started taking it just before bed because within 30 minutes I feel super tired. Luckily I only take it once a day so that’s not bad.

I def noticed that immediately I stopped waking up with erections but so far, my drive is the same (super high) and I have no troubles becoming erect when I want to. I haven’t gotten a spontaneous erection since I started taking it and they were pretty common before hand.

Last note, I assume this is the Bic but am not sure yet. About 30min - 1hr about my dose, I ummm... well let’s say if you’re constipated, Bic is the way to go.

In all I feel a bit foggy this week but hi-caf tea helps and I’m expecting all of this to pass as I adjust to the meds.

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