Nerve Damage and Sexual Function/Dysfunction?

Hi there,

I know this is a sensitive topic, but it’s really been bothering me lately.

I am a young, 29 year old transgender man. [meaning I was born female and have female anatomy but live as a man] I don’t mind who answers this post, men or women, I am just wondering if others experience what I am going through.

Basically, I have very little feeling ‘down there’. It was never a problem before, because I was newly on the hormone testosterone and my sex drive was high. Now that I have been on it for about ten years and everything has evened out, I am finding that I am feeling very well…blah.

I have depression along with having had Guillain Barre Syndrome at age 8. It is being treated. However, I feel like this is more a sexuality issue. I just feel like every time I try to ‘get there’ nothing happens, because, well, I can’t really feel anything! Or, I just get weird sensations that run down my legs that are kind of painful.

I was wondering if anyone else, of any gender, experiences this lack of sensation/feeling in their genital area? Is this normal? How do you talk to your doctor about this? What kind of things do you do to bring back that sexuality? Should I just accept that I am not a sexual being any more?

Thanks!