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btw after 1 year on T it's become alarmingly aware to me that lots of ppl don't know u can have an allergic reaction to HRT injections. Testosterone cypionate is formulated with cottonseed oil and its not exactly uncommon to be allergic to that! there are other formulations (I personally use testosterone enanthate) and if none of them work for u there are other way to take testosterone. if u are having big itchy welts at ur injection sites PLS talk to ur doctor ab switching ur formulation

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i liked your post about how trans women's joy in womanhood is gender-affirming for you as a cis woman. real quick can you look up for me if any of your local planned parenthoods prescribe testosterone. testosterone cypionate or androgel, doesn't really matter. it's prescribed on an informed consent basis usually. 100mg per 7 days of cypionate injected into the belly of the thigh tapering up to 200mg as desired or 1-2 pumps of androgel per day applied to the torso ideally the stomach btw

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oh GOD i am so happy. oh god. oh i am losing my mind. years of agony every waking moment is gonna be over soon enough. even though i won’t see changes for a while, i already feel better.

it came a day early and they accidentally sent me testosterone cypionate instead of enanthate which, longer half-life + 8 carbon fucks severely so i’m not complaining!!! i don’t think i’m allergic, i got a little itchy immediately after injecting but i think it was mostly nerves/putting on my pajamas that had dog hair on them (i’m allergic to my dog), and it went away. i also feel nauseous ~2 hours after injection but i don’t know if it’s an issue with the T or just nerves or something unrelated. i was scrolling on tiktok for a bit which always makes me feel super nauseous so maybe that’s why

this was really, really, really scary. i did it on call with one of my best friends in the world (also trans, on e) and she really helped me. she’s the only person in my life who knows i’m on t, major shoutout, cannot express how much i love her

it’s been 2.5 hours since injecting about 25mg. i fucked up and am not quite sure how much i actually got in there cause the t got all stuck in the syringe plunger??? but the second time it worked i think. may have been more or less then 25mg…but…about? oops!

it didn’t hurt at all the first time but i fucked up and had to start over. the second time hurt a little because i forgot to turn the needle’s long side closer to my body, also the adrenaline had calmed down a little so i felt it more!!! but it was all very lovely and chill. i do subcutaneous (subq) and the needle was tiiiiiny tiny tiny so it really was nothing

i generally just feel Weird. everything feels sharper, i’m very very aware of my body right now. i was in absolute fight or flight panic defense mode while doing the injection because it was 1. just kinda a scary thing! 2. scared someone in my house was gonna catch me (they didn’t, we are all good). so i don’t know if my current Weird feeling is from T or from coming down from my crazy defense mode.

it feels like yesterday it was early august and i first heard of diy, it feels like yesterday i was holding my breath wondering if this was something i could really do. it feels like yesterday i, a trans kid in the south with no resources and no trans community, all on my own besides for a few friends up north, tasted real, tangible hope for the first time. and now i’m here and i did it. i started hrt. i finally did it

it’s Weird but really nice. i looked in the mirror and i feel different, i feel like me but also like a different person and i think i really like it and only time will tell how this all goes!!! i thank god and the universe and whatever divine luck brought me here because oh lord i have been so lucky. i am so lucky and have been so protected. i am so immeasurably grateful

[defilerwyrm]

hi! I've come asking questions about transition (as a trans boy) more specifically, you mentioned that you've used both testosterone cream and injections.

Do you mean the cream/gel kind of HRT that is used once daily? If so, I was wondering whether you noticed any difference in the uptake or changes in the rate of your transition compared to injections. Did changes happen at the same rate as injections or a bit slower, since I've heard there can be problems of the skin not absorbing T as well as injections. Do you have any personal experiences of this?

Also if it's not too personal, which kind of HRT are you on now (injection/cream) and why did you choose to stick with it, if that was your own choice? (ik there can be insurance/supply issues that might affect it)

Howdy! So: this was a ride.

My first provider (not naming names, but she’s a doctor who works in downtown Austin) gave me two choices: find time to take a 1- to 1.5-hour round trip downtown, pay the $20 copay, and have a nurse give me an injection every single week; or use a daily cream from a compounding pharmacy that delivered. For reasons of time and money, I went with the cream.

I was on it for a year; I don’t remember my dosage exactly, but it was something like two clicks of a finicky dispenser. I was on it for a solid year and the only change that occurred was I got a couple more annoying, embarrassing PCOS hairs on my throat. Absolutely nothing else. Meanwhile, every 3 months or so I’d express my frustration with this to my doctor, and she’d just tell me to be patient. Or, you know, come in and pay the copay every week instead.

Now any number of things could have been going on here. She could have had me on a comically-low dose (I really have zero memory of what it was). My biochemistry could have overpowered or resisted it. The compounding pharmacy could have been bullshit. Who knows.

By comparison, right around three months on testosterone cypionate injections, my voice broke and I started sprouting facial and body hair in spades.

Between what my second HR provider (the one who got me onto cypionate) and other trans men I’ve heard from have said, the gel version is a much slower ramp-up usually because you’re adding T to your system in small, daily doses, and the cream version seems to be pretty uncommon; both of them are better if you really want to ease into the changes instead of just getting the whole second puberty thing over with, or if you’ve already been through testosterone-dominant puberty and just need to maintain your levels.

Since July 2017 I’ve been on a weekly 0.4 mL injection of 500 mg/mL testosterone cypionate. It was pretty challenging at first with my phobia of hypodermic syringes, but I’ve inured myself to it over time. My habitual injection site has also acclimated to it so that there’s literally no pain at all if I get myself in just the right spot, so that’s pretty great; and using the bathroom mirror instead of looking directly at myself has proven a great little trick to hoodwink my brain about what’s going on, thus reducing my anxiety about it a great deal.

I’ve stuck with it because it gets results, it’s a lot less messy and aggravating than a topical treatment, getting the right dosage is MUCH easier, it’s become a little ritual of sorts, and I only have to remember it ONCE a week instead of seven times. It’s also lessened my anxiety when I have to get blood drawn or have IVs in (though I still really fuckin’ hate IV lines). YMMV, but for me, it’s been a great experience overall.

We’re not gonna talk about the thinning hair, though. -_- One more crappy thing I inherited from my dad’s side, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s activated by testosterone….

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i've been out of the closet and living openly trans for 10 years now. i'm 1 year post-op (top surgery, august 2023) and i've been injecting testosterone (0.25 ml jan 2021 - jan 2022, 0.35 ml jan 2022 - present), for 3 1/2 years.

due to adhd my consistency with taking my t shot can be affected sometimes and i will miss shots consecutively and unintentionally. this, as noted, isn't intentional or because i'm hesitant about injecting—it's just adhd getting in the way of a routine.

i'm thinking having this blog and connecting to the community will help me keep track of my shots and take them consistently, on the same day, weekly.

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Helloo, could you explain the diffrent types of testosterone like as in androgel, sustanon, all that stuff. I'm thinking of going on sustanon but I don't see quite alot of info except for cis guys using it for bulking and im afraid it's not quite a good comparison for ftms

i am not familiar with sustanon, so i will have to do some research and return to you at a later time, as well as see if any other anons or anyone in the comments can help for the time being. also i typically tend to recommend the subreddit community r/ftm, they are great for asking questions about different forms of T since so many guys use it =)

i have personal experience with androgel, and injectable testosterone cypionate. i used injectable T subcutaneous, meaning I injected into fat/skin tissue, and not intramuscular/into muscle tissue, due to my intersex condition and natural testosterone levels. I'm not sure how commonly this method is prescribed to people, but I have always been instructed to do it this way, as I've been told it will lead to less prominent up-and-down spikes and fluctuations of hormone levels. I'm not a professional though so I can't verify as to whether or not this was just that one professional's advice, or if that's 100% accurate.

again, for me as an intersex person, I don't know how applicable that is to perisex trans people, as i know most perisex transmascs inject intramuscular. that being said, testosterone cypionate is generally the go-to, it's strong, it's effective, it's kind of what everyone pictures when they think of T. the only thing to keep in mind about injectable T is pharmacies don't always give you the correct gauges of needle. generally you want 2 different gauge of needle, one larger and thicker to draw the T from the vial and a smaller thinner one for injecting, but pharmacies are really bad at giving you both, and giving you the correct gauges of both. this is easily the biggest pain with injectable T. if you have needle trauma or just don't want to have very strong spikes of testosterone and very strong drops in your hormone levels leading up to injection day, a gentler option is topical.

i've personally used androgel and i really like it, that's actually what i'm using right now, as i've been injecting for 7 years and my doctor wanted me to move away from that to avoid potential tissue damage from years and years of poking my skin. i really like androgel, although for some people it is less effective. if you have very low natural testosterone, or, your body is just poorly receptive to the hormone and doesn't take to it easy, it make struggle to benefit as much from topical testosterone, however nothing is stopping you from asking your clinician to try the topical T at a slightly higher dose to see if you just need a boost when using it transdermally. your dose isn't going to be the same on an injectable format as it is on a transdermal format

i get a generic version of androgel that comes in a bunch of pre-measured tubes so i don't have to measure anything out. i just apply 1 tube two days a week. i find that super handy as measuring my dose with injectable T was sometimes time consuming, especially if the pharmacy gave me the wrong gauge of needle, which they did often. my only complaint is that it's an alcohol based gel, so it smells very strongly when applying it. it literally just smells like rubbing alcohol, which doesn't sound bad, but it smells like about 1 gallon of it at once. that's hyperbole of course but it's just very concetrated smelling. the two areas they suggest applying it are on your abdomen (belly) and on the outside of your biceps (between shoulder and elbow). you can pick what works for you, i typically tend to do it as far away from my face as possible so i'm not dying from the smell but some of my alters put it on our arm because they're too lazy to put it under our shirt so (shrug)

always wash your hands directly after using topical T because you can in fact transfer testosterone to other people by touching them. you're not going to cause them to transition but it's just important to wash your hands to make sure you're not getting it on anyone else. it's recommended to avoid showering or getting into a pool or getting wet or anything for at least 45 minutes, i'd wait at least an hour or more if you can, just to make sure you're getting the most out of it you possibly can. it does leave a residue on your skin, but i notice it's more annoying on your hands than anywhere else. i think some people probably use a glove to apply it but i am broke as hell rn and don't

that's about all i can think of at the moment, anyone else please feel free to weigh in about any other kinds of testosterone or to throw in anything else i missed, like i said, these are the only two forms i have direct experience with. hope this helped some!

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I haven't seen this answered before, but I apologize if this has been asked already. I've seen a lot of people say that they started testosterone at a low dose, but their dose is way higher than mine, and I'm confused about dosage levels? I've seen "low dose" being described as being around 20-50ml by some people and 200ml by another person. I've been on t for six months and I'm only at 0.3ml? I thought that was a normal starting dose, but now I'm confused. Is my dose abnormally low or...?? I plan on asking my doctor about it, but I won't be able see them for a few weeks, so I was hoping you might be able to clear things up a little until then.

Lee says:

200 mL of testosterone is definitely not a dose that people can take.

Imagine someone trying to inject the contents of this water bottle! You'd need an IV infusion!

[Image description: A mini-water bottle being held be Lee. It says that it contains 8 fluid ounces of water which is equivalent to 237 mL. /End ID]

Even taking 20-50 mL of testosterone isn't possible.

Most people on weekly testosterone injections are injecting less than 1 mL because that is the amount that's typically safe and comfortable for someone to self-inject with.

Large-volume injections of 3 mL or greater are rare, and are not typically not administered in an outpatient setting.

0.2 mL is different than 2.0 mL is different than 20.0 mL. So when we start talking about doses, remember that the decimal point is really important!

Anway, moving on!

If you told me that you're taking 0.3 mL of testosterone, and I told you that I'm also taking 0.3 mL of testosterone, you might assume that we're taking the same dose.

But the frequency of testosterone injections will affect dose comparisons!

If you're injecting 0.3 mL of testosterone subcutaneously every week but I'm injecting 0.3 mL of testosterone every other week, that means that my dose is half of yours because I'm on the equivalent of 0.15 mL weekly.

In the USA, most people doing testosterone shots are doing a subcutaneous T injection once a week, or doing an intramuscular T injection every other week.

So if you're discussing your dose with someone else, and they say that they're taking 1.0 mL biweekly, that would translate to 0.5 mL weekly.

That means you have to be careful about a direct comparison about the volume of testosterone when you're having a conversation with someone!

Ok, now let's move on to another hypothetical.

If you told me that you're taking 0.3 mL of testosterone every week, and I told you that I'm also taking 0.3 mL of testosterone every week, you might assume that we're taking the same dose because we're injecting the same volume of testosterone at the same frequency.

But the concentration of the testosterone will affect dose comparisons!

Most testosterone vials in the US have a concentration of 200 mg/mL. That means if I'm injecting 0.3 mL of 200 mg/mL testosterone weekly, I'm taking 60 mg of testosterone per week.

But not all testosterone comes in a concentration of 200 mg/mL.

My mother is taking testosterone because she has low hormone levels, but because she is cisgender and not looking to have masculinization occur so she's on what you could consider a truly low-dose of testosterone.

Her testosterone cypionate comes from a compounding pharmacy, and the concentration is 50 mg/mL.

So if she's taking 0.3 mL of testosterone every week, that means her dose is 15 mL weekly, which is four times the dose I'm taking.

(At this point, I should note that this is hypothetical-- while my mom and I are both taking testosterone, neither of us is taking 0.3 mL and I'm just using that number as an example).

Ok, so here's another example:

While there are different forms of testosterone, at this point let's just say that we're both taking a more-or-less equivalent form of testosterone like testosterone cypionate and testosterone enanthate.

So if you told me that you're taking 0.3 mL of 200 mg/mL testosterone enanthate every week, and I told you that I'm also taking 0.3 mL of 200 mg/mL testosterone cypionate every week, you might assume that we're taking the same dose because we're injecting the same volume of testosterone at the same frequency and you'd be right.

So now that we've established that we're taking roughly equivalent doses of testosterone, we'd have to get into the blood work.

Equivalent doses don't always produce equivalent results at the same rate.

Two people on the same dose of T might have two different T levels after their first bloodwork, and one of them may have to do a higher dosage while the other may decrease their dosage, but in the end they’d both end up with the same levels even though they’re taking different amounts of T.

People who have a higher dose of T don’t necessarily experience changes faster than people on a lower dose- it all depends on how your body processes the T. The important bit is what your blood work shows your T levels to be, not the dose of T.

So if you and I are both injecting 0.3 mL of testosterone, but my testosterone levels are in the low 200's and yours are in the high 800's, that means that 0.3 mL is a low dose for me and an average dose for you.

There is no particular magic dose that is considered a "low dose" for everyone.

Low-dose T is taking a lower-than-typical dose of testosterone so your T levels are above that of the average cis woman’s, but below the average cis man’s.

If you’re on too low of a dose then there’s some risk that your body will just convert the T into estrogen and you won’t get any changes, or that there could be other health risks, but if you are being monitored by a provider who you’ve discussed taking low dose T with it should be safe.

If you take low-dose T, the changes associated with being on testosterone will take longer to happen but you will end up with all of them except possibly the stopping of menstruation, which happens for some people but not all.

Again, taking low-dose testosterone will still cause genital growth, and all of the other changes listed in the Testosterone FAQ- but your period may continue unless you use birth control, or have a hysterectomy, etc.

People often take low-dose T so they can get used to the changes slower and have time to adjust, or because they don’t want to overshoot their goal of androgyny and end up in the masc side of things.

In my opinion, the term "low-dose testosterone" can be confusing because it gives people the idea that there's a particular dose that counts as low-dose for all people, but sometimes something that's a low dose for one person is an average dose for another person.

Sidenote: While I would prefer a term that addresses the testosterone levels instead of the dose, I do use the term "low-dose testosterone" because while it isn't perfect, it does describe the gist of what we're discussing-- someone being on a low dose (in terms of their own body) and I prefer it to the term "microdosing" which has recently been recently been popularized as an alternative to the term "low dose". The term "microdose" doesn't improve on what I see as the issues with the term "low dose" and it adds a connotation that the term low-dose doesn't have, but that's another discussion.

Anway, I've said a bunch of stuff that doesn't really answer your question.

If you're looking to a way to compare testosterone doses, this table is what you're looking for:

As always, I'd like to note that your testosterone dose should be determined by your testosterone levels, your level and rate of masculinization in relation to your goals, and your overall health (cholesterol levels, kidney functioning, etc), and that is very individual and it means that there may be a reason why your dose is not the same as the dose of the people you've been talking to.

Anyway, with all the caveats listed above, 60 mg of testosterone per week is not generally considered to be a low starting dose (assuming that you're on 0.3 mL of 200 mg/mL of testosterone which would be 60 mg).

I started testosterone on a low dose of gel which was 12.5 mg of testosterone gel daily. This is because I wanted to be on a low dose. I eventually changed my mind, about my goals as I've discussed here, and I eventually went up to an average dose of testosterone gel and then switched to injections.

Now I'm 4 years on testosterone and I'm taking 80 mg (0.4 mL) of 200 mg/mL testosterone enanthate weekly but my primary care provider said my T levels are too high on that dose so I might be moving down to 70 mg (0.35 mL) or 60 mg (0.3 mL) of testosterone soon.

You can (And should!!) bring up any concerns or questions you have about your testosterone dose with your testosterone prescriber.

Since I don't know how often you take testosterone or what concentration you're taking, it's hard to answer questions about your specific dose/situation

60 mg of testosterone weekly is a pretty normal starting dose, and not abnormally low. If your T levels are in the right range when you have your next blood work done, and you feel content with the changes you're experiencing, there's a good chance that you might not even have to change your dose.

But if you were on 60 mg of testosterone biweekly (AKA 30 mg weekly) then that would be a lower starting dose, which isn't abnormal either but it does mean that you likely have room to move up your dose at your next appointment if you aren’t satisfied with the rate of changes you’re getting.

Comparing your dose to other people‘s might be an interesting way to pass the time, and it’s good to be informed on your medical care and check the chart above to see if your dose falls in the low/average/high range so you can ask the right questions about why that is, but it doesn’t mean that someone else’s dose is better than yours if it’s higher, or worse than yours if it’s lower. As long as you’re happy with your changes and your blood work looks good, then don’t stress about the dose!