#low dose testosterone

[disappointeddyke]

1 month on T today

[frenzyarts]

I've been haunted by gender thoughts since I first saw you posting about starting a low dose of t. Would you be comfortable sharing more about it?

Yes!!! Though I’ll probably share more once I actually start, I’ve had some intake appointments but I think I’m supposed to finally start it next week (can’t wait!!)

Low dose testosterone is similar to the effects of regular testosterone but slower and a lot less. I’ve seen people online who have been on a small dose of t for years and they all look how I want to look!! I want my voice and appearance to be more androgynous and based off my research that looks like what’s gonna happen💃✨(of course I’ll be working with a doctor to reach my specific transition goals!)

If you have any other questions I’m happy to answer but I’m probably not gonna have a ton of knowledge until I actually start taking it!

My advice for gender thoughts is: Even if you’re not ready to start hormones you can still talk to a doctor to get information and help you figure things out 🥳

[let-there-be-tboys]

ONE MONTH ON T!!!!!!!🎉🎉💥🎉💥🎉💥

wow wow wow! god this is incredible. i’ve been at around 25-30mg per week and i’m already noticing a few changes:

voice: i think i’m cracking a little more? and it might be a little lower? but it’s such a small change i could be imaging it. i’ve been resting my singing voice due to a very strenuous concert/competition season that ended two weeks ago, but i’m going to keep working it more over the holidays, so we’ll see!

physical changes: HOLY BOTTOM GROWTH. Christ. they weren’t kidding when they said it happens fast. pretty weird, but i don’t hate it!

there are a few more hairs on my upper lip and chin, barely noticeable if i’m not looking super close in the mirror in good lighting. but they’re there!

chronic pain is the same as usual, i’ve started working out regularly (taking ADVANTAGE of the roids bro) and eating more protein. right now i can’t tell if it’s made any change but i feel pretty good!

orientation stuff: GIRLS. FUCK. AGJDHDJDHDBBFJEGDDHWJSHSK. i’ve identified as gay for a LONG time but yeah no i am slowly accepting that i like girls too. i’ve liked a few girls before T, never anything serious at all, but lately i’ve been more accepting of seeing a girl and thinking she’s pretty like THAT, not just like, aesthetically pretty

i’m still very much asexual, i don’t feel sexual attraction towards people, however my libido has increased a bit. i didn’t really HAVE a libido before so this is unfamiliar and strange. i have been surprisingly neutral on this. i don’t really care ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

mental health and stuff: craaaazzyy stuff has been happening in my life that’s like, outside of my control, so on the whole i haven’t been too great. but INTERNALLY, i feel so much better. more comfortable with my body, more confident in myself, generally happier!!!

i am so happy i started T, SO happy i made the leap of faith. it was scary, and it continues to be scary, but every week it gets easier :) every week it feels a little less like fear and a little more like excitement

[bog-dwelling-butch]

Hopefully going back on a low dose of T soon, and hopefully I can over long chunks of time make a pattern of going off T and starting back up...

I just want to live as a shapeshifter, is that too much to ask?

[unveilandresist]

I feel like I'd feel prettier and be happier on testosterone. I love dresses and skirts and all the colors and yet they just don't feel right. I feel like honestly I'd be more comfortable in them if I started HRT... but also I'm fucking terrified. but then again who isn't I guess

[nikiiverma]

fem boi

[halleycomets]

actually LOVE twink death. pre-t (21) vs two years (29)!

(he/they)

[genderfuckpirate]

still not over that time I told a (trans) acquaintance that I had been on T for over 6 months and they looked confused and were like "when do you think you'll start noticing changes?". like, rude...

[imstillhere-butallislost]

10 months on low dose Androgel timeline

I think the last one I did of these was at 7 months, oops. I started on 1 pump of 1% androgel, which has 12.5 mg of testosterone in each pump. Since December, I have been on 2 pumps a day. I have yet to have any blood work done, so i don’t know my levels. 

This is a timeline of the most recent, biggest changes. I have other posts about my earlier timeline in my Testosterone gel tag.

The *biggest* change these past few months have been my voice. It’s changed drastically from February to now, but I think it’s actually sort of levelled out recently. It was hard to speak loudly for a most of February and March, because my voice would try to go higher but I just didn’t have that range anymore, so it would crack or just, make no sound at all. I think, for the most part, that is over. I think this was just one voice drop and im sure more will come (I still sound androgynous too, but that could be because of speaking mannerisms rather than voice) but I’ve learned how to talk with my lower voice now, and can speak loudly without the problems i used to have. 

i went from my lowest, median, and highest of my voice being 176hz, 215hz, and 255hz respectively, to 96hz lowest, 137hz median, and 179hz highest, but those numbers do fluctuate a bit depending on day which is normal. It’s strange to see what used to be the lowest my voice went when talking is now the highest it goes. It’s been really great. 

I will say, that I am now at the point where i cannot play it off like im sick or anything when people ask about my voice. I have been specifically asked if i’m on testosterone, and people I haven’t seen in a while are shocked at my voice now. If you are someone thinking about low dose T to hide changes for as ling as you can from unsupportive people, I only got 10 months, and many people get less. you cannot guarentee when you will get what changed.

on to things besides voice. 

My arm and hand veins are,, extremely prominent when I get warm. It’s really interesting, gives me huge euphoria, but is also really weird to look at. 

My period hasn’t stopped yet, still gotten a lot lighter though which has been great.

My face has definitely changed, but in a way where it’s hard to tell what exactly has changed. i just know i look different. I just can’t really place how. My eyebrows are thicker, my skin looks different, but there’s something bigger that is just hard to see. 

I still don’t really pass in public, long hair androgynous voice and no binder will do that, but i’m really liking how everything is going so far. Genuinely I think going on T has just cured my depression??????? I’m only normal sad like once a month, not thinking about offing myself once a day. I didn’t think testosterone would change so much about how I feel, but it’s made me feel so much more calm and rational. I have a good grasp on my emotions, and they don’t consume me anymore. I’m able to think past them and make good decisions without letting my depression or anxiety or anger rule out my rational brain. That won’t be the experience for everyone, but it is mine. and it has been great. 

Also maybe expect a trans tape review soon idk, I’m getting some because my binder fits me on paper, but irritates my arms sooo much that it’s hard to wear. 

Feel free to ask any questions, I’d be happy to answer

[thunderstorm-skald]

if i had as much hair on my face as i do my lower legs, ambrose burnside himself would cower before me

[hyperkittten-blog]

Testosterone Day 53

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

TODAY I TOLD ONE OF MY COWORKERS THAT I HAD STARTED ON T AND SHE SAID SHE HAD NOTICED

APPARENTLY MY VOICE HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE DEEPER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

IT’S HAPPENING YALL THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[disappointeddyke]

It’s really weird finally feeling even just a tiny smidge more of gender euphoria and comfort in your own body after starting T. I feel like I’ve missed out on so much time where I could’ve felt this. Like I obviously didn’t feel good before starting it but I didn’t fully know how much that dysphoria weighed down on me until getting some relief.

[callings]

anyone got advice about low dose Testosterone, I have an appointment at an lgbt focused place and like they are gonna give me a referral but they said they could answer questions, and like who knows with the state of things here but I'd be eager to talk to someone who's done low dose (・ω・)

[let-there-be-tboys]

PRE-T STATS!!!!

hi! my T is coming next week and i am going to update regularly on the changes i experience as i am taking it. i hope this provides a good gauge of where i started vs what is changing and when!!!

disclaimer: the hrt process is completely different for everybody, and x change happening at x time for me doesn’t mean everyone else will have the same experience

dosage: i believe will be starting on 25mg per week for the first few weeks, then dropping down to a low (lower) dose of 20mg per week indefinitely. this may change!

voice: i have an incredibly high, lilting voice. it’s sweet and feminine. basically, i hate it. BUT—i’m also a singer, and my sweet soprano coloratura is my entire life and soul. i also have a musical theatre belt in a strong alto, but with a very limited range compared to my head voice.

my music is EVERYTHING TO ME. i am terrified to lose it. i know there are people on T who have kept their high range, and/or shifted to a tenor. i’m hoping to shift to a strong tenor belt while keeping my high falsetto.

my range: Eb3 to E6. i think i would die if i couldn’t sing queen of the night. but dysphoria will kill me more surely than being a baritone would, so it’s worth the gamble. i have faith that music is what i was made for and that my voice will be guided into exactly what it needs to be.

physical changes: very excited to see, but probably won’t start for a while :-( i’m midsized and 5’5”. not a very masculine build, but not very feminine either. i’ve been told before i could pass well if it weren’t for my voice

orientation stuff?: i’ve identified as a gay man for over 4 years and it’s kinda a huge part of my identity, but i have liked a few women in the past. i’m probably bi. T doesn’t change your orientation, but it does bring out some more hidden or repressed parts of it. so i’m probably gonna turn more bi-ish. not too concerned about this!

what i AM concerned about—i’m asexual. i have never felt sexual attraction to a person. i have the slightest hint of a libido, like, once in a blue moon i think? and if you asked me what it felt like i could not remember or know how to tell you. i am super ace. i’m also generally sex repulsed, but i don’t know how much of that is asexuality and how much of that is dysphoria, since i lean more neutral when it comes to doing things to someone else. just the thought of things being done to ME has always made me want to DIE. because of that i am terrified of seeing an increase in libido or attraction due to T. i guess only time will tell!

if there’s anything i’ve missed that i should be updating on, please ask/tell me :-) i know this blog probably won’t get too big anyway, but i can hope!

[waytoomuchanalysis]

Got through my second t shot! I was doing topical for a while but stopped and switched to see if subq would make me less depressed lol. My friend must be using a slightly different kind than me because he’s always complaining about how viscous the liquid is and how it makes him use a larger needle gauge but I literally used an insulin needle and had no issues

[nikiiverma]

The t peach fuzz 🥰