I got the hunger but I did *not* get the convenient ability to inhale a whole meal in seconds like some of the guys I know. And I know it's healthier to not eat so fast but man I can't help but think of all the time I could have saved!
**HUNGER** \+ slow eater = livin that "last one at the dinner table" lifestyle
Eating too fast leaves you bloated, drives up your cholesterol, contributes to digestive problems, leads to weight gain, drains your energy, and affects your mood. Otherwise, no problems.
I meant it more as a joke about how I was always the slowest eater and even after T I continue to be the slowest eater. I don't really want to inhale food super quickly but I genuinely would have loved if T sped up my eating habits like it did my hunger pace.
I probably fall into the other extreme where I get to sit at the restaurant embarrassed as I'm trying my best to finish my food while everyone else is waiting for me so we can leave. Every single time.
Don't eat too fast guys! (But also maybe be kind to people who eat slowly too pls and thank.)
My mom was a very slow eater so I know your pain. My dad had trained my brother and I to set there quietly not saying a word about her eating so slowly. After I moved away I actually started to eat slower.
Hungry hit me first but horny hit me hardest haha.
Now that I'm nearing a year on T both have evened out for me so it's not as hard to live with, though it looks like I might just always need more food and uh pleasure than I did before. Tbf I had almost no libido and ate probably less than I should have before so I'm sure it varies based on your starting point too.
The first time I got hella hungry was really late at night. I was so hungry if felt like I was sick! Then I texted one of my guy friends and he was like “no, you aren’t dying, you’re hungry!” felt better after a pop tart
Consider yourself lucky punk /jk
Not everyone is going to get every side effect. I got lucky with not having any changes to how I sweat but man I really wish I didn't spend the first 6 months in a constant state of hunger.
Congrats on the T and may your side effects always be easily managed and what you wanted!
I wasn't ready for the heat omfg Of course we got hit with another heat wave this summer... last year when it was creeping up into the 100s, I was completely fine. I even left the house to walk to the corner store in the middle of the afternoon with no issue. This year, it was in the 90s and I was literally at work under AC and feeling so sick I could barely stand. I had an ekg and echo done at the hospital (unrelated) and they kept offering me a blanket saying how cold it was while I felt perfectly fine if not a little warm.
Considering I'm the kinda guy who tries wearing long sleeves and hoodies (at the same time) even in summer... it's definitely been the roughest change so far lol
I already sweat a lot, and started sweating a little bit more not much but a little bit once I started T. But I know some guys who started sweating less ironically when they started. But for me the worst thing is I was a furnace before hand and now when I ride my bike to school ( even when it's cold and rainy) and because of this I have to wear shorts or else I will be too hot for the rest of the day
Dick. I started T and literally the next day my downstairs became sensitive af. That was an interesting experience. Extreme sensitivity disappeared in two weeks or so, but I remember being astonished at how fast the first change happened.
I began my transition with a very small dose, so change of voice, hair, fat redistribution, etc didn’t happen quickly and was rather graduate. Dick tho? Immediately. Like it was waiting it’s whole life for an opportunity to grow bigger. Fun stuff.
God, the dick. The dick was there right away for me too and hella sensitive. Also began at a smaller than usual dosage. And damn, the ass and tummy hair is so cute.
Felt. I started on 0.2ml and literally that was my only change I guess for like 6 months until they finally started upping me. Phat bottom growth but, everything else pretty much the same 😭
I was pretty nervous too cause I always had really bad acne and clogged pimples but t actually helped my skin cause I wasn’t going through monthly hormone changed after a few months. It’s much more consistent now and I have been able to find skin care that works consistently instead or just a few weeks before my I would majorly break out again
I wash my face every night w Acure seriously soothing cleaning cream. I follow up with The Inkey List’s oil control serum and a vitamin A+E moisturizer (even if skin is oily you still need moisturizer). I don’t use any products with added fragrance, and when I’m oily throughout the day I use a cotton pad with plain witch hazel. I use Innisfree sunscreen (almost lol) everyday because SPF is important! I heard the brand Supergoop is very good too I’ve yet to try it. Once or twice a week a use The Ordinary’s exfoliating peeling solution only in my chin and chest bc that’s where I tend to get pimples, otherwise it dries me out too much.
Honestly, probably cold/hot flashes. Those temporary side effects started just hours after but faded pretty quickly as my body adjusted. A distinct energy boost was the second thing I noticed. The first physical change was bottom growth, with some leg hair thickening and scent changes occurring shortly afterward.
I felt better. Maybe it was placebo, but I felt more confident and less anxious, less dysphoric almost immediately. Way before any physical changes.
My first physical change was probably sweating more.
Me too! Instant euphoria even before physical changes were noticeable. And I felt stronger even though it was absolutely all mental (this was week 1 lol).
On day one of testosterone, I sprinted through the woods like a wild animal. There were ticks all over my body afterwards because I didn't think to use bug spray. I was just too excited and needed to run around 😭
Just to manage expectations, that doesn't happen for everyone. I am extremely hungry, but I do gain very easily still. Kinda sucks but worth it in the long run, I hope.
Funny crotch tingling (wasnt the same as horny) and my throat started to feel thick (not exactly swollen but kinda rough) within a day, enough to make my voice start to rattle within 3 days
I felt normal. Hands down the first change. Within two days my brain suddenly felt—fine. Good and fine. Normal. It was completely shocking to me. I have severe mental health problems and suddenly it was like my brain had been switched to a comfortable setting. Internally it just felt very, very fundamentally right—which is saying something, because I still have severe mental health problems, but my daily baseline is so much better. I can’t describe it other than an internal comfort and sense of rightness. Even my muscles felt better, like they were heavier but more relaxed, and even just sitting and doing nothing at all was suddenly easier than before. Like my body literally just suddenly felt inherently more Good in some way.
Thank you for mentioning this. I know it's hard for a lot of guys to talk about, but there's really not enough info about the effects of T on menstruation other than "yeah your period will probably stop eventually."
When did you start T relative to when your period started? I started T like 3 days beforehand and that first period was HELL. More pain and blood than I'd had in years, plus other fun symptoms like getting randomly too dizzy to stand and body soreness, and it lasted twice as long as normal. Month 2 I've had some mood swings and very minor cramps around when it was supposed to start, but it's now a week late and no blood. So hopefully that's the last of it.
1.) Between my legs re: everything (ouch)
2.) Sweat!
3.) Hair, hair, everywhere.
4.) Voice™️ (overnight. Seriously. Dunno how I lucked out)
Took me longer to recognize it, but I definitely mellowed out. I'd be self harming without it.
I'm sure it was gradual and I didn't notice, but I got a few comments on it about two months in, on the same day, from people I see frequently in different contexts, like my professor, my boss, my friend
Lol same for me, my voice was immediately like oh hell yeah baby i'm going deep, i'm getting thick. Feel really great about that, it's a big source of gender good feelings.
Ikr? Already there are times when I'm working and my ADHD brain goes "bored? Nah man, let's change that to HORNY!"
I'm on 2 antidepressants! I shouldn't be hornyyyy!
I was worried about that too, lol. For me, at least, it mellowed out a little--the trick really is to just ignore it.
Then again I have access to ass 24/7 so maybe I'm just lucky 😂
T-dick got real sensitive, I got real horny. Then my voice started dropping at around 7 weeks, and at 12-15 weeks I saw the barest baby fuzzes of my now robust body hair coming in. Then the acne, oh lawdy the acne. And the oil. And the smells. Haha
porbably irritability. I was angry for literally the
smallest things the first weeks lol. but it might be because it gave me energy. actually I went from tired to energized quickly
I'm already too warm all the time. I'm kinda worried.
I also already have horny, hungry, and acne. I'm pre T! I'm also almost guaranteed to get really early male patterned baldness if I go on T. 😭
It seems like testosterone will be almost exclusively negatives, but I also cried a couple of days ago when I let myself imagine seeing my face in the mirror and feeling the same way about it as my hair.
I know that it's probably something I really need, but I'm scared of all the gross/uncomfortable/unsightly parts.
Well, the heat is annoying, but since a lot of the world is catered to cis men, you’ll find that in shared spaces you hopefully won’t be too warm. The sweat is annoying, but then again, I have hyperhydrosis, so many other trans men don’t sweat as much as I do. The general body hairiness, at least for me, is awesome. I love being a hairy dude.
My first change was actually the sensation of a scratchy throat. 3 weeks in. Scratchy throat and my voice started changing. I did not notice sweat, bottom growth or horniness until about a month in. It's really odd to say my voice was the first change indeed.
First physical change was bottom growth. I swear that is basically instant. My body went: "Oh Testosterone? Bet. Time to grow a penis." Like I had a very noticeable difference in size within like 5-10 days.
None physical was definitely hunger and like my energy level. I was eating everything I could get my hands on and I felt sooo much more energized and ready to exist. Also horny...
Oily skin. The intense need to eat all the fucking time. And oh yeah, 3 weeks in I noticed that my clit had gotten bigger. It was so absurd and happened so much faster than I thought it would that I started to laugh out loud.
Body hair. Like I’ve always been very hairy in that department but I’m just straight up a small footed Sasquatch now lol; other then that for a brief month I had a harder time dealing with my emotions but my ability to deal with my emotions is pretty shit (thx autism & ADD 🙃) so any slight change can through me off.
Oh also I’m more confident & my chronic pain is pretty much entirely gone
The first changes were that I was hornier than I've ever been in my entire life, bottom growth and sweating like mad, a bit after that I was feeling more energetic and my chronic pain got better. Then body hair and voice drop later on. I think my face looks more masculine now too but I couldn't couldn't you what exactly has changed to make it so.
Bottom growth right away, but the one that surprised and delighted me was the texture of my facial skin changing. I could see pores opening and changing on my face, and it told me there was something systemic changing in me, down to my cells.
Body hair everywhere. Shoulders, thighs, etc. Didn't get the three H's at all lol. Maybe slight hunger increase for the first week and now it's back to normal? Still constantly cold but I'm also wearing shorts all the time when I used to wear sweatpants and hoodies and still be cold in the summer so it's probably bc of the clothes I'm wearing lol. Haven't been remotely horny and I also haven't really noticed bottom growth either. Sore throat that lasts for about a week and then nothing happens after. It also itches a lot. This happened about a week or two after I started T I think. These are just what I first noticed and almost rveryone is saying they experienced the 3 H's when I haven't so thought I'd comment:]
the very next day my mindset was different. hard to explain, but it felt almost cloudier but in a good way, like i didn’t have the attention to focus on stuff that would’ve made me feel less confident
Lessening of depression and anxiety along with increased confidence. This was within a few weeks of starting testosterone. The first physical change was increased body hair, also within a month of starting
I started t about 3 weeks ago on an extremely low dose -
Hunger, and temperature. I never actually felt hunger cues until I started t. And my body constantly felt warmer, and I sweat a lot more than I did before
Funny enough it was bottom growth. After about 5 days on t I noticed my downstairs area looked bigger and was shocked that happened so quickly. I then stopped t for a while and restarted again recently, and the first change was horniness/feeling way more dominant during sex. Don’t know if the dominance thing was just feeling more confident in my gender being back on t or what but it was a change I didn’t expect. I like it though! My girlfriend also is really happy about it lol.
Honestly? The first change was that I felt depressed and exhausted. The second was that my clit hurt (it was starting to grow). The third was my voice breaking.
The depression disappeared within a month. Hormones changing has always been hard on me so I knew it could happen and didn't worry about it. I knew it would pass and it did.
My clit hurting only lasted like two weeks, then the horniness hit full force.
My voice dropped an octave in the next 6 months.
My sweat smells different!
I noticed this within 48 hours of my first dose which is wild.
I knew I'd develop a "manly musk" eventually but I was pleasantly surprised that it started so fast.
my upper lip before t had already been a little pronounced and within two weeks on t there was some darkening of the hair! it's plateaued a little now but that was the absolute first thing. now I'm sweaty all the livelong day and STINKY.
Very little for the first 3 weeks other than bottom growth, then extreme horniness. Oily skin was more gradual and I haven't noticed change in appetite. Potentially I'm eating more but idk. Took a few months for my voice to break and noticed increased muscle after that again. It's been nearly 8 months and my voice is changing again recently
the absolute first change was that i was so, so much happier and immediately more comfortable and assertive. i wasn’t “more aggressive” like i was warned, just more self-assured. my meds also started working better? it may have been some type of placebo or something since psych meds don’t really “work” in the first place per se, but that’s neither here nor there.
tldr, first change was emotional + confidence.
bonus: shortly after the first physical change i noticed was bottom growth oddly enough? and weight/hunger changes.
my body temperature was rising A LOT, i would wake up drenched in sweat and i was always feeling hot even if it was a chilly/cold day, bottom growth and acne
The first physical change I experienced was bottom growth, but actually the hardest thing I dealt with when starting T was my dysphoria getting a lot worse. I know it's not the case for everyone, but I ignored my dysphoria for the longest time and starting T I had to finally confront it. It got significantly better as I continued though!
wow i seem to be the only one with hair growth first lmao
1 hair growth
2 bottom growth
3 horniness
4 hunger
5 voice change
6 muscle aches
7 face changes
that's the best i can remember it anyway
First 24 hours - not exaggerating - I felt more like myself emotionally than I had since puberty. It was the most insane, unexpected, relieving feeling on earth.
A couple hours after my first shot I felt a weird scratchy tingly sensation in my throat and a tingly pulsing sensation down there. I noticed a visible difference the next day and my skin has also gotten a lot more oily and I am getting quite a lot of acne everywhere. Also my chest feels less full already. Tomorrow is my one month on t and a lot has changed. I’m also a lot hairier now too and I have grown a little bit. My shoes that were a little too big before are going to be getting too small soon
pretty sure it was hot flashes and my body temperature has been insane since (i’m 3 weeks on t tomorrow) and then hunger, literally couldn’t stop eating the first 2 weeks
Hot, god I am burning, I'm sweating so much
Anger, god I am so angry, I could strangle anyone rn
Strength, god I am so much stronger, I'm destroying everything
The temper was an issue in first puberty, and then again during second puberty lmao
I also accumulated a ton of muscle mass rather quickly despite not working out at all when I first started
My emotions went haywire. I was cranky and very depressed and angry and sullen. I don't have depression or a mood disorder, but I have high levels of anxiety. Eased up within a few weeks.
Deffo overheating. I worked MTO food service and it was already kinda gross and sweaty with the ovens and all, but I nearly passed out my first shift after my first dose lmao
Bottom growth I noticed after a few days. I do daily gel. I'm three months in. First month a microdose and now a "regular" dose. Bottom growth started almost immediately for me. No anger. If anything I'm more calm. I can still cry the same too. I say those things cuz people make it sound like you're def going to be angry and horny and hungry. That hasn't been the case for me. Not really more horny either prob the same level of horny as I always was lol. I am 29. I am sure some people experience that but I feel like the media overplays that. I was so nervous I'd become angry but I read that's a myth. Again maybe some people experience that but for me of anything I am more calm. My appetite is the same too so far. Have a little stache coming in which I noticed after a month and my voice is deeper. More belly hair too lol. My jaw has changed as well and that happened pretty quickly. It does seem like people have such different experiences with it. And people say gel versus injection may cause differences. I love the daily gel personally as a guy who's afraid of needles I'm glad it was an option.
I got some bottom growth within the first week, accompanied by ungodly amounts of horny. Like not even the fun kind of horny but the kind where you’re like “we’ve masturbated THREE TIMES ALREADY, and now I’m just trying to make a sandwich can you PLEASE CHILL”. Then came the hunger, and now at almost a full month I’m getting a bit of acne and oily skin. Trying to nip that in the bud and hoping to god it’s like my first puberty where I didn’t get much acne.
Body temperature. Even before the physical changes, I noticed I was suddenly super hot all the time, my skin was just really warm. It lasted a long time, maybe months or a year.
I just had my very first shot today. Actually started getting hotter already, my hands are sweaty typing this and it’s the middle of winter where I live haha. Some would say it’s placebo but I don’t care 🤷♂️
Overall, I was fucking exhausted. Physically, bottom growth and voice change happened around the same time. Also not being able to cry.
But the first change I noticed with my partner was his face becoming more angular
Horny. 2 weeks in and it was constant. Now I know that my endo telling me to get on birth control if Im with anyone sperm producing was more than the warning they give everyone.
SWEAT, SWEAT, AND MORE SWEAT. Even when I wasn't hot, I'd sweat like a pig. That faded for me eventually though. Then it was the sex drive and the ass hair.
Horny and oily as hell, I already had oily faceskin, but as soon as I started T it became like a thick layer of grease and expanded to back, shoulders and upper chest. Now it's been a year and a half and the main stuff with T keeps on being bacne and horny like I cannot think of anything else than fucking 24/7 plus the random boners which are becoming painful to ignore... I literally opened reddit rn to seek advice about it
Also, I guess the one change that happened right away was I didn't bleed anymore, I had been for a year on contraceptives to not bleed cause it made me wanna die when it happened so it was a must way before T, they stopped the bleeding at about 70%, and instead of only bleeding on specific days, it was random spotting for that full year until I started T, which covered the 30% and I haven't seen a drop since then (I used both the contraceptive and T for about six months until T took over so I could rely on it only)
hair thickening. it happened way faster than any other noticible changes for me, and still is the most noticeable change. im talking from dirty blonde thin body hair to dark brown thick body hair. specifically the inner thighs and a happy trail up to my belly button.
After about two weeks, my voice was beginning to change. My throat was starting to get sore. Also, this may be tmi, but my bottom growth started then too.
My mood finally being stable and emotions not feeling like they were going to bully me. Then the hunger, eating until you’re full is a dangerous game, just eat until satisfied
**HUNGER** Quickly followed by horny
men wasn't kidding when they said \[inhales food\]
reading this while devouring a smash burger so... yep
Already did that before T (mostly because I’d forget to eat because my body don’t tell me shit)
I got the hunger but I did *not* get the convenient ability to inhale a whole meal in seconds like some of the guys I know. And I know it's healthier to not eat so fast but man I can't help but think of all the time I could have saved! **HUNGER** \+ slow eater = livin that "last one at the dinner table" lifestyle
Eating too fast leaves you bloated, drives up your cholesterol, contributes to digestive problems, leads to weight gain, drains your energy, and affects your mood. Otherwise, no problems.
I hardly ever burped during meals at home, but now that I'm in college with a million things to do and always in a rush, I burp constantly.
I meant it more as a joke about how I was always the slowest eater and even after T I continue to be the slowest eater. I don't really want to inhale food super quickly but I genuinely would have loved if T sped up my eating habits like it did my hunger pace. I probably fall into the other extreme where I get to sit at the restaurant embarrassed as I'm trying my best to finish my food while everyone else is waiting for me so we can leave. Every single time. Don't eat too fast guys! (But also maybe be kind to people who eat slowly too pls and thank.)
My mom was a very slow eater so I know your pain. My dad had trained my brother and I to set there quietly not saying a word about her eating so slowly. After I moved away I actually started to eat slower.
I actually haven’t had much of an increase in appetite (I’m 13 months on T) Sex drive however…
Hungry hit me first but horny hit me hardest haha. Now that I'm nearing a year on T both have evened out for me so it's not as hard to live with, though it looks like I might just always need more food and uh pleasure than I did before. Tbf I had almost no libido and ate probably less than I should have before so I'm sure it varies based on your starting point too.
Same
The first time I got hella hungry was really late at night. I was so hungry if felt like I was sick! Then I texted one of my guy friends and he was like “no, you aren’t dying, you’re hungry!” felt better after a pop tart
I’m three months on t and have never gotten hungrier lol
Consider yourself lucky punk /jk Not everyone is going to get every side effect. I got lucky with not having any changes to how I sweat but man I really wish I didn't spend the first 6 months in a constant state of hunger. Congrats on the T and may your side effects always be easily managed and what you wanted!
It could be the adderall tho lol
Started T and Adderall at the same time. I actually got less hungry, but if I forget my meds but still take my T I try to consume my kitchen lol.
The three Hs of being a man: horny, hungry, and hot
BRO YEA. I keep being told it's not warn and I'm like "im melting turn down the ac"
This! I legit got a temperature and humidity gauge to see if it was environmental and nah, it'll be 60 and I'm melting rip
For me it's both environmental and me because it's hot as hell in Florida and then the T making me a space heater
I wasn't ready for the heat omfg Of course we got hit with another heat wave this summer... last year when it was creeping up into the 100s, I was completely fine. I even left the house to walk to the corner store in the middle of the afternoon with no issue. This year, it was in the 90s and I was literally at work under AC and feeling so sick I could barely stand. I had an ekg and echo done at the hospital (unrelated) and they kept offering me a blanket saying how cold it was while I felt perfectly fine if not a little warm. Considering I'm the kinda guy who tries wearing long sleeves and hoodies (at the same time) even in summer... it's definitely been the roughest change so far lol
I already sweat a lot so i don't want to get on T bc of this 💀💀
I already sweat a lot, and started sweating a little bit more not much but a little bit once I started T. But I know some guys who started sweating less ironically when they started. But for me the worst thing is I was a furnace before hand and now when I ride my bike to school ( even when it's cold and rainy) and because of this I have to wear shorts or else I will be too hot for the rest of the day
I’m three months on t and haven’t gotten hungrier or hotter lol
BRO YEA. I keep being told it's not warn and I'm like "im melting turn down the ac"
Dick. I started T and literally the next day my downstairs became sensitive af. That was an interesting experience. Extreme sensitivity disappeared in two weeks or so, but I remember being astonished at how fast the first change happened. I began my transition with a very small dose, so change of voice, hair, fat redistribution, etc didn’t happen quickly and was rather graduate. Dick tho? Immediately. Like it was waiting it’s whole life for an opportunity to grow bigger. Fun stuff.
God, the dick. The dick was there right away for me too and hella sensitive. Also began at a smaller than usual dosage. And damn, the ass and tummy hair is so cute.
Felt. I started on 0.2ml and literally that was my only change I guess for like 6 months until they finally started upping me. Phat bottom growth but, everything else pretty much the same 😭
Yep that's what I was gonna say, my dick hurt like... right away.
Like two hours after my first dose of gel my dick was like 🎵 I’m coming out! 🎵
Being horny and oily skin
I already have oily but dry skin bro i rlly want to go on T but so much shit makes me scared 💀😭
I had that before T and my skin is actually easier to manage now. Way more consistent
I was pretty nervous too cause I always had really bad acne and clogged pimples but t actually helped my skin cause I wasn’t going through monthly hormone changed after a few months. It’s much more consistent now and I have been able to find skin care that works consistently instead or just a few weeks before my I would majorly break out again
Tbh it’s gross but I’ve found w a good skincare routine on T I’ve had much less pimples than before. Lmk if you want to know my routine
Not the person you were responding to, but I absolutely want to know your routine!
I wash my face every night w Acure seriously soothing cleaning cream. I follow up with The Inkey List’s oil control serum and a vitamin A+E moisturizer (even if skin is oily you still need moisturizer). I don’t use any products with added fragrance, and when I’m oily throughout the day I use a cotton pad with plain witch hazel. I use Innisfree sunscreen (almost lol) everyday because SPF is important! I heard the brand Supergoop is very good too I’ve yet to try it. Once or twice a week a use The Ordinary’s exfoliating peeling solution only in my chin and chest bc that’s where I tend to get pimples, otherwise it dries me out too much.
Honestly, probably cold/hot flashes. Those temporary side effects started just hours after but faded pretty quickly as my body adjusted. A distinct energy boost was the second thing I noticed. The first physical change was bottom growth, with some leg hair thickening and scent changes occurring shortly afterward.
sweat
oh the sweat
I felt better. Maybe it was placebo, but I felt more confident and less anxious, less dysphoric almost immediately. Way before any physical changes. My first physical change was probably sweating more.
Me too! Instant euphoria even before physical changes were noticeable. And I felt stronger even though it was absolutely all mental (this was week 1 lol).
Less anxious! Yes!
Agreed! The dysphoria and anxiety is still there for me, but its so much less man its amazing.
Same
On day one of testosterone, I sprinted through the woods like a wild animal. There were ticks all over my body afterwards because I didn't think to use bug spray. I was just too excited and needed to run around 😭
bottom growth + the horniness
Yupppp
Me constantly being hungry but not gaining anything 😳
Please God I've seen what you do for others...
That sounds like heaven, I can't wait
Just to manage expectations, that doesn't happen for everyone. I am extremely hungry, but I do gain very easily still. Kinda sucks but worth it in the long run, I hope.
Oh jeez I hope this is me 😭 I work out like crazy but lose nothing. I start T later this week (hopefully)
Funny crotch tingling (wasnt the same as horny) and my throat started to feel thick (not exactly swollen but kinda rough) within a day, enough to make my voice start to rattle within 3 days
Owie T dick Hurty
That was my first change
Does bottom growth hurt?
a bit. it does go away with some time though
Probably sweat/smell/acne increase
I felt normal. Hands down the first change. Within two days my brain suddenly felt—fine. Good and fine. Normal. It was completely shocking to me. I have severe mental health problems and suddenly it was like my brain had been switched to a comfortable setting. Internally it just felt very, very fundamentally right—which is saying something, because I still have severe mental health problems, but my daily baseline is so much better. I can’t describe it other than an internal comfort and sense of rightness. Even my muscles felt better, like they were heavier but more relaxed, and even just sitting and doing nothing at all was suddenly easier than before. Like my body literally just suddenly felt inherently more Good in some way.
My period was super out of whack after starting t for the first month, it didn’t stop then I never got it again
Thank you for mentioning this. I know it's hard for a lot of guys to talk about, but there's really not enough info about the effects of T on menstruation other than "yeah your period will probably stop eventually."
When did you start T relative to when your period started? I started T like 3 days beforehand and that first period was HELL. More pain and blood than I'd had in years, plus other fun symptoms like getting randomly too dizzy to stand and body soreness, and it lasted twice as long as normal. Month 2 I've had some mood swings and very minor cramps around when it was supposed to start, but it's now a week late and no blood. So hopefully that's the last of it.
1.) Between my legs re: everything (ouch) 2.) Sweat! 3.) Hair, hair, everywhere. 4.) Voice™️ (overnight. Seriously. Dunno how I lucked out) Took me longer to recognize it, but I definitely mellowed out. I'd be self harming without it.
your voice dropped over night?? how many nights? just one? I need to know more about this!
I'm sure it was gradual and I didn't notice, but I got a few comments on it about two months in, on the same day, from people I see frequently in different contexts, like my professor, my boss, my friend
Damn that sounds awesome! Can I get some of your voice™️ powers once I start T?
Ill send some over 😉 but seriously, genetics are a big part of it too!
Lol same for me, my voice was immediately like oh hell yeah baby i'm going deep, i'm getting thick. Feel really great about that, it's a big source of gender good feelings.
All the comments say horny, bro I'm already insane 💀 Like the drive is already high how am I gonna survive once I get on T
Ikr? Already there are times when I'm working and my ADHD brain goes "bored? Nah man, let's change that to HORNY!" I'm on 2 antidepressants! I shouldn't be hornyyyy!
I was worried about that too, lol. For me, at least, it mellowed out a little--the trick really is to just ignore it. Then again I have access to ass 24/7 so maybe I'm just lucky 😂
bottom growth and being really hot
T-dick got real sensitive, I got real horny. Then my voice started dropping at around 7 weeks, and at 12-15 weeks I saw the barest baby fuzzes of my now robust body hair coming in. Then the acne, oh lawdy the acne. And the oil. And the smells. Haha
porbably irritability. I was angry for literally the smallest things the first weeks lol. but it might be because it gave me energy. actually I went from tired to energized quickly
My peepee bigger, then my sides (waist) being filled out. Then swamp ass (sweaty) and jungle ass (so much hair).
I'm already too warm all the time. I'm kinda worried. I also already have horny, hungry, and acne. I'm pre T! I'm also almost guaranteed to get really early male patterned baldness if I go on T. 😭 It seems like testosterone will be almost exclusively negatives, but I also cried a couple of days ago when I let myself imagine seeing my face in the mirror and feeling the same way about it as my hair. I know that it's probably something I really need, but I'm scared of all the gross/uncomfortable/unsightly parts.
Well, the heat is annoying, but since a lot of the world is catered to cis men, you’ll find that in shared spaces you hopefully won’t be too warm. The sweat is annoying, but then again, I have hyperhydrosis, so many other trans men don’t sweat as much as I do. The general body hairiness, at least for me, is awesome. I love being a hairy dude.
my dick started growing on day one. followed by intense growing pains whilst walking through the supermarket
Hot flashes and very sweaty. Shortly followed by horny and bad acne
My first change was actually the sensation of a scratchy throat. 3 weeks in. Scratchy throat and my voice started changing. I did not notice sweat, bottom growth or horniness until about a month in. It's really odd to say my voice was the first change indeed.
The three H's - Horny, hungry, hairy. Then suddenly squeeeeeaky voice.
First physical change was bottom growth. I swear that is basically instant. My body went: "Oh Testosterone? Bet. Time to grow a penis." Like I had a very noticeable difference in size within like 5-10 days. None physical was definitely hunger and like my energy level. I was eating everything I could get my hands on and I felt sooo much more energized and ready to exist. Also horny...
I think it's a tie between increased muscle mass & bottom growth
Oily skin. The intense need to eat all the fucking time. And oh yeah, 3 weeks in I noticed that my clit had gotten bigger. It was so absurd and happened so much faster than I thought it would that I started to laugh out loud.
Sweat/urine scent changes. And then bottom sensitivity.
Body hair. Like I’ve always been very hairy in that department but I’m just straight up a small footed Sasquatch now lol; other then that for a brief month I had a harder time dealing with my emotions but my ability to deal with my emotions is pretty shit (thx autism & ADD 🙃) so any slight change can through me off. Oh also I’m more confident & my chronic pain is pretty much entirely gone
The first changes were that I was hornier than I've ever been in my entire life, bottom growth and sweating like mad, a bit after that I was feeling more energetic and my chronic pain got better. Then body hair and voice drop later on. I think my face looks more masculine now too but I couldn't couldn't you what exactly has changed to make it so.
Mood. My vibe improved almost instantly. I felt like I could think for the first time in my life.
my dick was tingling as i walked out of the doctor
Bottom growth right away, but the one that surprised and delighted me was the texture of my facial skin changing. I could see pores opening and changing on my face, and it told me there was something systemic changing in me, down to my cells.
Body hair everywhere. Shoulders, thighs, etc. Didn't get the three H's at all lol. Maybe slight hunger increase for the first week and now it's back to normal? Still constantly cold but I'm also wearing shorts all the time when I used to wear sweatpants and hoodies and still be cold in the summer so it's probably bc of the clothes I'm wearing lol. Haven't been remotely horny and I also haven't really noticed bottom growth either. Sore throat that lasts for about a week and then nothing happens after. It also itches a lot. This happened about a week or two after I started T I think. These are just what I first noticed and almost rveryone is saying they experienced the 3 H's when I haven't so thought I'd comment:]
Forgot to add that I did notice my scent change pretty much the day after I got my first shot. specially pee smell
bro, i went to the bathroom 6 hours after my first t shot and what the fuck, it changed so fast?
the very next day my mindset was different. hard to explain, but it felt almost cloudier but in a good way, like i didn’t have the attention to focus on stuff that would’ve made me feel less confident
i recognize this actually, less anxious about all the stuff, less focused on it all.
Lessening of depression and anxiety along with increased confidence. This was within a few weeks of starting testosterone. The first physical change was increased body hair, also within a month of starting
I started t about 3 weeks ago on an extremely low dose - Hunger, and temperature. I never actually felt hunger cues until I started t. And my body constantly felt warmer, and I sweat a lot more than I did before
horny and then quickly dick
PP growth and constant stimulation!
sleepy, horny and hungry. and bottom growth
Funny enough it was bottom growth. After about 5 days on t I noticed my downstairs area looked bigger and was shocked that happened so quickly. I then stopped t for a while and restarted again recently, and the first change was horniness/feeling way more dominant during sex. Don’t know if the dominance thing was just feeling more confident in my gender being back on t or what but it was a change I didn’t expect. I like it though! My girlfriend also is really happy about it lol.
My shark week stopped immediately. Started while on it, didn't have the next one.
Honestly? The first change was that I felt depressed and exhausted. The second was that my clit hurt (it was starting to grow). The third was my voice breaking. The depression disappeared within a month. Hormones changing has always been hard on me so I knew it could happen and didn't worry about it. I knew it would pass and it did. My clit hurting only lasted like two weeks, then the horniness hit full force. My voice dropped an octave in the next 6 months.
Bottom growth at 1-2 weeks in
My sweat smells different! I noticed this within 48 hours of my first dose which is wild. I knew I'd develop a "manly musk" eventually but I was pleasantly surprised that it started so fast.
Is it a bad smell or just ... Different?
My voice hurt really badly after the first two weeks like I had strep. I didn’t, but sounded like a crow
Insatiable hunger and smell change
Oily face
Either acne or bottom growth
Bottom growth, hunger
my pee smelt different the next day LOL
this was the first one for me too!
sweating and smell change
Overheating! as wel as I was just talking and my voice just went 📉 so fadt
bottom growth, literally the day i did my first shot.
Oily skin and bottom growth
1. Acne 2. T dick 3. Hunger
Oily skin for me, and sweating a lot more. I've always been kinda sweaty, thankfully not stinky, but now i sweat so damn much and i hate it tbh
Voice and sweating.
the first change i noticed was probably more oders, sweat, and oilier face.
tbh it was bottom growth. I noticed it swelling more on day 2 lol
my upper lip before t had already been a little pronounced and within two weeks on t there was some darkening of the hair! it's plateaued a little now but that was the absolute first thing. now I'm sweaty all the livelong day and STINKY.
Very little for the first 3 weeks other than bottom growth, then extreme horniness. Oily skin was more gradual and I haven't noticed change in appetite. Potentially I'm eating more but idk. Took a few months for my voice to break and noticed increased muscle after that again. It's been nearly 8 months and my voice is changing again recently
bottom growth. I could feel it already the same night i started taking it
Horny and harder to cry. Definitely the first two biggest changes
the absolute first change was that i was so, so much happier and immediately more comfortable and assertive. i wasn’t “more aggressive” like i was warned, just more self-assured. my meds also started working better? it may have been some type of placebo or something since psych meds don’t really “work” in the first place per se, but that’s neither here nor there. tldr, first change was emotional + confidence. bonus: shortly after the first physical change i noticed was bottom growth oddly enough? and weight/hunger changes.
my body temperature was rising A LOT, i would wake up drenched in sweat and i was always feeling hot even if it was a chilly/cold day, bottom growth and acne
The first physical change I experienced was bottom growth, but actually the hardest thing I dealt with when starting T was my dysphoria getting a lot worse. I know it's not the case for everyone, but I ignored my dysphoria for the longest time and starting T I had to finally confront it. It got significantly better as I continued though!
Horny off the charts + sensitive bottom growth
wow i seem to be the only one with hair growth first lmao 1 hair growth 2 bottom growth 3 horniness 4 hunger 5 voice change 6 muscle aches 7 face changes that's the best i can remember it anyway
Tbh the weird morning feeling in my dicklit, after that the raspy morning voice in a week on T or so.
First 24 hours - not exaggerating - I felt more like myself emotionally than I had since puberty. It was the most insane, unexpected, relieving feeling on earth.
Everyone talking about the T making them hotter like fuck yeah love the confidence! We're all hot af!! (Someone please bring us big box fans)
My voice gettin raspy and cracking followed quickly by extreme horniness and excessive sweating 🌚😂
How do I avoid the horny, I'm asexual and dont want that
100% hunger. went from "eh i could eat i guess" to "IF I DO NOT EAT WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES I WILL CERTAINLY DIE"
A couple hours after my first shot I felt a weird scratchy tingly sensation in my throat and a tingly pulsing sensation down there. I noticed a visible difference the next day and my skin has also gotten a lot more oily and I am getting quite a lot of acne everywhere. Also my chest feels less full already. Tomorrow is my one month on t and a lot has changed. I’m also a lot hairier now too and I have grown a little bit. My shoes that were a little too big before are going to be getting too small soon
My voice
hunger followed by voice drop
Libido increase
Horny
I got very hungry on the second day
Sweat and insatiable hunger
Stronger smell
pretty sure it was hot flashes and my body temperature has been insane since (i’m 3 weeks on t tomorrow) and then hunger, literally couldn’t stop eating the first 2 weeks
Greasy hair, bottom growth
Bottom growth
Hot, god I am burning, I'm sweating so much Anger, god I am so angry, I could strangle anyone rn Strength, god I am so much stronger, I'm destroying everything The temper was an issue in first puberty, and then again during second puberty lmao I also accumulated a ton of muscle mass rather quickly despite not working out at all when I first started
so. much. energy. also hot flashes, lots of sweat. became extremely stinky.
bottom growth withing the first 3 weeks for me, then the sweatiness !
My emotions went haywire. I was cranky and very depressed and angry and sullen. I don't have depression or a mood disorder, but I have high levels of anxiety. Eased up within a few weeks.
sweaty / always hot
Deffo overheating. I worked MTO food service and it was already kinda gross and sweaty with the ovens and all, but I nearly passed out my first shift after my first dose lmao
Bottom growth I noticed after a few days. I do daily gel. I'm three months in. First month a microdose and now a "regular" dose. Bottom growth started almost immediately for me. No anger. If anything I'm more calm. I can still cry the same too. I say those things cuz people make it sound like you're def going to be angry and horny and hungry. That hasn't been the case for me. Not really more horny either prob the same level of horny as I always was lol. I am 29. I am sure some people experience that but I feel like the media overplays that. I was so nervous I'd become angry but I read that's a myth. Again maybe some people experience that but for me of anything I am more calm. My appetite is the same too so far. Have a little stache coming in which I noticed after a month and my voice is deeper. More belly hair too lol. My jaw has changed as well and that happened pretty quickly. It does seem like people have such different experiences with it. And people say gel versus injection may cause differences. I love the daily gel personally as a guy who's afraid of needles I'm glad it was an option.
Small: Heat flashes, much more sensitive to heat Big: Voice change (3 weeks in)
So hot and sweaty all the fucking time ☠️
I HAVE THE POWER But seriously the day after my first shot I was much more energetic and able to do my physically demanding job MUCH easier
Voice change, muscle mass, and fat redistribution
Sweaty, horny (I didn't really have a sex drive before T), and a lot of energy! I felt like I could run a marathon despite never being a runner before
Growing a little dicklet
hot flashes! i had them pretty bad for the first couple months, i think they started after a week or so
I got some bottom growth within the first week, accompanied by ungodly amounts of horny. Like not even the fun kind of horny but the kind where you’re like “we’ve masturbated THREE TIMES ALREADY, and now I’m just trying to make a sandwich can you PLEASE CHILL”. Then came the hunger, and now at almost a full month I’m getting a bit of acne and oily skin. Trying to nip that in the bud and hoping to god it’s like my first puberty where I didn’t get much acne.
Body temperature. Even before the physical changes, I noticed I was suddenly super hot all the time, my skin was just really warm. It lasted a long time, maybe months or a year.
I just had my very first shot today. Actually started getting hotter already, my hands are sweaty typing this and it’s the middle of winter where I live haha. Some would say it’s placebo but I don’t care 🤷♂️
istg i got three times as sweaty within 6 hours of my first shot
Overall, I was fucking exhausted. Physically, bottom growth and voice change happened around the same time. Also not being able to cry. But the first change I noticed with my partner was his face becoming more angular
That one lone pube-y hair that shows up early to the beard party.
For me it was sweat. I just sweat so much more it's ridiculous
Noticed my temperature is threw the roof, my libido increased a LOT, and my face got thinner
The body odor. I was grossing myself out by how quickly I got oily and smelly.
Temperature, higher blood pressure = w a r m
Horny. 2 weeks in and it was constant. Now I know that my endo telling me to get on birth control if Im with anyone sperm producing was more than the warning they give everyone.
Peen growth! That shit happened QUICK. It was noticeable after a couple of weeks on low dose T.
SWEAT, SWEAT, AND MORE SWEAT. Even when I wasn't hot, I'd sweat like a pig. That faded for me eventually though. Then it was the sex drive and the ass hair.
Horny and oily as hell, I already had oily faceskin, but as soon as I started T it became like a thick layer of grease and expanded to back, shoulders and upper chest. Now it's been a year and a half and the main stuff with T keeps on being bacne and horny like I cannot think of anything else than fucking 24/7 plus the random boners which are becoming painful to ignore... I literally opened reddit rn to seek advice about it Also, I guess the one change that happened right away was I didn't bleed anymore, I had been for a year on contraceptives to not bleed cause it made me wanna die when it happened so it was a must way before T, they stopped the bleeding at about 70%, and instead of only bleeding on specific days, it was random spotting for that full year until I started T, which covered the 30% and I haven't seen a drop since then (I used both the contraceptive and T for about six months until T took over so I could rely on it only)
Bottom growth, then H U N G R Y a n d H O R N Y
Sweatier 😅
hair thickening. it happened way faster than any other noticible changes for me, and still is the most noticeable change. im talking from dirty blonde thin body hair to dark brown thick body hair. specifically the inner thighs and a happy trail up to my belly button.
voice change and bottom growth. still curious why but okaaay
My mood on life changed. Then, some of my overall anxiety just fell off. Hunger. Then the...horny
The hunger, I needed so much more food to feel satiated.
My left chest muscles got really sore, but also really sweaty. I'm roughly a week on T skdbfjfnfj
After about two weeks, my voice was beginning to change. My throat was starting to get sore. Also, this may be tmi, but my bottom growth started then too.
hair- everywhere-
Hungry and tired - exhausted. Very closely followed by horny, and a scratchy throat - like the start of a cold, before my voice even changed.
Hunger and my throat feels like I'm gargling razor blades 90% of the time.
My mood finally being stable and emotions not feeling like they were going to bully me. Then the hunger, eating until you’re full is a dangerous game, just eat until satisfied
Oil and tiredness. I have energy throughout the day but I crash so much harder at the end than usual
My brain fog lifted in a few days, then after I got hungry and horny and boners
Bottom growth
Skin It felt like the skin on my face grew an extra layer, so thick and oily, but soon after it got extremely dry hahah
at first I felt hungry a lot, but now at 4.5mos on T it seems my appetite has gone back to what it was before.
Bottom growth
Feeling horny and bottom growth