T

[Josh]

I might have the chance to start it soon. Great, right? But... been thinking a lot lately. I want to look more masculine, I want the physical changes T brings. I'm not sure about the mental/emotional... I don't want my personality to change, AT all... :/ I love who I am.

[LilKittyCatZoey]

Okay well i am on E and the only changes are i am less violent and more myself i think your over thinking silly 

[regan]

Why not start out with a small dose and work your way up?  You might not like how the full dose makes you feel, but something better then zero might suit you just fine.

[Natkat]

I might have the chance to start it soon. Great, right? But... been thinking a lot lately. I want to look more masculine, I want the physical changes T brings. I'm not sure about the mental/emotional... I don't want my personality to change, AT all... :/ I love who I am.

I can say T didnt chance MY personalety, it might have reach some small details but its not that much.
I felt alittle more perverted and active in the first time but after you got use to it you didnt really start to notice..
also I got a urge to eat alot more (specially pizza) and look at alot of guys but I did as well before heeh..

well.. as I first took it I tended to be more easy to be irritating faster but its not a big chance.. I been WAY more agrasive in my past for not being accpeted than I been on T..
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beside these me as in personalety didnt chance, I am still as crazy and "girly" as before.. hehe..
you shouldnt worry about it,
only worry is not to eat to much pizza because you will get fat if you do.

[xAndrewx]

It's smart and incredibly mature that you are thinking about this Kal. To be honest since starting testosterone I have been a little more aggressive.

Really though I think it just makes us more confident and assertive so we keep the same personality we are just a little more cocky and less likely to let people step on us. I'm speaking plural because it's what some of my friends have noticed too.

Starting on a low dose could help and if your really worried then maybe if you could, doing therapy bi-weekly or monthly could help you out in the beginning?

[Al James]

Ive only had a couple of doses and so far i havent noticed a change in my personality. Ive been a bit quick to rise to the bait sometimes and ive lost the filter on my mouth but im blaming that on giving up the cigarettes

[RyGuy]

kal i think you're already showing right now that you're unlikely to be one of those guys that freaks out and becomes an ->-bleeped-<- on t for the simple fact that you're thinking so clearly and maturely about it now. go slow and do what you want. it's your body.

[KamTheMan]

kal i think you're already showing right now that you're unlikely to be one of those guys that freaks out and becomes an ->-bleeped-<- on t for the simple fact that you're thinking so clearly and maturely about it now. go slow and do what you want. it's your body.

I second this. Good luck bro!

[Josh]

Thanks guys. Ill talk to my therapist and doctor. Possibly start when i can. Yeaaa im already pretty cocky haha confident but i jus make. a lot of conceited jokes. But thats jus it, im kidding. The only thing i was/am worried about is i am really good wit girls...my connection and shiit. I cant explain but yea jus dont want T to change it.

[wheat thins are delicious]

In my experience and from what I've heard from my other trans friends.   Your personality won't change.  Certain aspects of it might, I find I'm quicker to stand up for myself and the first few months on T I wanted to wrestle and be playfully aggressive with other men but that's about it. 

[J.T.]

The mental/emotional is the second best thing after stopping the monthly crap.  I have so much less anger.

I'm still me, just happier and balanced!  It is amazing what hormones can do once they're at the right levels.

[Electric Wizard]

I'm on a smaller dose (1/4 to 1/2 of a "full" dose) for the time being, so I only have a small idea of what changes I will experience. So far, though, I'm a bit more confident, and the quantity of irritation isn't changed. I notice that it sneaks up on me more, though. Before T, I would get angry slowly and gradually. Now, on T, it's a bit more sudden when it happens. I will jump from minor irritation right up to anger if annoyed long enough. But aside from that, the changes have been good. I feel more in control of my life, and control the speed and nature of my thoughts easier.