it does get quite frustrating

[stephaniec]

  I'm going into my 5th month on HRT and feel really good. the mental changes have been great, the physical ones are like a snail. I hope they speed up a little because I need to see that female. I catch glimpses but I want the full exposure , but its just creeping along at its own pace. My breasts are doing fine though and its amazing to have this new part of my body.  I have great hope fore the future, just though I'd vent a little. I 've been hearing so much about the 7th month and can't wait to see if any thing happens . hopefully it will and I'll be an incredibly happy  camper. I will say though I'm experiencing  a good slow down in hair growth mostly on my legs. I could be imagining it but my facial hair seems to have slowed down too.

[Tori]

I think you hit "The bla" period. So often I see posts like this. After a few months the novelty wears off the mood improvements become normal feeling and the changes seem to come at a snail's pace. It gets frustrating.

Well, you made it there! Then the next batch of good stuff hits you.

Keep track of your measurements and pictures and review past results. You will see changes even if you stop noticing them as they happen for a while.

Aloha,
Tori

[FalseHybridPrincess]

Thats what I ve seen too

6 to month 8 is when it seems that most people change...

meh its really frustrating , even though I love the changes I just wish I could press a button and travel some months forward in the future :/

[Carrie Liz]

Ah, the 5-month HRT blues claims another victim.

I went through it too. Don't worry about it so much, it gets better. Once you hit 7-8 months, stuff starts improving much more unmistakably.

[Cindy]

I reflected on my journey as hitting a wall. Slowly cracks would appear, but I would still hit it and get hurt. I forced myself to stand and run at it again and again until the bricks started to fall out. But I would still get hurt.
Then one day I looked up and the wall had gone and and the road was clear.

So when you get hit and hurt just put out your hand and a friend will hold it and help you step over the bricks.

Because that's what friends do.

[Jenny07]

Hi

I can really relate to this now as 5 months is around the corner.
I feel lost and stuck in between which I am finding very uncomfortable.

Its very difficult and troubling as I never expected this.

Breasts are growing to the point now of being visible to me as I still present male, this all on low dose E???
Looks like I will have to buy some sports bras this week to help out. Confront more demons.

I too wish it could just be done with as this waiting is not much fun, but better that before...

[helen2010]

Impatience is normal.  But rushing adolescence may not be in your best interest from a long term perspective.  Enjoy the experience and don't sweat the detail.  It is happening and you are evolving. Others may see your progress this a lot sooner than you do!

Safe travels

Aisla

[Erica_Y]

This thread is like perfect timing for me as i am exactly in that spot time wise and I have had some of those thoughts and now feelings. I have had changes especially to skin, strength , mentally, emotional , face shape and breasts but it seems like it has plateaued and i was started to wonder if someone switched out my meds, to funny!

This is not the process for a results oriented impatient girl it seems which I am. My DiSC profile is 7117 so it is a challenge from a behaviour and expectation perspective for sure. Thanks for the responses and the original post it helped me understand that this is a normal part of the process and to keep moving forward and that there is others out there experiences the same thing. Maybe age plays a role as I am not on the younger side being in my 40's and maybe it is exasperated because of this or not.

[Natalia]

We are on the same boat. I'm approaching the 5-month mark too, but I am far from frustrated 

Of course I would like to see more changes and indeed all the calm and tranquility I got is becoming now a normal feeling, but I am extremely satisfied with all I got until now.

There are times where I just close my eyes and everything feels so right. And everytime I open my eyes and look at the mirror I see how my face changed for the better. I am smiling much more and I am expressing myself much better. I am a different person now, and I couldn't believe that HRT would change me this way. I thought I was only getting, with some luck, boobs and softer features...I was greatly mistaken! ^^

The physical changes are going well. So far I have a 38B cup. I am losing weight and my body is finaly starting to resemble a woman's body...with proper clothing I think I could get a nice shape.

I'm also anxious for the next months. I see that most MtFs have drastical changes on the 7-8 months. I really can't wait, but until there I am going to enjoy the trip!

[Satinjoy]

The girl in the mirror is more obvious, I have boobs at an A cup and nice legs, my hair still grows but not so fast, the hair on my head is growing back, and I am more mentally stable now that the T is down and the right hormones are in play.

And I have been watching my boobs under the microscope, I hope things continue to grow and redistribute, I am hoping for a B.

Thanks Steph for starting this.  I have SO much to learn, I feel like a baby messing up from time to time in here and having to get back up.  It is frustrating - and very exciting.

[Eva Marie]

I am also at the 5 month mark on a full strength HRT dose. Boobs are a large A cup and physical changes in my face and body are occurring at the pace that they want to occur. It took me 50 years to get to this point so I know the value of patience.

A funny story that happened to me yesterday.  I was walking through the office and a coworker stopped me to chat. He kept glancing down at my chest the whole time, so my boobs apparently have developed enough that my attempts to hide them aren't working very well. I kept wanting to tell him that my face is up here lol...

[Jessica Merriman]

Don't forget cis girls start development around 12 and it doesn't peak until early 20s. You will get there though, chin up girl!