How long did y'all wait before starting T?

[Polo]

I've been socially transitioning about 7 months now, I moved to a new city and took the opportunity to be able to make the switch and live full time as a guy (for which I'm grateful to be lucky enough to be able to do), which I'm enjoying. I've been researching and toying with the idea of testosterone since then, and seriously considering it for the past couple of months. I am seeing a gender therapist who backs me, and have an endocrinologist that I can go see.

I'm curious: how long did you wait before going on T?

[Simon]

I started living full time at 17 and had just turned 31 when I started T (I'm 15 months now). First it was economic issues then it was an illness that got in the way. I'm sooo much happier now. Each step of the way I feel better with myself and with being around others. Best thing I've ever done for myself.

[Kreuzfidel]

I was unable to socially or medically transition up until I was 31 years old - I knew I was male in a female body since my earliest memories.

I started T in 2011, at age 32, when I had to move countries in order to do so.

[Arch]

Depends on when you start counting. Twenty years by one reckoning. About eight months by another.

[CursedFireDean]

I guess I started a social transition last summer but I won't be  truly socially transitioning until May 19th (day after my graduation) and I'm hoping to start T sometime between now and then. With endo wait lists, it might not be until September or later though... But if I must wait that long, so be it.

[Whynaut]

I put off transitioning for a while when I was younger for social and family reasons. I just had other stuff filling up my time.

I'm only out to my roommates now but I've been on T for a week. I really can't pass as a guy without it. I plan to socially transition this summer.

[David27]

I started right after my 22nd birthday. I knew since I was little, but I put off transitioning due to other things that I was dealing with. 

[Polo]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I've known I wasn't a girl ever since I was little, but actually physically and socially going to the other end of the spectrum has only been in the forefront of my mind for about a year and a half (I thought I was Andro for a long, long time).  I guess I'm just making sure that I'm sure before I begin anything permanent (not to mention breaking it to my parents).

[Andrewesd]

I came to the realization that I was Trans when I turned 19 and it took me till almost my 22nd Birthday to start T.

[aleon515]

I started a year about two years after I realized I was trans. I was in therapy about a year.

--Jay

[xKadaBear]

I came out socially when I was fourteen and waited for about three years before I was able to start T.

[Charliedogist]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I've known I wasn't a girl ever since I was little, but actually physically and socially going to the other end of the spectrum has only been in the forefront of my mind for about a year and a half (I thought I was Andro for a long, long time).  I guess I'm just making sure that I'm sure before I begin anything permanent (not to mention breaking it to my parents).

I felt the same way for a LONG LONG time about being Andro. It took me several years before I realized it wasn't being Andro that made me happy, it was the fact that I wasn't really seen as female. Once I realized that, it was a small step (for me!) to realizing it was being called "he, Sir, him, ect" that was what made Andro appealing for me. Luckily, I can pull off Andro easily, but unluckily, being so Andro a lot of the times tips the scales the wrong way and I get "she, her, Ma'am, ect"

It was that realization (and depression) that sent me to a therapist. It was another year before I could vocalize that I wasn't happy being Andro to my therapist, and that I needed to take it that next step. It's been another six months in therapy, several letters, and an extremely AWESOME Endo that's finally helping me get to where I want to be, but I'll be totally honest. The entire time up until I took my first shot (and I've only taken one) I was thinking, "am I doing the right thing? is this what I REALLY want? what if I'm screwing something up???" but after a LOT of soul searching, experimenting with names, pronouns, personas, ect, that I knew it was right, and after taking that first shot, I haven't felt so "right" in a long long time.

I still do dress Andro a lot, but I've started getting rid of some of the clothing that borders "feminine" (to me) as well as lesbian, because, well, I'm gay, and while lesbians are awesome, I'd rather have them as friends instead of hitting on me :p

Just my .02 cents, and hopefully it helps a little bit.