3 months and...nothing?

[Dan G.]

I started on the 6th of March and I feel like nothing has changed at all. I was on  for the first two months, but my doctor just had me switch to  for my injections. My voice is still really high and feminine, and I look exactly the same. The only notable change would be a little growth in the downstairs region. I feel a bit hopeless...



no dosages

[aleon515]

Well we aren't allowed to give doses, but this is a reason why we should be able to do it. You are obviously on quite a low dose, going to a more regular dose. It is normal for doctors to start like that. I started on a VERY low dose and was on it for 3 months. I wouldn't say I had no changes but the changes were *very slow*. I believe you are going to start noticing changes, but if you look at videos on youtube you can see that a lot of times the changes don't really start happening until 6 months or later (despite all the little "I got a couple hairs on my stomach" comments). My voice really didn't drop til about 9-10 months. I didn't start getting read as male til maybe 4 months and it was maybe only 10-20% of the time. (Now it's about 98%-- I am reliably misgendered once a month.) But everyone is really individual. Now if you were two years vs 3 months, that would be highly unusual. My advice? Be patient.

--Jay

[Dan G.]

Ahh I feel way better now! Thank you so much!!

[aleon515]

I'm an older guy, but I think my transition has sort of gone in the usual way they go, with a bit slower transition due to a lower dose (initially). I've also only taken t-cream. Here's my year on T transition video. Might help you see that this is a process and takes its time. Jay

[aleon515]

The facial shape must be what causes me to get read as male. It does help I have a *DEEP* voice to back it up! I agree the early changes are very subtle. A lot of guys see things because they want to so badly. Some guys don't see anything because they are afraid. It's going to happen and it's just sitting and hanging on in some ways.

--Jay

[Kreuzfidel]

I started on the 6th of March and I feel like nothing has changed at all. I was on .5mL for the first two months, but my doctor just had me switch to 1mL for my injections. My voice is still really high and feminine, and I look exactly the same. The only notable change would be a little growth in the downstairs region. I feel a bit hopeless...

Yeah, you're only just at 9 weeks and not even on a full dose as Jay said.  I was on a full dose by that time and still didn't see any changes to note.  It wasn't until around 12 weeks (on a full dose) that I started to see anything really noticeable.

[aleon515]

Yeah, you're only just at 9 weeks and not even on a full dose as Jay said.  I was on a full dose by that time and still didn't see any changes to note.  It wasn't until around 12 weeks (on a full dose) that I started to see anything really noticeable.

Also, of course, just because you are on low dose doesn't mean it's not doing anything. The changes may not be noticed at this point.

--Jay

[Tysilio]

Apparently so. I started on a low dose (T cyp), and when they checked my T level after the first month, my doc said it was too high and put me on an even lower dose. I guess there's a lot of individual variation in how people metabolize the stuff.

I'm about 10 weeks in, waiting for changes other than the @%&*# oily skin... the waiting sucks!

[Frank]

Question, when do you inject? Once a month? Every three weeks? Two weeks?

[Tysilio]

I inject once a week. That's supposed to keep the T level more even, and help prevent mood swings and such.

The WPATH Standards of Care has a handy table that shows the time frames for the expected onset and maximum effect for the changes we all want (and some we don't, like acne :barf:). All the time frames are longer than we want to believe...

[DanTheMan]

I'm an older guy, but I think my transition has sort of gone in the usual way they go, with a bit slower transition due to a lower dose (initially). I've also only taken t-cream. Here's my year on T transition video. Might help you see that this is a process and takes its time. Jay

Way to go Jay you changed alot man!

My voice was the first thing that changed together with my hamster cheeks, but however my facial hair grows slow, it's really different per person,
don't worry about it, I know it can't go fast enough, totally been there, but time flies.