Starting HRT to Going Full Time - How Long?

[Brenda E]

I'd like to go full time in a few months - been on HRT since May '14.  What sort of timeline did you follow?  How long was it from popping that first estradiol pill until you dumped the old male self for good?

[Jill F]

For me it was 2 months.  I just said "Screw this!" one day and that was the end of "guy mode" forever.

[Alysinspace]

different for everyone ive been on it for 6 months and im still not full time
im not a girl at work which is pretty much it so i wouldnt consider myself full time quite yet.

[Mariah]

I went full time over 2 months before starting HRT. My waiting for HRT wasn't in the cards for going full time. I didn't feel the need to wait. So it was before any patches, shots, or Spiro pill.
Mariah

[ZeldaHeartLove]

Congratulations on the hrt!  I started hormones on June 30 of 2010 and went full time when I could absolutely no longer pass as a male even if I tried. That was September of 2011.  However, I could have gone full time without issue about 6 months after.

[jessical]

The plan for me is to be full time in April, which will include work.  That will be a year and a few months on HRT at that point.  The gating factor for me is getting most of the electrolysis complete.  The floor I am on at work is high profile and we often have guests, and that goes with the washroom.  I don't want to be situation where the facial hair is visible, especially with guests and the washrooms.  It is a long wait, but it will make coming out at work hopefully very easy.

[JoanneB]

If I wait until I couldn't pass as male, I'd be a good year buried in the ground. I wouldn't pass as anything but worm food by then 

There is nothing in this world to stop you from going full time whenever you need to.

[carrie359]

I have been part time but not full time for a few months.. only because I started passing as female and male.. so was both....
I got tired of it so I did FFS and now am full time.. .. no choice at all now..
Loved going to the women's restroom without hesitation at the airport on the way home from Chicago..

Many take about two years to go full time.. but its a good Idea to get started on the beard right away .. just in case you decide to jump soon.. depending on how much beard you have.
Keri

[mellynn88]

It took me about 5 months.  If I could I would have done it sooner, but unfortunately I had to deal with a somewhat unique situation at work which slowed everything down for me. 

Good luck!

Melissa

[Zoetrope]

I started HRT, went full-time publicly and at work all at the same time.

After a really testing first few months ... the 'novelty' wore off, and people were no longer uncomfortable around me.

I also felt really settled in by then, too.

For me ... the sooner the better going full-time. It's something we have to get over with at some point!

[Hikari]

I never went full time, it just sort of happened I guess....I just got to a point where I couldn't really remember the last time I was out and about presenting as male.....I guess I was on hormones like 6 months maybe a bit more maybe a bit less but since there wasn't kike a specific day it is hard to say. For a long time I kept saying I wasn't full time when in fact I was I just hadn't made the decision to be but I only presented female.

I mean I guess if anything my boobs just got too big to conceal and when out in guys clothes I started to be gendered female it just seemed easier to be out of the house as a woman.

[RosieD]

I'd like to go full time in a few months - been on HRT since May '14.  What sort of timeline did you follow?  How long was it from popping that first estradiol pill until you dumped the old male self for good?

I was full time about 4 months before starting HRT, but then again I live in the UK and that's how we roll here. I used to think it was an entirely inhuman requirement to place on a person but having been through it can see why it makes sense. As Joanna said, there's not a thing in the world stopping you from going full time right now other than you. The pills are great but they aren't going to do the social transition for you and that's no bad thing, especially if you are stuck in a system that hasn't moved on from SoC 1.0.

Rosie

[Cindy]

About six weeks, I could never go stealth, everyone was going to find out, I was staying in my job so I just did it. As Sarah said, sooner you come out, the sooner people get over it.

[Jenna Marie]

I started HRT (patches) in February and first noticed I was effectively full time except for work sometime in early April - so about two months, although I literally did *notice,* because I didn't do it on purpose. I just hated going out as a guy so much that I kept making excuses not to. I came out at work in May and was officially full-time there the first week in June, and never looked back.

[Carrie Liz]

Took me 15 months...

Started HRT in January of 2013, finally went full-time in April of 2014. It took me that long to be confident enough in my passability.

[immortal gypsy]

Started in February noticed myself I was full time in December.  Asking friends when did I go full time? There replies are along the lines of.
"You actually presented and dressed as a guy before?"

[noleen111]

I started hrt and went full time on the same day...

I thought, well i am taking female hormones... why not just present as a female ...

[alena]

I've been on HRT since July and have no plans of going full time for a while. I see myself easing into it as opposed to setting a date where it has to happen.

[kelly_aus]

I was supposed to wait until after hormones?

[Sammy]

I am hot full time either, but at the same time, as some other posters said, I am not really like part time or flipping between male and female modes either. I dress very andro and just people figure out with whom they want to deal (not that I do communicate a lot with strangers) - if they gender me as female, it is nice and flattering, if as male - well, I just suck it up.