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I want T but is it to soon?

Started by XxCosmicEvan, January 08, 2016, 05:19:01 AM

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XxCosmicEvan

This is going to be a short post because i don't know what else to say but to be honest the thought of taking T has been so strongly on my mind i basically sit on my computer and for half the day watch other people take T.
I still hold doubts but like I've stated to others my doubts aren't fading but are becoming forgotten i know they exist yet i don't care anymore and it's hard to hold back from jumping into it to soon. I haven't even been called male pronouns outside of my online friends yet here i am suddenly wanting T? it's also built up my dysphoria i don't know what sort of dysphoria it is this time it's basically triggered by anything even seeing somone's photo that's ftm trans and on T makes me go i wish i had that body.
Has anyone experienced this before taking T? I'm scared i'm doing to do something wrong or to fast?
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FTMax

It sounds like you could benefit from speaking to a professional, or maybe just writing out all of your feelings so you can sort them out. Depending on where you live and what your options would be for getting on hormones, I'd recommend starting with the therapist in case you need a referral letter.

I decided on T pretty spur of the moment. I knew I was trans for several years, and had socially transitioned several months prior. The only thing I went into transition knowing I wanted was top surgery. And I was pretty similar to what you described - spent hours looking at pics, videos, etc., doing research, figuring out what my options were. I wasn't 100% decided on T until I met with the doctor who would be administering my HRT. She helped me talk through my concerns and addressed them based on her experiences as an HRT provider. Then I was decided. I was never afraid of going too fast or doing something wrong. I knew that I'd get on T at some point for some length of time to achieve the features that I wanted, it was just a matter of when to start and how long to use it.

My only advice is to figure out how you're going to come out in the rest of your life. Unlike estrogen, testosterone use is tough to hide after a few months. You can explain a voice drop as a cold, but after a while people are going to wonder why you're still sick. Growing excessive hair as a AFAB person is a telltale sign that something is going on hormonally. I'd say you could hide it for 3-6 months before someone would start asking questions.
T: 12/5/2014 | Top: 4/21/2015 | Hysto: 2/6/2016 | Meta: 3/21/2017

I don't come here anymore, so if you need to get in touch send an email: maxdoeswork AT protonmail.com
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Elis

As Max said talking to a gender therapist may be best. If you're having these spouts of dysphoria and feeling wrong in your body almost if not constantly; then you're most definitely transgender. Cis people don't question their assigned gender; especially to a point were they can't stop thinking about it.
I was never referred to as male before starting T apart from at work; so like you had many doubts. But seeing as my dysphoria was constant and was always uncomfortable with my assigned gender; I knew I had to try hormones otherwise I'd always be thinking what if. Plus just thinking of what I would look like as male made me a lot happier than thinking of myself as female and I was always jealous of other trans men who had transitioned and of cis guys in general. Talking with my gender therapist also helped because vocalising my past experiences of how I felt growing up female made my current feelings of being trans feel a lot more genuine and real.
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I hope I helped in some way.
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XxCosmicEvan

Yea, i'm already talking to a counselor and i don't think it's helping to much
but i'm also talking to doctors about T and got the note for gender dysphoria
it's good. But at the same time this stuff i wrote is stopping me from making that choice.
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Elis

Glad you're talking to a counselor. I don't think when I saw one it was particularly helpful as I already knew what my problems were and all I wanted was approval for T. I still had doubts upto taking my first dose, but there comes a point were you just have to take that chance. Otherwise the only alternative is feeling miserable.
I don't mean to make you feel rushed though. At least you've got the go ahead whenever you feel ready.
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XxCosmicEvan

Everyone always talks about taking T and not worrying and the problem is that one mistake will change my entire life and it's why i doubt because on T you can't go backwards.
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Elis

Quote from: XxCosmicEvan on January 08, 2016, 07:44:59 PM
Everyone always talks about taking T and not worrying and the problem is that one mistake will change my entire life and it's why i doubt because on T you can't go backwards.

Very true. The way I see it though is it's much better for me to try T and try to make myself happier, than never go on T and think what if. If I do decide to go off T in the future; then at least that means I've learned something more about myself and I at least made the effort to be happy, which it would have done up to deciding to stop.
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LordKAT

For me, getting on T was not a desire but a need. It seems so hard to describe to someone not trans and inevitable to someone who is. I dreamed of how to trade places and correct these gross deformities for so long,(since grade school), that not being able to get T seems like a major crime.
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