Agitation and testosterone?

[WolfSoul]

Hello,

So, I started testosterone a week ago, after being off for almost three years. Previously, I was on for over six years. Anyway, I am not one to get mad, agitated, etc. I am super chill. But last night I got super agitated and just wanted to do something physical. This has never happened to me before.

What's the deal?

[becky.rw]

T is an enabler of what you felt.  What you felt is actually a large portion of what gives me disphoria! lol.  My life is strewn with doors with holes in them as a result, and I currently find that very embarrassing.

Men learn to deal with it and embrace it, control, moderate or express as desired.

[Kylo]

I'm sure this is why many men work out, to relieve agitation and a sense of needing to be acting rather than just sitting around.

Agitation isn't a good mental state, so if you feel the need to get up and do, then go for it. Try some exercise, or some walking, or something at least slightly physical. You'll probably find it helps to take the edge off any agitation; it's good for you besides.

[FTMax]

Was it an emotional agitation? In general, T gives you greater energy, so if you're not more active now, you may just be pent up. Like TKGW recommended, exercise will probably help. Just don't necessarily dive in head first if you don't exercise regularly.

My only "emotional" change on T is that I am less patient, which could lead to agitation I suppose if I just kept it all in. But I don't really have a filter, so I just tell people when I'm getting bored with their shenanigans. Haven't been agitated/frustrated/angry on T to the point of needing to do anything physical, ever.

[AnxietyDisord3r]

I definitely get physically agitated on T and the only cure is daily exercise.

It's actually like a return to how I was when I was a child. I used to take breaks when I was eating dinner to run around or dance around the living room.

If I don't get exercise I am miserable when I try to bed down at night.

[LatrellHK]

Well I'm not a few years old vet, but I definitely felt nothing but annoyance, anger, and full blown rage starting. I did have anger issues prior to starting T, so this was expecting and the reason why my doctor started me off super low.

The gym has become my friend and I look like I'm beginning to look like a gym rat. I like it though and it's helped with my anger tremendously. I'm calmer, more rational, less angry. My anger usually comes hard and fast and makes me want to do nothing but punch, kick, and otherwise fight everyone for petty reasons, even looking at me wrong made me want to tackle and fight said person. HUGE anger issues. Now I'm calmer. Still more agitated than pre-t me, but way better than when I started. Not wanting to fight at all times, not cussing as much, less pissy. Way calmer and the gym was my safe place. I recommend it to all my friends. Like it's helped me, so I like to suggest it at least. Give it a try, might even help you.

And to clarify, I am now way calmer than before. Also due to working with kids all day. Amazing what that can do to a mans patience, I'm more patient than some of the teachers even!

[Ayden]

I don't get agitated so much as I get antsy. When I'm geared up to do something then I just go do that thing. I've been on T for 4 years with a break for about 8 months due to an issue getting it. I ended up with no energy and lost interest in things quickly. Now I'm back on it and I get spurts of energy.

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[TransAm]

I had the opposite reaction, truthfully. T really mellowed me out.
It was nothing for me to punch things (inanimate things, of course), see red and go into a blind rage pre-T. It may have had something to do with my previous feelings of insignificance. I very much lived 'in the moment' and had a hard, hard time understanding that nothing--neither anger, depression nor happiness--was permanent and would get locked into my feelings. Starting T, getting top surgery and fully 'passing' all helped me to understand and accept the fleeting nature of events and feelings. If I'm bothered by something, I know I won't be in a few minutes/hours/days/etc. Everything comes to pass.

Now I'm just sort of a big horny bear. A docile bear... aside from the horniness.
I will say that the one or two times that I actually -have- gotten blindly pissed in the last year, I've ended up inadvertently breaking things. Though it wasn't my proudest moment by any stretch, I actually shattered a car window with my fist while I was driving. Some guy was screwing around and kept almost rear-ending me only to speed around, whip in front of my car and slam on his brakes. When I tried to switch lanes, he swerved in front of me. I flipped out, yelled and punched the window. Annnnnd it busted.
The worst part was that it felt like I really hadn't hit it that hard. I don't think I'd have been able to have actually broken it pre-T. Does anyone else feel stupid strong? It's definitely an adjustment.

[Veronica J]

I'm sure this is why many men work out, to relieve agitation and a sense of needing to be acting rather than just sitting around.

Agitation isn't a good mental state, so if you feel the need to get up and do, then go for it. Try some exercise, or some walking, or something at least slightly physical. You'll probably find it helps to take the edge off any agitation; it's good for you besides.

as a biological male, this is for sure.. you end up with pent up energy and have to do something.. its kind of why guys tend not to sit still for hours on end.. we just cant.. with T and other male hormones floating in our systems, our bodies inclination to generate energy (and all excess converted to fat around the middle)..

try gyming, running doing physical stuff...

t has an effective of increasing ones strength and toughness, its kind of why e is soo necessary for guys to calm them down a bit and make them reachable human beings. most teenage boys, around 13 are as strong as their mother without doing any sort of weights.. the older one gets you tend to gain in strength, not as much as gyming but some.. till you reach a point and it starts to drop at a slow rate.

[AnxietyDisord3r]

The worst part was that it felt like I really hadn't hit it that hard. I don't think I'd have been able to have actually broken it pre-T. Does anyone else feel stupid strong? It's definitely an adjustment.

Ha, I wish. I can't do a single pull up and I can't deadlift my bodyweight. Big and useless, that's me.

[Veronica J]

Ha, I wish. I can't do a single pull up and I can't deadlift my bodyweight. Big and useless, that's me.

most people cant, that takes training and muscle strengthening..

i am bio male and i still cant do that.. not that i want to

[Deborah]

I never could do pull-ups at all unless I worked at it for a while.  Deadlifts were never a problem though.  I could do around 250 lbs untrained and once I got up to 385 after working at it for a few months.  My upper body always was kind of weak but my back and legs were pretty strong.  Maybe that was from all that Army training LOL.


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