How long did it take you to notice any mood changes?

[kae m]

Sorry, this is a bit of a silly question I'm sure.  I started HRT this past Friday, other than a little bit of excitement of course, I haven't noticed anything yet.  But I did have a little episode with a friend of mine today.  Normally I'm a pretty calm and collected person, but today I kind of snapped at my friend a couple of times over some things that he said, which took both of us by surprise.  I don't know if I was just having a bad day or if not being out to him is stressing me out - or if it was a combination of everything.

He's not a bigoted person, I would call him more ignorant than anything, but some of the things he says are out of line and I call him on it.  Today I nearly yelled that he needs to just shut up until he has some idea what he's talking about - calling him on it is normal, but pretty much yelling and telling him to shut up is totally out of character for me.  I expected a shift in my emotional reactions, but not in two days...could it even be the hormones this soon?  I'm leaning toward just getting fed up, but if I should be extra careful about my mood when I go back to work this week I should probably be aware of that.

[lisagurl]

5 years has not changed my mood.

[Lori]

I would think that everybody is different and there would be no way to tell for you.

My spouse just says that I act gay. The more and longer I take the stuff, the gayer I get 

[Janet_Girl]

I have noticed that the last few months that I can go from zero to B***h in .000032 nanoseconds.  And then back to happy just as quick.

Gods bless the "E". 

Janet

[Hannah]

I noticed mood changes right away, but in retrospect I think they were psychosematic. Your feelings are probably going to get more intense. Starting was a big step, and your'e bound to be nervous and scared about it and might be transfering some of that anxiety. Also remember your testosterone levels are dropping rapidly, and you might need a lil bit to adjust to the new juices. Just take a deep breath and step back and enjoy whats happening to you.

After a couple months, for me anyway, the real mood changes actually started. I was always a person of tremendous bearing, so this new ability to let myself cry or be angry or happy or whatever and not swallow the feelings is a much greater gift than the soft skin and boobs.

[K8]

I noticed mood changes right away, but in retrospect I think they were psychosematic. Your feelings are probably going to get more intense. Starting was a big step, and your'e bound to be nervous and scared about it and might be transfering some of that anxiety. Also remember your testosterone levels are dropping rapidly, and you might need a lil bit to adjust to the new juices. Just take a deep breath and step back and enjoy whats happening to you.

After a couple months, for me anyway, the real mood changes actually started. I was always a person of tremendous bearing, so this new ability to let myself cry or be angry or happy or whatever and not swallow the feelings is a much greater gift than the soft skin and boobs.

What Becca said.  I would get teary quite a bit but figured it was just that I was finally doing this after all these years. 

When the anti-T kicked in (in three days) I felt a definite change - a peace I hadn't felt since before puberty.  The E works more slowly.

I think, MGKelly (and this is just my opinion ), that your impatience with your friend is not hormonol.  It's just that you have started on your journey to become the real you and you have less patience with those who try to hold you back.

- Kate

PS: Yes Janet, let us thank the gender gods for E!