Hormones - What happens?

[Northern Jane]

I was 13 or 14 when I first got my hands on hormones (illegally). It was about 1963 so what was available was The Pill which was about 10x the strength used today so my first reaction was pretty bad "Morning Sickness"!  The Pill was hard to come by but by 16 I had enough breast development that it was hard to hide. (I later found out my body was also producing oestrogen.)  I wasn't able to get on HRT legally until I turned 18 but when I transitioned at 24 I looked pretty good in a bikini. (Oh to be young and slender again! LOL!)

As to the mental effects of hormones, for me they were an anti-depressant. It's hard to say what other effects they may have had because I was just a teen and going through "teen stuff" at the same time.

[lilacwoman]

One aspect of a true transsexual going on hormonescompared to a TG is that the TS will have the bit of female brain and once it gets flooded with estrogen it will go off into  atypiccal teenager's puberty...hence the reason TS want to start shopping etc...and why TS are accepted more readily by their female co-workers...and on the same second puberty lines: it's well known that our body scent changes so does it chnage to female and do we start giving off the female pheromones which other females pickup to make them accept us in ways that they won't accept a TG?
And if we start smelling like females and giving off the pheromones then logically we will then change sexual directions and be attracted to guys - regardless of what all the still married ts say.

[Dana Lane]

One aspect of a true transsexual going on hormonescompared to a TG is that the TS will have the bit of female brain and once it gets flooded with estrogen it will go off into  atypiccal teenager's puberty...hence the reason TS want to start shopping etc...and why TS are accepted more readily by their female co-workers...and on the same second puberty lines: it's well known that our body scent changes so does it chnage to female and do we start giving off the female pheromones which other females pickup to make them accept us in ways that they won't accept a TG?
And if we start smelling like females and giving off the pheromones then logically we will then change sexual directions and be attracted to guys - regardless of what all the still married ts say.

Pheromones are powerful and truly amazing!

[cynthialee]

Just started HRT. I noticed a serious shift in my thinking paterns on the third day in. And I mean radical shift, for the better, I was a violent, bitter and angry creature now I am a kitten. (beware kitten claws are sharp LOL) At about 6 (7?) weeks the titty pain started.
I am just at about 8 or 9 weeks. I lost count already. lol
Thats all I have noticed so far. My mate swears my chest is already growing. I doubt it seriously as I have had moobs since I was in my late 20's.

Tottaly a mmv type thing I have noticed.

[aerosolchild]

And if we start smelling like females and giving off the pheromones then logically we will then change sexual directions and be attracted to guys - regardless of what all the still married ts say.

By this logic, lesbians and bi/pansexuals don't exist.
Remember, cis girls give off those same pheromones, etc, but there are quite a few of us who are still attracted to women. Why shouldn't the same be true for transsexual women?
Sexual orientation and gender identity are not the same thing :/

[Windrider]

Not to mention that the "shopping bug" isn't universal either. Dani still shows about the same level of interest in shopping - about zero. This is after 2 months of HRT. She's started "filling out" a bit in the chest area, nothing noticeable unless you happen to be familiar with her chest (like me ) She's gotten some sensitivity in the nipple area, but nothing major yet. No sudden interest in men, no teenage behavior, no real mental changes either...she's still pretty much the same as she was before HRT.

Frankly, Dani changed more *before* HRT than after (for the better). Just acknowledging herself and dealing with transition has freed Dani; she's once again become the person I fell in love with. She's happier, more open, willing to be a partner, etc.

Perhaps it's a YMMV thing, perhaps it's because she's not a teenager (thank $diety!), perhaps there's something else. I had a lot of reservations about HRT, and can pretty much say it's just like my therapist said it was going to be. No radical overnight changes. No breasts sprouting overnight. Just slow, gradual changes and I'm OK with that

WR

[Naturally Blonde]

Can anyone give me a first hand account of the affects of hormone treatment. As I have started therapy to have hormone treatment I am naturally curious the affects it has on ones body and mind. When do you physically start to feel different? Mentally, do you feel different? How soon can you feel the changes?

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Davina

For me it was very disappointing and still is. After more than 10 years of HRT and anti - androgens, I haven't changed much at all. I have a little breast growth but not enough and I don't have the right female fat distribution. My lower body still looks male, no hips at all, although I don't have any body hair. I feel depressed and tired of trying different things in the hope they might work.

Others find HRT works better on them and it is a lottery as to who it might work on and who it won't work on. For me it's been upsetting and at the start I thought I was prime material for transition being fairly small and having small feature's.

I haven't felt mentally any different although my taste and sense of smell has improved. I also crave chocolate a lot more but overall not much difference.