growing pains?

[Al James]

Since starting T a couple of weeks ago ive noticed pains in my knee joints and various muscles in my body. Is this just me getting old or is it possibly the T starting its work on reshaping my body do you think? I havent noticed any changes yet but i guess it could be working internally?

[Luc]

It's possible it's the T... even if it hasn't started changing your musculature, you may be having slight water retention. I had that for the first couple months after I started T, and I've heard it's a fairly common (and mostly innocuous) side effect. Water retention can mimic muscle pain pretty easily.

I had a decent amount of pain when I dealt with the water retention on T, but it abated pretty quickly. To my recollection, I never had any noticeable pain from muscle or bone growth. I did, however, have a good bit of pain from downstairs growth. Fortunately, it was only that was for about 4 months.

In total, I seem to recall I started feeling differently psychologically after only a few days on T, and began seeing small physical changes after about 2 weeks.

[brandnewman]

I started having muscle spasms and cramps (mostly in my legs, but occasionally in my neck and shoulders) about 2 weeks after starting T. Now, after almost 3 months, they are rare, but I do still feel the need to stretch my legs on most days, as if the muscles are growing and need stretching. Otherwise, when I get muscle cramps, esp. in my feet, I figure it's because I am dehydrated. By the way, the spasms and cramps have diminished greatly since I started working out 3 times a week (cardio and weights).

[Nygeel]

I didn't really have much pain. Sometimes my shoulders feel a bit sore but that's it.