Community Conversation => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Transsexual talk => Testosterone => Topic started by: tayawn on January 30, 2014, 12:36:03 PM Return to Full Version

Title: will T give me energy?
Post by: tayawn on January 30, 2014, 12:36:03 PM
As a teen female I'm always sleepy. Low energy all the time & I was wondering if T would help with that or no? Because vitamin b12 doesn't even help.. sleeping longer doesn't even help lol. I know this fatigue was caused from my depression but some people think its just an teenage phase. What do you think? Will T help?
Title: Re: will T give me energy?
Post by: overdrive on January 30, 2014, 02:27:15 PM
There are many things that can cause fatigue... lack of exercise, lack of proper nutrition, caffeine usage, medications, anxiety, depression, stress, sleep, anemia, various diseases, etc, etc, etc. If you're transgender and looking to start T but not sure of what you can expect talk to your endo first and let them know about your fatigue. If you're not transgender and just looking to self diagnose here you should visit your regular Dr and discuss with them so they can make a proper diagnosis.
Title: Re: will T give me energy?
Post by: Kreuzfidel on January 30, 2014, 10:34:07 PM
I'm a little confused by this post.  Do you want to take T for gender-related issues and are looking to have the possible side effect of 'energy' as a benefit or are you a female-identifying person without gender issues looking for a solution to feeling tired and think that T would be helpful?  I basically ditto Overdrive.
Title: Re: will T give me energy?
Post by: Adam (birkin) on January 30, 2014, 10:36:08 PM
I actually needed more sleep once I started T. I went from feeling well rested on about 7, and now, if I dont get 9 hours I have trouble getting through the day.
Title: Re: will T give me energy?
Post by: Alexthecat on January 30, 2014, 11:54:39 PM
I went through a period like that. It could be life+school+friends+depression+->-bleeped-<-=a big mess that only time will fix.