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As I type this right now I am having one hell of what I believe is a hot flash.  I'm not really sure because I've never had one before. 

Basically a tingling warmth spread all over my body for a bit.  Now it just feels like I am literally burning.  It's not exactly uncomfortable but I feel extremely warm for no good reason.  I just feel strange and I don't want to move.

Is this normal?  A side effect of testosterone?  What is going on!?!       

Sounds like a hot flash. Yep, T can do that apparently, during the "ovaries shutting down" period.

That's just great.  How long is this suppose to last.  I suppose it's getting a little bit better now.  I can still feel it though.  So weird! 

Ovaries shutting down?  So I'm going through female menopause in a way?   

Thanks Minar for answering by the way.  I don't mean to sound rude.  I just hate it when my body does things I don't expect it to do!

Shouldn't take "too" long, but these things can creep up on and off for a while.
My endo told me "a few weeks".
Won't be as rough as "regular" menopause.

yea, probably a hot flash.  I had one of those a few weeks ago, except mine made me feel dizzy and nauseous, as well as hot and cold.

I havent had anymore then that one though, you probbaly wont get too many more hopefully.

Yeah, don't worry, it's something that happens when women are on menopause, as well.

Thanks you guys.  You can read about these things but it's a bit shocking when it happens to you.

It's a good thing I guess in a way.  It shows that the T is doing something.  I haven't had many changes this past month so anything that shows I haven't been injecting sugar water is a positive.

Nothing I can't live with!

I didn't realize that it was so common for guys on T to get hot flashes as the ovaries shut down estrogen production, but it does make sense.

My endo prefers to introduce estrogen-blockers prior to starting T for a few reasons not worth getting into. The blocker treatment I'm on does have a significant rate of hot flashes as a side effect (haven't had any yet, though it hasn't been that long yet to say if I will or won't get them).

I don't want any of you guys to get these effects, but I have to be honest - reading this does makes me feel a little bit better to know that one of the side effects I'm likely to get would have likely happened even if I just went straight to T and not a blocker first anyway.

You go through menapause when you start male puberty if you are FTM and past your first puberty. Part of the entire shuting down the overies process.

Yeah, I've had a couple (what I think are) hot flashes. Not too terribly uncomfortable, but...odd.

It is quite common and it's just a result of your estrogen levels dropping. Uncomfortable but it will pass....

I've been getting them every few days for the last month >:(

They're uncomfortable but not awful.

I had a massive hot flash the night of my first T-shot (I'm on a normal weekly injection dose, no e-blockers). It hit me in the middle of the night while I was sleeping and woke me up, I was so overheated I thought the house was on fire.

After that, nothing, as far as hot flashes are concerned. So hopefully this will be brief for you, too.

I had one hot flush, unpleasant experience, similar to Elijah's.

Try not to have a hot flush in the middle of a crowded shop, passing out is embarrassing  to say the least  :icon_no:

I must be lucky, no hot flashes or other menopause symptoms. I thought it was cause of being on T instead of having no or lo hormones.

Quote from: Sean on November 14, 2010, 08:00:40 PM
I didn't realize that it was so common for guys on T to get hot flashes as the ovaries shut down estrogen production, but it does make sense.

My endo prefers to introduce estrogen-blockers prior to starting T for a few reasons not worth getting into. The blocker treatment I'm on does have a significant rate of hot flashes as a side effect (haven't had any yet, though it hasn't been that long yet to say if I will or won't get them).

I don't want any of you guys to get these effects, but I have to be honest - reading this does makes me feel a little bit better to know that one of the side effects I'm likely to get would have likely happened even if I just went straight to T and not a blocker first anyway.

I am new to all this. I haven't even got a therapist to start T yet. I'm just curious though: what's a blocker? Does it prevent hot flashes? Is there a way to prevent them?

An estrogen-blocker is a drug that stops the production of estrogen or stops your body from using estrogen.

There's no way to "prevent" hot flashes.
However, there's no guarantee you'll get them.

I didn't.

I went through a regular menopause (yeah, it hit me pretty early in life) before I transitioned. The worst symptoms took a couple of years to sort out. Among other things, my allergies went nuts, I had problems with balance if I stood up too quickly, and I experienced hot flashes and night sweats. It all started soon after I went off my antidepressants, so I was hit by the post-antidepressant depression, then menopausal depression, and then seasonal depression. I guess each one built on the other, so for a little while I was struggling with all three at once. Not fun.

But that meant that I didn't have any problems with such things when I started T, so that was a nice bonus. I imagine it's very awkward to have hot flashes when you're well aware that people are reading you as a guy!

All the trans guys I've talked to who had menopausal symptoms from T said that the unpleasantness didn't last long, maybe a month or two. So I hope you're feeling better soon.

Yes I had hot flashes for a few weeks. They're still coming but sort of tapering off by now.