Hello I am a 25 year old MTF. I finally just came out to my parents about me being transgender and started seeing a therapist who said i was ready to take hormone therapy when i feel ready for it but im worried that the hormones wont take as well as if i was younger and was wondering if anybody could tell me if hormones would still help me? Any help at all would be great thanks :)
Been having the same concerns as you, as I'm 23 and worried about leaving it too late. I've been reassured that HRT will work fine regardless of your age, and that it will give you good results.
Leah, compared to some of us, you're just a kid. Don't worry.
I started HRT at the age of 21 and saw really good results. You are not very far from that age at all, and I suspect you'll see great changes as well.
Hi Leah :)
You're overall skeleton is probably mostly set now, may still be able to get some more hip growth (bone ends fuse and stop growing around 25 I believe).
However you're still young enough that you'll probably get a fantastic result. I'm having a fairly decent effect starting at 30, as have plenty of others. Have a look through the Before/After thread, some of the transformations in there are absolutely astonishing
I started at 32 and am 1000% happy with the results. :)
(I also lost the ability to pass for male by about 6 months in, which is all I really could have hoped for.)
my theraists assured me everything will allright at 29
I started at 40 and didn't do too bad, so I doubt your age will hurt you too much.
As long as they put you on a proper dose of spiro and e you'll be fine at 25. Even starting at a lower dose and working up you'll ge good. Wish I had a chance at HRT when I was 25.
I started at 29 and I did okay.
I started at 46 and I'm very happy with my results so far.
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 24, 2013, 07:02:25 PM
I started at 29 and I did okay.
I started at 29 as well! *high Five* I am happy with the results thus far. Word of advice though, PATIENCE!
<3 Liv
Thanks everyone you all set my mind at ease! :D
<--- *points to profile pic* Im 26, I started hormones june 6th of last year. When I was 25. say its not gonna help you. ^^ best of luck to you on your new road to happiness.
I started at 29 and all I got was this stupid tee shirt.
25 is fine. Just don't smoke.
You'll be fine. I'm nearly 30 and hope to start HRT relatively soon. "Patience is a virtue" is the general theme I see around here regarding HRT.
Earlier is always better but 25 is good. Especially if you are not having had much hair loss or therelike. I did hrt at 23. It worked fine, for me it was about time as I noticed some stuff that I did not want to cotinue, like hair loss. I think possibly I prevented also more body hair which for me was very few at that time and now has a totally female pattern. Sadly no changes in skeleton, amount of facial hair or voice pitch at that time anymore :( - thats only for the teenage transitoners.
So I think 25 is good - considering al the older ones who do good as well. And so many changes are so amazing really. A very very small note of caution though - hormones dont change skeleton at that age, that means with aging you might age a bit different than other women. On the upside normally by having HRT all the time, many transpeople look younger ;)
I started at 32 (I'm now 34 now) and I cannot really now pass as male now (except on the phone >:( ). I've had the the same fears (and I did from when I was 22), but push came to shove and I took the leap. Hormones had a big effect on me, and to my surprise I have found myself passing as gg even among transwomen (until I open my mouth). 25 should certainly be no barrier.
Quote from: Leah443 on September 24, 2013, 03:21:24 PM
Hello I am a 25 year old MTF. I finally just came out to my parents about me being transgender and started seeing a therapist who said i was ready to take hormone therapy when i feel ready for it but im worried that the hormones wont take as well as if i was younger and was wondering if anybody could tell me if hormones would still help me? Any help at all would be great thanks :)
I started right before I was 25, and I'm getting okay results
My NHS doctor said to me, that over the age if 40, it does not work as good. 25 is fine.
I'm nervous as heck too and im 24.
I started when I was 27 and am very happy with the results.
Quote from: Sabrina on September 24, 2013, 10:46:57 PM
You'll be fine. I'm nearly 30 and hope to start HRT relatively soon. "Patience is a virtue" is the general theme I see around here regarding HRT.
I started at 21 and got great results.... and i do smoke
I'm 24 and have been on spiro and Estradiol for 2 months with an additional month or so of low dose estradiol alone which I really don't count.
The initial low dose of E did little for me besides change my sense of smell and play with my emotions. The real changes have started since I started Spiro and have increased my estradiol. I still have a long way to go and don't know where it will take me, but I have been happy so far, despite my impatience and desire for a lot more results.
At 25, you aren't at a bad age to start. Keep in mind, however, that hormones are very much a waiting game and can be unpredictable. It's impossible to know how much of an impact it will have on you, but your age is in the optimal range. Good luck!
Seems like there are a lot of youngins around here...
I'll be 25 in a month, too.. not on HRT yet, but hoping to be soon :) Good luck with your journey!
Jeeez You all make me feel old.My first visit to the endo is 3 months before I turn sixty four --looks better written out.Thing is I am a teenager at heart. :) Pat
Good luck to you too Anastasia :D and thanks everyone for your positive comments :)
Hell I am old but, like Pat, feel like a teenager after starting HRT.
One thing I can assure you is waiting decades for the right time and that illusive sense of certainty didn't make it any easier.
i just turned 23 this last july and i know this feeling, day to day i think about how i need to start transitioning but am unable due to my contract for the navy for another year and a half but. i know that the day will come when im free to start living the way i want to and know i should be. as should everyone struggeling with beginning the journey, i think everyone has the strong desire to pass and transition well but after everything you could possibly do to achieve what you want, most end up happy and with a sense of pride in them selves which overshadows the thoughts of what other people think. as long as you can look in the mirror at the end of the day and love yourself for what and who you are, age turns into only a number and youre filled with a sense of wholeness and peace with yourself
Quote from: Jaime something or other... on September 25, 2013, 06:42:32 PM
Seems like there are a lot of youngins around here...
Indeed! good times to be a young transperson it seems. When I transitioned I was one of very few in the support group that was my age. Most were older. Seems that really now that its getting more open, many decide to go for it younger.
Shout out to all the ladies who started at 29!!!
It's just something about that number....
;D
Quote from: Leah443 on September 24, 2013, 03:21:24 PM
Hello I am a 25 year old MTF. I finally just came out to my parents about me being transgender and started seeing a therapist who said i was ready to take hormone therapy when i feel ready for it but im worried that the hormones wont take as well as if i was younger and was wondering if anybody could tell me if hormones would still help me? Any help at all would be great thanks :)
I started late into 23~
and not that Im 100% female all the time.. hormones have done a lot so far(as in, people are oft confused to my gender while looking at me). And my last blood work, about half a month ago showed me about half of where my Estrogen should be and way, way higher than my testosterone should be.
So ya! It still can.
Leah, the earlier in life the better. You will do just fine.
Do not delay as I did in my life, now mid 50's & it so frustrating to try & improve my body.
Take care of your body as you change & be patient.
Quote from: Kelly-087 on September 26, 2013, 01:19:06 AM
I started late into 23~
and not that Im 100% female all the time.. hormones have done a lot so far(as in, people are oft confused to my gender while looking at me). And my last blood work, about half a month ago showed me about half of where my Estrogen should be and way, way higher than my testosterone should be.
So ya! It still can.
How long have you been on HRT if I may ask? Because obviously these things take time right...
I'm 30 and probably will start in about year as my wife just found out we're pregnant with kiddo number three and we don't want to overlap hormone induced irrationality. I would love to get started to see if this is truly my path, but being emotionally stable for my wife is far more important to me.
Sadly, it's very individual. My best friend for example is 21 years old and got very feminime face and B cup in less than 1 year. I am 25 and maybe have OK face but still I don't even have any proper breast development after almost 1 year.
Quote from: Dreams2014 on September 26, 2013, 07:39:29 AM
How long have you been on HRT if I may ask? Because obviously these things take time right...
Comparable to most peoples doses? about 4 months. I've had friends that told me what their doctors started them at~ And I was way way lower because my doctors was rather cautious.
Total, including the low doses, 9 months of AAs and maybe 8 months E. I switched from Patches to pills after about 4-5months which was a pretty big difference in terms of effectiveness for me.
It does take time! moreso in my case apparently
Quote from: Kelly-087 on September 26, 2013, 01:32:25 PM
Comparable to most peoples doses? about 4 months. I've had friends that told me what their doctors started them at~ And I was way way lower because my doctors was rather cautious.
Total, including the low doses, 9 months of AAs and maybe 8 months E. I switched from Patches to pills after about 4-5months which was a pretty big difference in terms of effectiveness for me.
It does take time! moreso in my case apparently
4 months isn't that long though really, especially since you were on patches, which I hear are pretty useless. But sounds like they're doing the job! You'll get there!
Quote from: Dreams2014 on September 26, 2013, 01:56:15 PM
4 months isn't that long though really, especially since you were on patches, which I hear are pretty useless. But sounds like they're doing the job! You'll get there!
Yeah
but still! Its rather frustrating at times because I thought I'd be there by now, you know? I was hoping Id be where Im at now 5 months ago, instead of now.. But at the same time, Im really really happy with how Im doing now!
Quote from: Kelly-087 on September 26, 2013, 02:14:40 PM
Yeah
but still! Its rather frustrating at times because I thought I'd be there by now, you know? I was hoping Id be where Im at now 5 months ago, instead of now.. But at the same time, Im really really happy with how Im doing now!
I don't count low doses either. It's almost like what's the point. Anyway, I'm at 2 months on regular e and spiro, so I share your pain. It's a waiting game, but it's a frustrating one. At least we have the early developments to enjoy!
I started 3 months before I turned 28 think I turned out ok. >:-)
It seems to me alot people transition in there 20s-30s, and a lot of them have great results!
Quote from: Aina on September 26, 2013, 03:32:54 PM
It seems to me alot people transition in there 20s-30s, and a lot of them have great results!
I've noticed that too. I don't know if it's just because people hope that by the 20's they'll have a better idea of what they want in life, or they wait until they live away from home so there's less conflict with parents or they just deny their feelings etc. But yeah, 23 here, and now wanting to transition lol.
yes i think in part it is that with 20+x you consider yourself more independent and can do stuff without parents approval. and nowadays i think more people than ever go for it at that time and less wait until they are 40+x. maybe in the future the mean transition age drops even more and we see all these 15 year olds ;)
Quote from: learningtolive on September 26, 2013, 03:14:16 PM
I don't count low doses either. It's almost like what's the point. Anyway, I'm at 2 months on regular e and spiro, so I share your pain. It's a waiting game, but it's a frustrating one. At least we have the early developments to enjoy!
Pretty much! I've talked to a bunch of girls and there's a certain dose where things seem to start happening! That's where Im at now. Things are happening. Before that it was pretty much just mild. I kind of wish my doctor were willing to push the envelope a little more but still respect the opinion of not shoving me full full of estrogen.
Quote from: Dreams2014 on September 26, 2013, 06:06:17 PM
I've noticed that too. I don't know if it's just because people hope that by the 20's they'll have a better idea of what they want in life, or they wait until they live away from home so there's less conflict with parents or they just deny their feelings etc. But yeah, 23 here, and now wanting to transition lol.
Well I know my reasons so I can't say why others waited.
But if you think about it your 20's and 30's are a great time to do it. Since your young enough to still get great results from what i've seen, but old enough to weigh the pros and cons.
I started 3 months before 25.5 this year late january. I'm getting there, slowly.
Quote from: Aina on September 27, 2013, 12:47:56 AM
Well I know my reasons so I can't say why others waited.
But if you think about it your 20's and 30's are a great time to do it. Since your young enough to still get great results from what i've seen, but old enough to weigh the pros and cons.
Yeah - my reasons were not so much that I thought it would be better or anything. It was more about knowledge, information, guilt and the whole situation... Otherwise I would not have waited.
Early 20ies are not bad, though a lot of the damage has already happened by then, towards 30 some more damage and then probably its rather similar if its 28 or 33 or 36...
Quote from: anjaq on September 26, 2013, 07:45:28 PM
yes i think in part it is that with 20+x you consider yourself more independent and can do stuff without parents approval. and nowadays i think more people than ever go for it at that time and less wait until they are 40+x. maybe in the future the mean transition age drops even more and we see all these 15 year olds ;)
We can only hope for this :)