Err what was the question again?

Nearly 6 months on E an not there yet.

524 Days, 6 1/2 hours. Give or take. 

-3.5 months, although it was more like -3 months because my mother forbade me from dressing female in her house, and I had to travel as male because of the TSA and identification. I went full time on 12 Dec. and am going to pick up my prescription in just a few hours.

5 months + and not there yet.  Starting to male-fail a bit but having major hair loss "helps".  I expect 12 to 15 months in total.  Family issues (son having difficulty at the moment) aren't helping.  Started sorting wig stuff and whatever other female accoutrements I want to adopt.

There are times when I wonder if it will happen too but I snap out of that downward spiral pretty quickly - not good thinking that!  My wife has commented that she would prefer it if I don't go full time at work just to avoid the stress of it - she is right but I think the alternative might be worse.  I understand her point since she is absorbing a lot of the pressure of this and is so calm about it all at the same time.

2015

For me it was 8 years. I started HRT at 17 and SRS did not become available until I was 24. (In those days there was no legal route to transition without surgery.) By age 19 I couldn't pass as male even if I wanted to so transition was a snap.

 I would have preferred to be on HRT for a time before going full time, but life throws us curve balls and we have to adapt.

I was full time for four months before I began HRT. The gender clinic I go to has a five month waiting list to be seen for HRT. I had an appointment set with them for December 2013 and had begun discussing HRT with my personal doctor in August 2013 as well. Then I lost my job in September 2013. The last day I worked is the last time I wore male clothing. I came home that day and told my self I would never wear that male costume ever again.

I was eventually seen at the Gender Clinic in December and received my prescription for Spiro and Estrogen patches in January 2014.

I was on hrt for a little over two years before I officially went fulltime which I count for myself as being when I legally changed my name. Although, I did somewhat present female for a time before that, but then I was also being gendered female even if I wore a baseball cap and a dirty flannel shirt at that point.

I am more than 13 months on HRT, but I am still afraid to go out en femme... I think I am still far from passable, although there are lot of people, who refer to me with feminine pronouns, despite I am with unisex clothing.
Nevertheless, at this stage I don't see myself going fulltime soon...

20 months HRT before full time.It gave me time to grow my hair and get a lot of electrolysis done

At exactly 6 months and 7 days. Although I had minimal changes (just the boobies), did not pass well and did no to any voice training or whatever, but I was quite tired of the double identitity and one day I felt I had o reason to go back. Out of the blue, just like that. I never did any plan.

PS: Oh, I did not have any beard shadow and my hair lenght was passable. The main factor on me going full time possibly was... when presenting female did not require me a wig and breastforms.

I was full time before i started HRT, i even had a part time job, lol omg i must have looked awful

Interesting, it seems like the vast majority so far take the plunge in the first year; I have been planning to go full time at roughly 1.5 years, but I am starting to imagine the changes would be incredibly obvious based on my breast growth so far...

I however don't do things like change my plans quickly, I think all of this information so far has helped me get a bit more insight into how others are doing it, all of the doctors I have talked too tell me HRT takes about 2 years to work 90% of what it is going to change, and if that holds true, then most people are going full time before HRT has done it's full effect.... I have to admit since I started HRT, I really have seen my desire to full time seem to increase at a rate that far outpaces whatever physical changes I am seeing.

Once you kind of let yourself go, and stop hiding, often it's a slippery slope where you just can't stand to have that female self pent-up any longer. I've heard many people say that they went full-time not because they thought they were ready or thought that they were completely passable, but just because they couldn't stand the in-between state and the hiding any longer.


Also, to add a few more to the survey, here's when my five closest real-life trans sisters went full-time:

Arianna: full-time after about 5 months on hormones (transitioned on the job)
Ariel: full-time before even starting hormones (not employed)
Anne Marie: full-time before even starting hormones (not employed)
Jeanette: full-time before even starting hormones (not employed)
Dale: full-time after about 1.5 years on hormones (transitioned on the job)

I waited so long so that any changes would be blaringly obvious to everyone. It made telling them a lot easier as most had already assumed it, so it then became more of a non issue in the process as they had time to adjust prior to confirming what they were thinking.

Quote from: Carrie Liz on March 26, 2014, 04:46:11 PM
Once you kind of let yourself go, and stop hiding, often it's a slippery slope where you just can't stand to have that female self pent-up any longer. I've heard many people say that they went full-time not because they thought they were ready or thought that they were completely passable, but just because they couldn't stand the in-between state and the hiding any longer.

I couldn't have said it better myself. That is exactly the reason I went full time when I did.

It was probably around 1.5 years till I was presenting full time, meaning wearing female attire pretty much exclusive, however I had always had somewhat a feminine appearance. It was around 3 years after HRT, and 6 months after a boob job that I told upper management, and the owners. I then started having some informal meetings with co-workers to confirm their suspicions. Maybe the boob job gave me away?  LOL

I went fulltime after FFS. HRT does not change so much unless you start in puberty. And there is no guarantee that HRT will Impove your passing. Face, voice and self esteem are the most important aspects in terms of beeing a woman. Therefore I started with voice training and beard epilation,

Lara

Quote from: Hikari on March 26, 2014, 04:42:35 PM
Interesting, it seems like the vast majority so far take the plunge in the first year; I have been planning to go full time at roughly 1.5 years, but I am starting to imagine the changes would be incredibly obvious based on my breast growth so far...

I however don't do things like change my plans quickly, I think all of this information so far has helped me get a bit more insight into how others are doing it, all of the doctors I have talked too tell me HRT takes about 2 years to work 90% of what it is going to change, and if that holds true, then most people are going full time before HRT has done it's full effect.... I have to admit since I started HRT, I really have seen my desire to full time seem to increase at a rate that far outpaces whatever physical changes I am seeing.

Basically, I got to the point where I couldn't stand living as David anymore. Rather than wait for HRT to take effect, I used breast forms, makeup and hair styling to feminize my appearance.

Yes, I wanted to pass. But I wanted to be me even more.

I know what I look like these days. I've heard recordings of my voice, so I know what I sound like. At this point, passing is no longer a goal. But, that's just me.

Six weeks on HRT, no surgeries, had gone out in public en femme (rather than androgynously) 3 times, worn makeup twice. It was fine.

When you are ready, you are ready.

I went full-time 3 months before starting HRT but I am in the UK and that is how things are done here.   It wasn't as horrendous as I thought it would be when I first contemplated the possibility in early 2012, as others have said, when you are ready you are ready and I was thoroughly hacked-off with presenting as male.  I am sure I wasn't even close to passing (I have seen the photos, I wasn't) and I am still not the most delicate flower bud in the rose garden 6 months in. But neither I nor anyone else seem too bothered by that.

Rosie