Just had to start this thread as I am finding that I tear up so quickly now, happy tears, sad tears, love story tears.... I find I can't control it anymore, watching movies on TV and get to "I found you after all these years" bits, or a love disappearing or dying, falling in love bits I just get so emotional now.

I know that its normal for us girls to all get teary quickly, but seriously I'm full on now!

Do love it tho  and I know my tear ducts are in fine order 

So question for all you lovely girls;

Have you found that since going onto / being on HRT that you are super emotional now?

L Katy

I cant comment on the effect of HRT since I haven't even started it yet.  But I cry at the stupidest little things.  Music, movies, sentimental conversations etc...God knows what I will be like if I start HRT,  I will be an emotional wreck!

 ... good point
I did used to be a bit more weepy than most, but not like this... still good to keep the tissue industry in business 

L Katy

Even now, just pre-HRT, I'm still a crier. I've had a lot of practice over the years.

Yep! I keep the tissue manufacturers in buisness

Count me in too, OMG I tear up at *everything*!

I've always been quick to tears but now....   Yeah, happens all the time. 

Haaa wasn't sure if I was holding the tissue industry up by myself... OMG never thought I would disintegrate into tears quite so easily back at the start of HRT...

L Katy

While I am more emotional, I haven't had an all out cry session in a long time.

I was surprised when I started being more emotional. It doesn't take nearly as much to get me crying about various things these days. What really surprised me is it took almost 7 months for me to really notice. For the first four or five months I really didn't feel ant different, its only in the last few I've started to notice a change in my emotional reactions. I use them as little reminders that the E is doing its job.

I'm only at 2½ months myself. I would love to be that emotional, but at least its getting easier to "cry". I say it like that because the most I can get is a couple individual tears. I can't completely sob and I really want to.

Some people describe the emotional changes as happening completely in the first week of HRT. Not for me. I feel a lot more than I used to but my body is resisting the crap out of it.

I have been sitting here for about 2 hours, just wanting to cry and I have no idea why. Thinking I may need to curl up on the couch with some chocolate cookies and watch a movie.

This is really different than before I started HRT.

That occasionally happens to me. The problem is I can't actually do it.

I've reached that point in my transition where it's starting to happen more and more.
I'm pretty happy it's happening, I never cried before in terms of anything really and that bothered me.

1. Crying for little things (check)
2. PMS in the morning (check)
3. Being happy for 30 seconds and grumpy after (check)

Now I am not surprised why all men consider women a bit crazy LOL

xoxo

April

Crying over things that are just silly, like TV shows that I really should not cry over, yup.
Sobbing horribly for days when I broke up with my long term partner, yup.
Emotional swings and getting grumpy over nothing, yup.

For everything else there is MasterCard.

The way I explain it is that my emotions are closer to she surface, with all the pro's and con's.

(p.s. FTMs just complain about being horny all the time and people find them distant)

Quote from: Ellie_L on February 11, 2015, 01:13:34 PM
I have been sitting here for about 2 hours, just wanting to cry and I have no idea why. Thinking I may need to curl up on the couch with some chocolate cookies and watch a movie.

This is really different than before I started HRT.

Perfect evening, that's the other benefit of HRT??? Loving Chocolate now 

L Katy

April, tick in box for all, Except PMS... Not really sure if I experience that, although I do feel more down around wakeup time....

Antonia, certainly find myself being elated then moody, priceless  re MasterCard comment

L Katy

Never have been one of a crier.

"That stiff upper lip, is caught in the metal zip" (sorry for the DAAS reference)
The only difference I've noticed is my temper is a little closer to the surface. (I was born with baseball bat in hand )
This can be handy at work when you need to stand your ground, and showing you don't care what they think. Works in your favour

Quote from: katrinaw on February 11, 2015, 03:40:29 AM
Just had to start this thread as I am finding that I tear up so quickly now, happy tears, sad tears, love story tears.... I find I can't control it anymore, watching movies on TV and get to "I found you after all these years" bits, or a love disappearing or dying, falling in love bits I just get so emotional now.

I know that its normal for us girls to all get teary quickly, but seriously I'm full on now!

Do love it tho  and I know my tear ducts are in fine order 

So question for all you lovely girls;

Have you found that since going onto / being on HRT that you are super emotional now?

L Katy

35 months on hrt and I've leveled out I guess. I've always been super emotional and hrt did kick me into overdrive in the first year. I cried so much lol but I had a lot going on. Plus I've been slowly getting over certain things I'll never have in my life, like getting pregnant or get the years back from the pretransition days. So like in that first year I did a lot of mourning for myself. Anyways fast forward to now, I do still cry as much as I always have but I can control it a bit better sort of lol 

I've actually experienced no change in my emotional state on HRT
Which  is actually a shame I was rlly looking forward to it but I've only been on them 6 months so it might still be around the corner. But yeah my emotional range is slightly more positive but I'm as emotionally stable as I've always been,which is a shame spontaneous crying is awesome