So, I was on-again/off-again in my early twenties and I'm starting up again. I got far enough that I had nearly a-cup boobs.

For anyone that has been in that situation where you started up again after a long time and had some development from before, what were some of the effects you noticed right away? I swear my nipples and breasts started getting perky right away. They definitely feel firm again. Is this psychosomatic, or has anyone experienced this effect?

Well, I never waited super long periods of time after going off (a year at most), I always rebounded quite a bit faster after getting back on HRT. This year I self-medicated for 6 months of HRT (mid-December through mid-June), then stopped for a month while I got serious and decided to see a therapist and a doctor, and then got onto prescribed HRT at the beginning of August. I'd say breast development is at about 9 months-ish, things like facial fat redistribution is back at about 5 months.

While it might be strange, the thing I noticed most was how fast T wreaked havoc when I went off - many changes reverted in a matter of weeks. Thanks to finally getting serious and accepting myself, I'm never doing that again

I guess 20 plus years is part of the Discussion.   Yeah that was a long time ago.  I stopped for a myriad of reasons, all of which were lies.

When I restarted I really did not notice anything spectacular.  But I did finally felt free, as if I had been drunk for so long.  And then The hash lifted, with the first "E" tablet.

I've been off again on again a couple of times.  What I noticed is that the changes that took a while to develop originally, came back quicker after being on again.  But then again being off made me feel like I was morphing *so* quickly back where I started, that a good part of it all may just have been in my head?  Basically when I started I noticed about a month or two before my skin was noticeably different in texture, and after stopping and starting again I felt like my skin was noticeably changed in only a few weeks.

Quote from: Snoeball on January 10, 2011, 01:08:55 PM
I've been off again on again a couple of times.  What I noticed is that the changes that took a while to develop originally, came back quicker after being on again.  But then again being off made me feel like I was morphing *so* quickly back where I started, that a good part of it all may just have been in my head?  Basically when I started I noticed about a month or two before my skin was noticeably different in texture, and after stopping and starting again I felt like my skin was noticeably changed in only a few weeks.

I feel like this is what I've been experiencing lately. I have definitely had noticeable changes in the first week since I started again.

I agree with everyone, i think the second time around the effects seemed within the first 4 to 5 weeks for me!


@ noobs, i love your name!!!!

Quote from: Snoeball on January 10, 2011, 01:08:55 PM
But then again being off made me feel like I was morphing *so* quickly back where I started, that a good part of it all may just have been in my head?

I remember saying to my therapist at one of my first sessions - Being on hormones is like driving 5 mph in the right direction - it's slow and steady, but it's progress. Going off hormones, on the other hand, is like driving 60 mph in the wrong direction.

Quote from: ClaireAnnalyse on January 10, 2011, 06:24:45 PM
I remember saying to my therapist at one of my first sessions - Being on hormones is like driving 5 mph in the right direction - it's slow and steady, but it's progress. Going off hormones, on the other hand, is like driving 60 mph in the wrong direction.

God, that is the truth! I never want to be that depressed again.

Hormones aren't the solution to the problem, but rather they are the correction fluid over a sentence you've already written.

Quote from: ClaireAnnalyse on January 10, 2011, 06:24:45 PM
I remember saying to my therapist at one of my first sessions - Being on hormones is like driving 5 mph in the right direction - it's slow and steady, but it's progress. Going off hormones, on the other hand, is like driving 60 mph in the wrong direction.

OMG, exactly!!!  Very nicely put. 

Interesting to hear about this. I thought i was the only one that sort of senses this. For me it seemed like in a matter of a few weeks i was back to where i was before I stopped. And yes stopping really flips you backwards pretty fast.