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Minor medical question

2010-05-09T23:18:00Z

Posted by: shenth.livejournal.com

For those of you who are/have been on T, have you experienced any growing pains? I've got what I think is pain in my pelvis and I'm wondering if it's related to the T.

(Also, it's been almost three months!)

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trans @ 2009-11-02T14:18:00

2009-11-02T14:18:00Z

Posted by: grrips.livejournal.com

Hey again everyone.

I recently started testosterone, and I've been searching on google and in the tags in this community for websites and what have you that talk about the changes one goes through when taking testosterone. All I've been able to find is the short and simple sort of thing listing obvious things like voice deepening and fat redistribution. I was wondering if there was anything written that was more in-depth, like a diary sort of thing, or even something that has more than bullet points with the basics. I'm experiencing a lot of changes in the way I feel, think, and perceive things that are totally unexpected, and I'm interested in researching the general experience.

Thanks!

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I feel absolutely horrible on T.

2007-12-17T20:28:00Z

Posted by: mordred-sade.livejournal.com

I was told I might feel emotionally crappy on T, but I never expected it to be THIS bad.

Every day I feel like the life's been sucked out of me. Nothing makes me happy, and nothing helps me be content. I'm constantly ravenously hungry, and I've gained close to 60 pounds since I started T. I'm having sleeping troubles, yet I'm always tired. I've been binging and purging when it comes to food, too, and I'm barely surviving college. I'm going insane, and I'm sick of feeling horrible.

I never felt this way before I started on the birth control, then lupron and testosterone. It's not a medical problem, because I had comprehensive blood tests done and they showed nothing. It's not depression, because I've been depressed before and it feels significantly different. Other people I've talked to at support groups have experienced something similar, and they said it went away eventually, but in some people it took up to FIVE YEARS. I don't have five years to waste--I'm only eighteen!

It's not that I don't like the physical changes--those are the best thing ever. It's the emotional troubles which are getting to me, and I'm kind of desperate. I'm thinking of going off the T for the rest of the semester, or lowering my dosage. Can that be/is that ever done? Or would it be a very stupid idea?

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