this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2024
30 points (96.9% liked)

Transmasc

593 readers
1 users here now

A community for all transmasculine people.

Support Hotlines

Rules

Resources

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I've been on 25mg of 1% gel for about a month. It's astonishing how different it's made me feel. 25mg is not much, and yet it's as if a cloud has lifted from my brain in recent days. A cloud that's been here since my brain was flooded with estrogen during first puberty. Can't wait to see how it'll feel with a higher dosage.

It really seems that there's some truth to the "some brains are wired for estrogen and some for testosterone" theory. What other explanation could there be for this.

Anybody else experienced the same thing?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I definitely did too, and I actually use the gel too. I started on a higher dose than you did though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I definitely want to get up to a higher dose, as I am not non binary, but I'm worried about what a higher dose will do to my voice. I've heard some guys say that it ruined their ability to sing well and made their voices hoarse and tinny, but I'm curious if that's due to injections, not gel. Did you experience any on that on gel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'm not a singer, but I've heard second puberty can be a challenge for singers, but if you're serious about maintaining your singing voice there's ways to do that. Testosterone is testosterone, but being better able to control the dose with the gel might help?