#testosterone shots

[menmakemen]

#autoandrophilia #force masc #my edit #trans man #ftm #forcemasc #testosterone shots #needles TW

[imstillhere-butallislost]

Testosterone gel vs shots, and why I switched

Testosterone gel is gel that is applied topically to your body, and I was on this for over a year.

In September, I switched to intramuscular injections done once weekly.

I'm going to explain my dosage and why I switched methods! This may not apply to you, this is my specific experience.

I was very happy with testosterone gel when I started. I was on 1% gel, starting at one pump and moving to 2 pumps. Each pump was 12.5 mg of testosterone I believe.

Gel was really easy to begin with. You have to keep it and the area you apply it on your body away from animals and children and others who might not want extra testosterone on them, but this was not a problem with me. The gel is daily. This helps if you need to do something daily to get it into your routine.

The gel also takes very little time to put on, it is the same consistency of hand sanitizer. It's honestly really foolproof to use, it's very easy and consistent. I noticed some changes within the first couple of weeks! (I have a timeline posted on this blog)

The gel also gives you a very consistent dose of hormones each day, which was definitely good for my mental health.

The cons of gel for me started around summer when It was warmer and putting on gel and then wearing long sleeves over it just was not fun. Going hand in hand with this i also got a boyfriend and did not want to get gel on him accidentally.

The daily nature of the gel also wasn't helpful if I was going to stay the night somewhere because I would need to bring a bottle of gel if I wanted to put it on first thing in the morning, or I could do it when I got home but risk forgetting to do it. Daily gel became a slight hassle with my new routines.

Gel was also so so so very expensive. I'm in Canada and have no insurance. The gel was around 200 dollars monthly.

My levels were also not where I wanted them to be on the gel. This may have been solved if I went on a higher dose, but the higher dose would cost more money that I do not have. This may not apply to you if you have insurance. Male testosterone levels are between 10-35 nmol/l. I was at 3 nmol/l after over a year on testosterone.

For the shots, I've been on intramuscular shots since September. I take .25ml every week. There is 50mg of testosterone in each injection.

My levels have already went up into the male range although I haven't experienced many further changes yet. I'm at 23 nmol/L.

I only have to worry about doing my shot one day a week, and I could have chosen to have those farther apart but I feel like my mental health would suffer if I did them too far apart.

I don't have to worry about gel rubbing off onto anyone or anything like that.

I pay nothing for my testosterone as my local insurance covers it.

The WORST part about doing the injections is... actually doing the injections. It hurts sometimes, and the times it doesn't I'm anxious about it hurting. It's stabbing a needle into your own body, it's difficult.

This makes the shots unpredictable. Unlike the gel, the shots can hurt sometimes and not other times. If predictability is important to you, maybe don't go for shots.

I do understand that the more you do it the better you will get at choosing the correct spot to inject, but for me it's been really hard not knowing if I'm going to be in a lot of pain or if it will not hurt at all. I'm not even a person who is afraid of needles or pain, it's just hard to do it to your self. That being said, it has never been so bad that I've missed an injection before.

That's all I got for now, ask me any questions you need too!!

#t gel #testosterone gel #testosterone #hrt #ftm #ftm hrt #testosterone shots #t shot #hope this helps anybody #Dan talks

[asexual-means-no-attraction]

I did it!!!

I gave myself a shot!!!

#no more dry arms from the gels #i did almost pass out afterwards lol #but i did it!!! #testosterone shots #personal

[murderandcoffee]

thursdays are both tmagp episode drop days AND t shot days for me

I am transing my gender in time with the horrors

#hehehe #tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp thursday #trans #transgender #testosterone #t shot thursday #bs.txt

[uncanny-tranny]

I think people have a misconception of emotions in regards to people who take testosterone, and it's really affected the way we're treated.

For instance, take the idea that we're unfeeling beasts on testosterone - fueled only by our anger. This is misplaced precisely because it implies that those taking testosterone fundamentally change, from our emotions to our personalities. It implies that we have downgraded in some way since taking testosterone, because let's be real, who enjoys enraged people? Who wants to be an enraged person all the time?

I can only speak from personal experience, but testosterone has made me happier than anything. I can't cry as easily, but the emotions that make me cry are still there. Just because you can't physically see emotion through crying or whatever doesn't mean they don't exist. Testosterone has given me pause to actually feel - before I was just responding to stimulus, I didn't feel alive. Even when I'm angry or upset after starting testosterone, I feel alive. It's a hard feeling to convey, but I feel alive. Testosterone has not changed who I am, it's just made me happier and healthier. It's made my skies clearer.

Testosterone is a (morally) neutral hormone - we all need some level of it in our systems (this level obviously depends person-by-person), so it's weird to specifically single out those of us who take testosterone. You are absolutely entitled to say that testosterone in higher levels isn't right for you, and I respect the position. Estrogen in high levels made my life miserable, I can empathize. But please remember not to overgeneralize and say that who you are fundamentally changes, because that isn't accurate.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #nonbinary #wrote this after i drew up some testosterone because today is shot day :p #i personally have found it hard to cry but i've also found it hard not to be at least a little happy #tangentially related to my last post but hey

[ansburg]

💕 t4t wyllach date night 💕

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3edit #karlach #wyll #wyllach #karlach cliffgate #wyll ravengard #i feel god in this chilis tonight. i did his testosterone shot #nsft

[onewithblankets]

pro tips for administering your own t shots

aight so i’ve been doing the whole self injection thing for nine/ten-ish months now, and as someone who’s always been, and still is, a little squeamish around needles, here are some things that help:

when you wipe down the injection site (I do my thighs, intramuscular injection) with an alcohol wipe, wait a little bit for the skin to dry before sticking the needle in. i’ve found this helps reduce the sting a bit.

listen to music. it helps make the whole process a little less nerve-wracking when you’re humming along to a song you like as you prep your syringe.

along the same lines as the last point, I like to use certain beats of a song as a ‘countdown’ almost, to hype myself up for the injection itself. instead of going “three-two-one” and then sticking the needle in, i’ll go “alright, i’ll put on cotard’s solution and stick it in when he starts screaming.” definitely makes the anticipation of the needle itself more bearable.

the anticipation is always worse than the actual injection. don’t let your own brain psyche you out of taking your t for fear of pain. i came into intramuscular injections thinking it’d be awful pain all the time, but half the time it’s barely more than a slight sting and usually doesn’t feel like anything after I put the bandaid on. i think i was more sore in the first couple weeks than i ever am now, though, so i may have just gotten used to it.

don’t inject too quickly, once you have the needle in your flesh. testosterone is pretty thick, so it’ll be a little slower coming out, and trying to push it too hard too fast will just make it uncomfortable or a little painful. 

do all the prepwork and keep everything together in front of you before you even uncap the first needle. make sure you have all the alcohol wipes, needles, vial, bandaids, and sharps box right next to you. you don’t want to pull your needle out of your thigh and then realize you don’t have a bandaid to put on the bleeding hole. that stuff gets everywhere.

alternate your injection sites. don’t do the exact same spot every single week (or however frequently you do your injections) or it will build up tougher tissue and make it harder for you to do injections. i just switch between left and right thighs every week.

once your t is in the syringe, keep your fingers/palms FAR AWAY from the plunger until the needle is inside you. you do not want to know how many times i accidentally squeezed some t out of my syringe because i was moving things around and absentmindedly squeezed on the plunger just a little too hard

check out Howard Brown! very good high quality videos on how to do subcutaneous and intramuscular injections + how to draw medicine out of the vial in the first place. highly recommend.

that’s all i can really think of atm. might update this later if i think of more things/figure something new and cool out for myself, though. hope it’s at least a little helpful for some of you funny internet people.

#trans #transgender #transmasc #trans man #testosterone #tw needles #tw injections #trans masc #t shot #hrt #transmasculine #ftm #trans ftm

[thegoblinboy]

Ok so random thought, but what if Steve was trans (ftm) and no one realizes it. Not even Robin. Just hear me out on this.

The first question out of this I know I’ll get is “Why wouldn’t Steve come out to Robin as well? Why doesn’t Robin know?” Well in my head cannon I believe Steve is aware that he’s trans but just simply forgets. He’s just a guy being a dude in a very judgemental world. That and he’s under stealth mode, he doesn’t want to be treated differently. He’s proud to be trans but in his mind he’s like any other guy, he doesn’t stand out. He’s transitioned socially that he doesn’t even think to much about it unless he’s in the men’s bathroom.

(Also for this au that is being built from scratch this is going to be modern, because I don’t want to accidentally put my experiences as a trans man on a transguy in the 80’s. I’m fully aware that they are different which is why I’m turning this into a modern au.)

There’s loopholes in this idea but I don’t care. Just Steve Harrington who is still getting used to being treated like a man socially. He doesn’t understand the hand shake thing with Lucas or the other jocks and he’s still a bit nervous about all of it. Like he’s finally fitting what he feels and he loves it but hates it at the same time. Because now he has to learn how to be a proper “gentleman” in public, which is a lot easier then hoe he was taught to be a lady. Now both of his parents are not conservative. Shockingly. So they are more open to things then most. Though secretly his father has always wanted a son to pass the business down to and this is the perfect opportunity. His mother isn’t to happy but she finally gets on board. Once he’s sixteen he starts hormones and switches schools, where he becomes king steve. Where he falls into a toxic masculine group of Tommy’s so he can “fit” in.

But then things start to go down hill with the upside down. And everything goes by normal. He meets Robin and they are two pees in the pod. Just missing one, that they are not really searching for but are?

The whole trans thing comes up when they are all in the boat and Steve’s a bit panicked because this means he has to take his shirt off in front of them. This can go to so different ways.

A) He hasn’t had top surgery yet and is currently wearing his binder. Which is skin toned but doesn’t match. He’s beat red as he catches the curious eyes of all of them on the boat. None of them knowing what a binder is. Robin of course asks what that is, and avoiding the question he jumps in and goes under. (You aren’t supposed to swim with your binder on) and he regrets all of his life decisions before coming back up and then being pulled back down. Everyone of course follows along, and after all of it Steve is in a lot of pain. Between the bite and his ribs he has no choice but to pull his binder off. Everything is explained and he’s really embarrassed as he finally gets the damn thing off while holding his chest. Trying to hide his boobs, in which Eddie ends up coming over with the vest. Wrapping it around Steve carefully with the most awkward back pat ever. Like it’s not brought up, but Steve does end up wearing one of Eddie’s old baggy shirts from what’s “83” but really a different year because it’s modern. And his vest as well to help cover his chest and it’s the most gender euphoria ever. (Also he still has a hairy chest, so before he gets the shirt and the vest is covering most of his moobs Eddie nearly dies seeing his chest hair)

Or it goes B) where he’s had top surgery but it’s been a bit more recent. He’s still recovering and he has to awkwardly check his wrap his on properly before diving in. Like he shouldn’t be swimming either and he has to awkwardly explain what top surgery is to them. And robin who can’t help the jokes

“I thought you liked boobs!”

But just Steve being fully accepted. And after everything Eddie just sneaks some more baggy masculine clothes that Steve has been wanting to wear but weren’t preppy enough for his parents.

Like there is so much with this idea

(This all started because I pictured Steve with top surgery scars with Eddie’s vest, but also pre op steve with his vest is also equally as gender. Though do not feminize his chest or else I’ll bite you.)

#steddie #stranger things #eddie munson #steve x eddie #steve harrington #bxb #steveharrington #steveddie #eddie stranger things #steve and eddie #trans steve harrington #modern au #Steve and testosterone shots #trans steve in Eddie’s vest has me

[detransvixen]

I want to start using this blog again to document my detransition. What started as a kink has grown into an overwhelming desire to embrace my womanhood. I went off t a few months ago for good and am now in the process of socially detransitioning. I present exclusively feminine and have been slowly embracing my role as a feminine obedient wife. My husband has been so supportive with my decision and reminds me every day that I was meant to be a woman and how beautiful I am. He’s stopped using masculine terms for my body, calls me a good girl, and we even recently picked out a girls name I’m going to start using. Two years ago I never would have thought I would have taken it this far but now I’m so excited to see how much further I can push this. I love this new stage in my life and I love being a girl.

#ftmtf #detrans kink #detransition kink #fakeboy #forced detransition #my husband is trans masc and I kneel on the floor to give him his t shot every week #but I’ll never put another drop of testosterone in my body

[mxwhore]

Your sphinx marto is so chonk I love him

Do you have a design for the transition state for him between human and beast? I imagine the long hair is part of it x)

hell yea! here he is <3

#i would sell a kidney if i could have testosterone that could make me a monster #honestly this was a cheap shot but it was too good not to take the bait HEHE #i will design some cool ass liminal martin design for u dw >:) #tessa answers! #martin blackwood

[archrries]

Things They Don't Tell You About Testosterone:

When they said horny I didn't think it would be this bad

Hair. Hair everywhere. You thought you already had hairy legs? Boom. More hair. Thicker hair. Darker hair.

Phantom Dick. I'm not joking, the longer you're on T, the more your brain will feel it. It's there, I swear to god.

Bottom growth hurts?????? I was under the impression it just happened but NO. Within the first 2 weeks that shit hurted

Your facial hair is gonna be patchy I'm sorry 😞 same thing happens with teenage boys. Welcome to your second puberty.

Voice cracks are NOT the same as normal voice cracks. It just feels like the absence of sound rather than a crack?? And, at least for me personally, it's worse when trying to sing than it is when speaking. But don't worry! You'll have plenty of cracking while speaking too!! 😀

Speaking of singing, there is gonna be a point in time where you just can't really sing comfortably because your voice is not low enough for songs but also cannot physically go higher. So you're just kind of stuck in a very limited range.

"You can expect some acne" I was expecting acne on my FACE, chief. Tell me why I found a pimple on my fucking calf????? What reason did it have to be there?????????? Yeah it shows up in odd places. But also! For some, testosterone can make acne better!! Me, personally, it hasn't been bad at all. Just confused about the shoulder pimples.

You're gonna suddenly like cars, trains, graffiti, sports, or woodwork. I don't make the rules. Choose your Pokémon. Mine was graffiti.

Please. Please please please please please apply deodorant more than once a day. You sweat more and have more body odor. I'm so serious. PLEASE re-apply during the day.

I'll add to this if I think of more

#i used Folx for my T by the way #im on the gel #im afraid of needles #testosterone #t shot #t gel #trans man #transmasc #trans male #transgender #lgbtq positivity #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #trans rights

[ramsley-r-ramslington]

ONE DAY ON TESTOSTERONE BABBBYYYY!!!

#it fucking HURT #like OW??? #i nearly fainted but apparently thats normal #dont worry my aunt is a nurse #im so happy #trans #transgender #transmasc #transman #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #pride #testosterone #tw shots #tw needles

[eatingrosescollab]

Me before testosterone gel: idk I just don’t think I want to transition dramatically, you know? I want to go slowly and a little at a time and probably stop after a year.

Me six months into taking the gel: oh fuck I’m much more trans than I thought

#I may start the shot soon #both feelings are valid but mine has changed personally #I’m not ‘afraid’ of the ‘bad’ changes #hell yeah make me hairy and pimply and boxy!!!! #I am a big strong man!!!! #bear status dreams #trans #transgender #testosterone #testosterone gel #ftm hrt #trans hrt #hrt #trans masc #transmasc #nonbinary

[murderandcoffee]

I TOOK MY FIRST T SHOT TONIGHT

AAAAAAAAAAAA

#I'M SO HAPPY #THIS DOESN'T FEEL REAL #my shot days are gonna be tmagp thursdays lmao #also starting on 4.4.24 feels nice. good numbers. #04042024 < like hell yeah look at that #anyway AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :D :D :D #trans #transgender #nonbinary #t #testosterone #bs.txt

[zevchevat]

Undergrowth | 2023 | CSP Happy (late) Midsummer Solstice/Pride! ... I flatted this one way back at the start of the year, got intimidated by it, and stepped away. Then life got in the way. In the wake of successive professional and personal disappointments, I guess I felt like I had something to prove. I never trained as a painter. My work has started to take that direction, and I'm happy to chase it, even if it feels like I'm working at the edge of my ability the whole time. I advise students to love that feeling, and seek it out, but it's no less scary for having more experience ;) ... Here's to all you bottom growth kings (iykyk), and anyone else feeling like a long-cultivated garden project of ecstasy in these humid summer days.

#illustration #zev chevat #trans masc #transmasc #trans artwork #queer art #queer artist #digital painting #digital art #digital illustration #t shot #testosterone #ftm nsft #dark surrealism

[kvngvnte]

Just an update as to where I’m at physically 😌

#melanin #lgbt #black lgbt #lgbtbabes #atlanta #trans ftm #transmasc #trans pride #transgender #masculine #black trans man #black men #black boy joy #nature boy #t shot #shot day #testosterone #hrt testosterone