I've been on T for about a year n a half now. not too long after I started, my periods completely vanished but that isn't the surprising part. it's that recently out of ALL of symptoms only the cramps came, and for my whole life before I started hrt I never even had those in the first place. why 😭
besides that, a very pleasant surprise was I got to stop taking antidepressants only a few months in; I just didn't need them anymore. the way that I started to experience and regulate emotions changed so so much (positively), not to mention the amount of dysphoria that was lifted off of me
Congrats on the dysphoria lifting 🥰🥰 that's definitely worthy of celebration!!
My partner's off of his T now, but he said his most surprising side effect was having thicker skin, literally. He said his skin feels more dense.
@Kayla⟡ now THAT'S one i've never heard of, i'm not sure how i would even notice that sort of thing
@Rainie me either lol
I feel like all the effects that were "unexpected" for me we're just normal effects that I forgot about hahaha. That being said, I didn't expect a more prominent Adam's apple, or the amount of fucking HAIR EVERYWHERE oh my god I love dressing super fem but I can't keep up with shaving all the body hair, it's absurd lmao. It improved my mental health so much too! I definitely wasn't expecting that actually, I thought it would help with dysphoria but didn't realize I would literally just be less depressed haha.
@itsmilograve oh my god you just made me realize I got an Adam's apple now 😭😭 I didn't even notice. I'm freaked outttt
I have the same problem with body hair and I don't even think I'm done growing everything..... I got so tired of shaving I started trying alternatives to no avail. too low pain tolerance for waxing and I'll never be able to stand the smell of nair
The personality changes and general sense of internal security that keeps getting more and more armored is something I wholly didn't expect at all!
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