Has anyone else noticed this?

[Guest Orva26]

Hi!

I'm not on cross gendered hormones yet but next week I will be meeting with someone to get the initial blood work done. But what I have noticed is the effect of HrT being realized of how it is no longer something that might be 1 year or 2 years away but rather something that is days away has had on me. Over the past week my productivity in everything has sky rocketed and I have been in a fairly consistent good mood. Its a pretty reassuring thing.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

[Guest chngnwnd]

There is a certain peace of mind from knowing that you are taking significnt steps forward in transition.

Hugs

Bobbi

[Guest Orva26]

Most definitely Bobbi. Its helped me out so much. Like I've become a social creature again even without the hormones I've become more comfortable with myself and it shows in all my interactions. I can joke playfully with coworkers now, I can also no be the one who reaches out to other local transpeople to help them instead of being one of the local transpeople that need someone to reach out to her to help her. It doesn't even bother me what gender people refer to me as, I know who I am.

[MackenzieB]

The waiting part just seemed to be the worst for me. Kind of like a period of no progress being made.

But I agree, just getting some news that something is finally happening can really lift your spirits!

[Cyndee]

Hi Orva,

Just before I started last summer, I had a business trip to Las Vegas, I was tasked with setting up networking and software for our company at a trade show. I had my prescriptions in hand a day before I had to leave, however did not want to start "on the road", so I put my scripts away in my old purse and left them at home. That business trip was one of the best and most productive ever, I took my wife and kids along, my extended family just happened to show up in Vegas, so my daughters saw their grandmother, aunts, cousins, etc. I handled all the logistics, family issues, technical issues, business issues, money issues, and everyone got home safe, then I downed my first dose. Just knowing I had everything lined up made this seemingly complicated trip, just sail by.

May your experience be smooth.

Cindy -

[Guest Svenna]

I am only days away from starting HRT myself and I have noticed a similar trend. It almost makes me question whether I really need the HRT or if maybe I could get by without them. My line of thinking is that perhaps being able to express myself as female and dressing as I wish might be enough to keep me sane. Then I wake up LONGING for full femaleness again, and realize that though it is nice to have some 'breathing room', living 'in between genders' is really unsustainable for me in the long run....

I've had a real burst of forward energy lately, too. I like the trend, but desire the full effect even more...

Love and such, Svenna

[Guest Orva26]

I am only days away from starting HRT myself and I have noticed a similar trend. It almost makes me question whether I really need the HRT or if maybe I could get by without them.

I've gotten the same thought on more than one occasion. In fact it is probably what made me hold out for around 9 months instead of the 3 required by the SoC. But I've come to realize there is no virtue in denying myself. Will I explode without hormones? Probably not (at least not immediately). But do I desire them? HELL YES!

I'm taking being pleased even before them as a positive indication.

[VickySGV]

As one of the "old girls" who has been on the 'mones for two years, I did indeed have the pre approval rush you girls are mentioning. It is a freedom from worry and will I, won't I daily hits on the head. It is an affirmation of your reality, and your sense of self. My finding of being on them, is that a foggy gray area of my life now has sunlight in it for the first time ever.