Testosterone

[Guest jakoboi.]

I know that you have to be eighteen for permission to start testosterone blah, blah, blah, but I'm sure we've all seen videos about teens who have started at fifteen or sixteen and I was just wondering if that's actually a realistic possibility anywhere? Are there places where you can start testosterone at an earlier age?

Thanks.

[MaryEllen]

You could start at 15-16 but I think you would need parental permission to do so. I'm not sure of that but perhaps there are others here who would know for sure.

MaryEllen

[Guest Marco]

if you have parental permission you can get it when you're 14 or 15, in manitoba at least, it really shouldn't be that different in alberta. actually, i'm 13 and i'm already on a list to get it, so if you're 15 or 16 and have parental permission it shouldn't be a problem.

[Guest cyclone]

Hi Jake.

I've been looking into answers to the same question, for a friend of mine. I don't if if it's the same in Alberta but in B.C it seems that if you have parental consent ( I don't know proper terms ) they can give you something to block the effects of puberty, and if it's too late I'm under the impression you can begin taking testostorone after the required "assessments''.

Again not sure if this different in other provinces, but hope it helps.

Good luck

Kayt

[Guest jakoboi.]

I've been asking a lot of people with a lot of mixed results but you've all really helped. Thank you very much. =D

Jake.

[Guest Seth]

if you have parental permission you can get it when you're 14 or 15, in manitoba at least, it really shouldn't be that different in alberta. actually, i'm 13 and i'm already on a list to get it, so if you're 15 or 16 and have parental permission it shouldn't be a problem.

Marco...I must say, you are on lucky yungin.

[Guest Marco]

Marco...I must say, you are on lucky yungin.

yeah, i am very lucky. i've actually just started T.

[Guest Seth]

yeah, i am very lucky. i've actually just started T.

I envy you.

[Guest Seth]

Wait....

Does anyone know if you can stop taking T at some point?

[Guest Seth]

Permanatly?

[Guest jakoboi.]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can. I'm not fully aware of the effects of stopping, but I have heard of many people who have. I envy you as well Marco. =P Lucky.

[Guest GoldenKirbichu]

Wow, Marco, you are lucky. I'm still waiting. *sigh* I've even been okayed for it.

[Guest Raging Shadow]

ok i know this is over a year old but i will be getting T ay 14 so...it is possible

[Guest StrandedOutThere]

Permanatly?

I know people who have stopped. Muscles go away. Fat shifts back. Voice and facial hair hang around. There are definitely guys around who have taken T and stopped.

[Guest CharlieRose]

I know people who have stopped. Muscles go away. Fat shifts back. Voice and facial hair hang around. There are definitely guys around who have taken T and stopped.

Yeah, but usually they still have ovaries, right? If you don't have ovaries to provide estrogen, SOME form of sex hormone, and then you stop taking T, so you have no hormones, then isn't that bad? Like for your bones and stuff?

[Guest Martin]

I started when I was 17 (I'm in the U.S.). My parents had to give me permission, though.

Stopping T after you've had an oopho is dangerous (unless you start taking estrogen instead). It puts you at risk for osteoporoses, among other things. Stopping without having an oopho will make some (but not all) the changes go away, but it isn't dangerous.

[Guest Otto]

to get T i have to wait Till I'm 18 --"

[Guest CharlieRose]

to get T i have to wait Till I'm 18 --"

Not necessarily. If it's your doctor saying that, a different one might think differently. If it's your parents, they might come around. (My parents said I had to wait until I was 18, but they changed their minds)

[Guest Otto]

My mother is so untolerant with this, she doesn't know anything about how i feel, she's just agaisn't it , she's very sexist....

I'm Sure I Will Have to be 18 to do anything... And That day i will be forced to leave home too if i do that, But i'll be proud of leaving from that living hell.

[Guest Robin Winter]

In Canada, you can get Androgen blockers very early, and Testosterone from puberty, IF your doctors/therapists feel it's appropriate, and if you have parental consent. The problem with that is finding doctors and therapists who feel someone is ready for that kind of decision at a young age.

It can and has happened.

[Guest Robin Winter]

HAHAHA, I just reread what I posted. I'm such a ditz... Androgen blockers wouldn't be very useful for someone going on T would it

You know what I mean though.

[Guest Miles]

I started T when I was 17 and 2 months.

It is possible.

I did have both my parents consent, though.

[Guest My_Genesis]

Yeah in the US you need parents' consent under 18, though I am not sure of the lower limit on it. Seems in this case the biggest obstacle is parents and/or monetary issues. I am struggling with the latter currently :-/ (though I am almost 20 and my parents have been pretty supportive so far.)

[Guest cary]

I will post my experiences with getting T . I have a old thinking doctor and going to him and explaining myself , his reply was to get my T levels checked . So I was given a blood test to see what was my T levels are. result the lowest he had seen . no kidding.. I said . So his answer ..we need to get you on T shots and you will feel like a man again.. Really I said .. so here I am taking testosterone to cure my feelings of feeling like a female. Result ..still have female feelings. but wow ..muscle tone increased ..energy up.. weight loss big plus probably from desire to work out more! Point making.. if your brain thinks like and is a male brain than testosterone will may help you as your body transforms to having more of a male physical appearence. My experience no pill , no hormone as of now will or can change my true self..only my physical body! Hope this helps , you are what you are mentally. No amount of how old you are.. will ever change your true self . Make your decisions carefully and factual ! most of all be happy.

[Guest Cal]

I started at 17. I had parental consent, though. The first doctor I went to was a big waste of time, she led me on and made it seem like she'd prescribe me the T, then ended up calling to say she wouldn't because I wasn't 18. It was an extremely discouraging 6 months wasted. Toward my 18th birthday I found a different doctor, a naturopath, who started me on T right away. I had my letter already, of course.