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[-] knightly@pawb.social 73 points 5 months ago

It depends.

Yeah, you won't get any sort of externally visible changes from a single dose, but for some trans people that first dose can still be a life-changing experience.

They don't warn you about it in the informed consent documentation, but for me that first day on HRT brought on an almost overwhelming feeling of gender euphoria. It was like a part of myself that had been missing since puberty finally fell into place. The weight of 25 years of repressed dysphoria fell from my shoulders and I couldn't stop smiling, couldn't even walk across a room without breaking into a little dance.

It took the better part of a week to start seeing some physical changes, and that was mostly in skin texture.

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 46 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sounds like the euphoria could also be from feeling relief that you finally have access to it?

[-] eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

that's definitely part of it, but sex hormones interact with* neurotransmitters and the mental/emotional stuff tends to hit first, before any physical effects take place.

[-] Dewe@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Not countering what you experienced, but sex hormones are not neurotransmitters. There may be some interactions with the neurotransmitter system but it they are not themselves.

[-] eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

yep, that's more accurate ty!

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 months ago

I think that part of it, for me at least, was that it felt like everything shifted and all of a sudden my brain was finally running right for the first time in my life. It’s like it was already wired to run on estrogen and I was finally giving it what it needed.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 10 points 5 months ago

That aspect of it was most definitely present, indeed.

[-] xXemokidforeverXx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

You absolutely can get some emotional benefits from the first dose before the physical ones start. I felt much more calm and less heightened emotions after my first dose of T. A welcome change having dealt with PMDD for years.

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 months ago

I tried to stay away from hrt but oof you're making it hard... That sounds amazing.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It does! But I should mention that this experience isn't universal.

Some trans folks don't get the day-1 giddiness at all, instead finding that their baseline mood improves steadilly over the first few days or weeks of treatment without a period of euphoria.

Another common experience is a period of mild depression around 6-8 months in. For me, this was similar to the teenage moodiness of my first puberty, though much milder and less "wrong"-feeling.

[-] NoStressyJessie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 months ago

Go read through my posts if you want some more early days experiences.

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