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Finally!

After six years of RLT and at twenty-three years old, I got my first injection of testosterone today. I'm very small, so my endo started me off on a very small dose (30 of something? CCs?). It was surprisingly quick, simple and painless.

Shortly thereafter, I went to my pharmacist and happily discovered that it's covered by my insurance with a $25 copay--$10 if/when I switch to generic.

My knowledge in the area is scattered and most of my information has come from the internet over the years, but what my endo told me confirmed some of it.

I've a question: Does anyone know, from personal experience or credible sources, what sort of timeline this tends to carry? I mean, how far along until so-and-so happens (i.e. "3 months" until "voice drops")?

I'm so happy. I feel an ovewhelming sense of calmness and just...I feel right already. Might just be me just being happy that it's finally here.

Also, directly thereafter I felt quite a bit woozy. May just be because I'm small (5'4" and 95-98 pounds), but yeah. It wore off mostly and I feel a bit tingly. I read something about tingliness in the side effects of a print out my pharmacist gave me. Completely normal, I'm assuming?


-Adrien

I'm fairly new to all this, but from what I've seen/read voice changing is one of the first things that happens. I was talking about this with my counselor, and she said that some people take it just long enough that their voices change, and then stop. So it seems to me that it probably will happen in the first few months... but of course it's different for everyone. And maybe someday I will be brave enough to do this too.

And I know I've said it like five times now but congratulations! *offers internet bacon*