I am 2 weeks on T as of yesterday (!!!) And life has been amazing. 30mg/die gel. My mood and appetite changed almost immediately (for around a week I was ravenous, I'd eat everything in sight and I had gained some weight - around 2kg), I felt less stressed and my chronic insomnia eased. I am now for the first time in 15 years averaging 6hours of sleep a night!

Yesterday I noticed bottom growth which was something that scared me to be honest, as someone who has never had a sex drive whatsoever (very, very asexual). My libido did not increase tho and that's great so the bottom growth doesn't really bug me. I have no clue if my voice changed because a few days ago I lost it completely due to a cold lmao, we'll see when it comes back.

A few days ago, also, my hunger stabilized: I am eating waaay more than I used to but I'm not waking up in the middle of the night to eat random stuff off the fridge, and my metabolism caught up making me drop the weight I had gained.

I am noticing more vascularity but to be fair I've been going to the gym (weightlifting and calisthenics) for years so idk if it's the T.

Best part? I am so happy. Never been happier with my image. I feel like myself. I recognize myself in mirrors and pictures and I love the guy I'm becoming because I'm everything I always wanted to be even before realizing I was trans.

When I was 13 I made an oc of a guy: curly hair, disheveled look, architect, insomniac, heavy smoker - to be fair he was very matty healy coded but I had no clue who matty healy was until 7 or 8 years later.

I found a drawing and almost cried. My hair has gotten curly (not from the T, it happened on a random day at a twenty one pilots concert: no hairdresser can explain it), I found my style (casual leaning towards alternative, I love a tight shirt-baggy pants combo since I got my top surgery), I am an artist (it's my job, I'm represented by a gallery ecc), I was very insomniac but luckily it has gotten better, I was a heavy smoker and I abused substances for years but now that has been dialed down too ... I am basically an improved version of the guy I created in my mind when I was a kid. I am everything I ever wanted to be, and it will just keep getting better. Life is awesome!

I went T for 3 months on 30mg/week, off for 5 weeks, and last friday I started again at 20mg/week.

my hand smells like onions. no I have not handled onions recently, and this is not the first time it’s happened. It DOES smell like how I smelled during puberty, so i think it could just be the hormones, but it’s just my hands??? anyone else have this??

Had my three month follow up today and the np asked how I felt about my dose. I told her it's the only dose I've ever been on so it seems good. Then she asked if I wanted to increase it and I had no idea what to say. I had labs drawn later that visit, so at this point no one has any idea what's even happening in my body, least of all me.

#Theoretical knowledge:

Overall Info on DIY:

https://diyhrt.info/transmasc/intro/

Legal considerations:

https://diyhrt.info/transmasc/prescribedvsdiy/

Methods and calculating the dosage:

https://diyhrt.info/transmasc/methods/

Side effects:

https://diyhrt.info/transmasc/risks/

Dosages and blood testing:

https://diyhrt.info/transmasc/dosing/

#Practical knowledge:

Preparing for safer injections:

https://youtu.be/XzWs5LAWqPc?is=9jPCED9JrDDZmtnx

[duration: 3 min]

How to inject safely:

https://youtu.be/fkBuY4iMK7E?is=1hucS1hWYSWt7ltY

[duration: 10 min]

Disclaimers:

I am by no means a medical professional. I just summarized some sources, because it can be quite overwhelming if you don't know where to start or what to look out for. The diyhrt.info also offers a chapter on sources but the accessibility and legal risks can vary, depending on factors like your financial and regional circumstances, as well as f.e. racial discrimination on an executive and judicative level. I do not encourage anyone to participate in any illegal activities. I just prefer people to take this path safely instead of hurting themselves.

So I just got mu blood work done and my Testosterone levels are at 6.8 nmol/L, Oestradiol at 64.5 pmol/L and SHBG at 19 nmol/L. My current regimen is sustanon 250 1ml once every 3 weeks and I had my blood taken at around 2 and a half weeks (so not even at trough level).

I've been on this dose for 3-4 months so far and my changes haven't gotten faster since I was on Testogel. For reference my levels on tgel were 6.3 nmol/L so not that different. I still got my periods on tgel but not on sustanon, and my E level seems suppressed so that might be why?

Are there any concerns with my currrent levels? I mean my levels are still below male range (or at the very low end of them) so I assume I should have my dose increased.