I almost didn’t even realize that today is exactly three months on hormones! Yay! I would have liked to write up a bit more than this for it, but I’m running out of time on the day. So instead, I’ll just share some of the changes I’ve already noticed:
- My chest hair grows back much slower and thinner.
- Two weeks ago I started to feel some tenderness under my nipples. Last week I noticed that my breast development is just barely getting under way. I’m like an AAAAAAAAAA cup.
- My skin is a little softer. It is also drier, but in a different way than it is in the winter.
- I’m already a much slower runner than I used to be and trying to improve and build back some strength is very difficult.
- My taste in food has changed a lot. I still like everything I used to like, but now there are a lot of things I _like_ that I used to hate and refuse to eat. To name a few: mushrooms, asparagus, aioli and other mayo-based sauces (but not plain mayo), olives, and Brussels spouts.
- I fall asleep a little quicker after getting in bed.
- I haven’t really felt much in the way of the emotional changes everyone talks about. This has kind of worried me a bit. I find that I want to feel sad more now when I should, but I don’t quite feel as sad as I feel like I should and I still don’t get to a crying point.
- My reflexes feel a little faster which doesn’t make sense. I’ve always had pretty quick reflexes, but now I kind of feel like Spiderman.
- I’m overall much happier with myself and my life.
- I’m less lazy and feel more motivated to just get up off the couch and get things done.
- My sex drive is practically zero. This happened pretty quickly. I can still get aroused, but I’m much more in control of it. It used to be sex, sex, sex_ all the time,_ but now I don’t really think about it except for when I want to. Instead of my sex drive controlling me, I’m now the one in control. This has left me with a lot more free brain power.
- My dysphoria has decreased a bit, but it’s still there.
- I lost 3 pounds.