Unexpected pros/cons of transitioning (self.trans)

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Socially, medically, or otherwise.

Unexpected T pro: my cat loves aggressively head butting my facial scruff after a day or two of not shaving

Unexpected T con: my cat’s hair gets caught up in my facial hair any time I do this and it’s annoying to get it all out

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[-] Daxter101 25 points 7 months ago

even though I can't sleep as much on E, I feel more rested with less sleep. Pre-HRT I could probably sleep 11 - 12 hours every night, 10 - 11 hours and I wouldn't necessarily feel fully rested even though I clearly should be. Now I can sleep 8 hours and I feel fully rested / normal.

Not gonna lie, girl, this specific one sounds more like you just got out of depression.

Happy for you though ^^

[-] Suzzyq@mastodon.social 10 points 7 months ago

@Daxter101 @dandelion my sleep schedule shortened too always been an early riser. But since starting hrt. I sleep 5.5-6 hours. And feel absolutely amazing and just love greeting the day

[-] dandelion 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

yes, HRT pretty much instantly cured my depression, the only experiences like it before were from taking drugs (usually stimulants)

I do think the changes to my sleep could be related to the depression lifting (that seems somewhat obvious), but I also think it's more than that because even without the return of motivation and anhedonia typical of my depression symptoms, the nature of my sleep seems to fluctuate with my hormone levels (just before injection my sleep tends to be deeper and longer; when my estrogen seems to be peaking I don't seem to be capable of sleeping in).

Note, I only take estrogen, no progesterone yet (I'm just over 3 months into starting HRT, I'm on monotherapy currently).

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