Comments | stopping_t: To stop or not to stop, that is the question

mewmewmew_ in stopping_t

To stop or not to stop, that is the question

Dec 14, 2009 12:01

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baronvonbiron December 14 2009, 16:17:25 UTC

My own situation for comparison: Was on T for a year and a half, have stopped for about two months at this point ( ... )

mewmewmew_ December 14 2009, 16:27:44 UTC

Thank you for sharing. It's really helpful to see a general time line and the potential changes that can happen.

I forgot one other question I meant to ask.

What form of testosterone administration were you on shots/gels/patches/etc and how did you stop? Did you ween off of then slowly or just cold turkey?

baronvonbiron December 14 2009, 17:29:48 UTC

IM, .5mL of 200mg/mL cypionate suspension, every ten days.

I stopped the bad way. Cold-turkey, couldn't afford it anymore - it was the second time in six months I had a significant gap in shots. I was already on the fence about continuing T (I just do not blend, no amount of T will change my distinctly effeminate bone structure) so I decided to just stop.

Cold turkey fucking sucks, dude - I felt crazy for about a month before my body ramped up estrogen production.

Re:acne baronvonbiron December 14 2009, 17:32:23 UTC

My acne was really awful on T. My skin has almost entirely cleared up in two months.

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exsisto December 14 2009, 17:10:10 UTC

Was on T for a year, these are the effects after stopping for about 4 months ( ... )

mewmewmew_ December 15 2009, 03:46:52 UTC

Thanks Blair! When I first wanted to start T I was pretty sure I didn't want to be on it forever, but at that time that was unheard of, or at least never spoken of. It's kind of nice to see that I'm really not alone in those feelings.

hanaurimusume December 15 2009, 05:41:10 UTC

O HAI!! :D

I've been wondering how you were! <3

hanaurimusume December 15 2009, 05:59:40 UTC

WHY HELLO.

What changes have you noticed after stopping T?
Weight shift [slowly, because I really didn't actively notice it], big drop in energy level, healthier skin and less acne, my hair doesn't fall out as much.

Did you lose facial or body hair?
Hah. NO. I have to shave every day. Some of my body hair is thinner because I enduced it by plucking. My facial hair grows in just as thick even if I pluck it.

Did you regain some hair on your head if you had lost any while on T?
I'm not sure, but it definitely feels better and I'm not so scared of losing it like I used to be! I noticed that it continued to fall out at a quicker rate for maybe a month or two after stopping and then it was relatively ok again.

Did you lose some of your growth downstairs?
Uhh. :Did you lose muscle ( ... )

hanaurimusume December 15 2009, 06:09:18 UTC

OH. I also wanted to tell you these things even though you didn't ask.

My period, as you know, is HORRIBLE, but for the first few months [maybe minus an odd one] it was WAY better than it had been. It lasted about half the time and I didn't bleed as much, etc. There were a few 'normal' times where it was awful, but it's seemed to even out and it's been way better than it had been before everything.

My appetite really hasn't changed much. I can't figure out if I need more sleep since stopping.

GENERALLY I FEEL HAPPIER AND BETTER ABOUT MYSELF. :D And my needle site doesn't hurt of have scars anymore.

P.S. I was told at the dentist when I was on T that hormones can effect your teeth as well.

leolapyre December 17 2009, 04:14:52 UTC

Hey - I was on T cream twice for really short periods of time (3 months the first time and less than a month the second time). The second time around, I started putting the T cream on my cock in addition to the usual daily dose on my thigh. Doing that really helped to increase growth - much faster than the first time around. But now that I've been off of T for 5 days, I could already see that it got smaller :/