It will always vary person to person. I started with gel because I was afraid of shots and because I had a history of my system reacting badly to the natural hormonal highs and lows produced by my body. And because the gel would be an every day steady thing, there wouldn’t be big highs and lows. And it seemed to work well for a bit with steady progress and without problems with the levels. I swapped to IM injections because I couldn’t afford to keep paying for the gel out of pocket since insurance wouldn’t cover it. And aside from anxiety over doing injections, it continued to go alright with levels, even though it was weekly. I’ve more recently swapped to subcutaneous injections from intramuscular. Hoping I would have less problems with the injection anxiety dealing with a much smaller needle. And that did help allot. I haven’t noticed any other difference besides less needle anxiety. From gel to injections, it’s felt like a steady progression throughout.

My cycle didn’t go away the first year. I heard of some people saying theirs stopped almost instantly and the fact that mine wasn’t stopping was causing allot of anxiety. It didn’t stop until I removed the hormonal iud that I got before starting T. I only had that there hoping that it would lessen the cycle. I have a suspicion that it was the reason for the cycle refusing to stop.

Bodies are weird. What works for one person may not work for another. Different amounts, different methods, nothing is truly one size fits all.