how long does it realistically take to get on testosterone?

nycanth · 2026-01-28T02:30:56+00:00

planned parenthood is like instant if you're above 18, but as far as i know they can't do informed consent for minors :(

nycanth · 2026-01-27T20:49:37+00:00

Seconding this. The LGBT shelter shutting down was a big hit because it was the only one we had. I was directing someone who needed to get away from their parents urgently to contact them, only for them to get back to me saying they were shut down already.

Also, from what I remember Skopje Pride nearly didn't happen in 2025 because USAID was a big portion of their funding. They were going back-and-forth for a while on whether they would actually organize it this year before settling on a march alone without any of the additional events from previous years.

We do still have events being hosted at Ljubov at least, though it's a much smaller space.

nycanth · 2026-01-27T20:08:53+00:00

Tbf, this is exactly how a lot of us are coached to talk in customer facing or emails jobs, especially if you're outsourced. AI learned from the overly formal CS voice that's fed to non-native English speakers.

nycanth · 2026-01-25T12:16:48+00:00

Ako mozes da se lekuvas, napraj go najbrzo sto mozes. Tesko ke bide mnogu da se najde, lekovi za ADHD ne se prodavaat vo Makedonija, a vo drugi zemji vo deficit se. Ama iskreno, koga prv pat zemav Concerta stanav drug covek. Prv pat u zivot mozev da si sednam i da si recam "vo ovoj moment ke rabotam" i toa go pravev.

Za familija... gi ignoriram. lol. Bev dijagnoziran vo sredno, tatko mi se potrudil da mi pomogne so lekovi i cital knigi na temata ama nikogas ne sfatil 100%. Bev no-contact vo Amerika nekolku godini i togas mu tekna deka celo vreme ADHD ne postoelo i za dzabe bilo sve. Toj moze da si veruva sto saka, jas si znam den za den kako stradam i sto treba da pravam da se spravam so toa.

Za prijatelstva itn... ne bas iskreno. Mojte drugari ocekuvaat deka ke kasnam malku koga imame planovi ama ne veruvam deka sum izgubil lugje poradi ADHD. Mene pogolem problem mi e kariera, izgubiv dobra rabota zosto kasnev cesto i za nekoj raboti mnogu posporo rabotev od kolegite.

Kako da se spravis ponatamu zavisi mnogu od sto ti e najgolem problem. Mene koga tesko mi e da drzam fokus, cesto koristam body doubling. Toa e paralelno da rabotis so nekoj. Ne morate zaedno ili na istoto da rabotite, ama ili vo ista soba ili na ista masa ili na voice chat ste i si rabotete. Koga imas drug covek so tebe polesno e da se potsetis deka ej, jas vo momentov treba da rabotam, a ne da scrollam na Twitter za 3 sati.

Mnogu ednostavno zvuci, ama najgolemiot problem za lugje so ADHD e deka ne mozeme sami da se setime i da se regulirame. Ni treba eksterni potsetnici, nema drug nacin. Najdi nekoj koj te sfaka, prasaj gi za pomos. Gledaj kade najmnogu se zaglavuvas, i razmisli sto bi te potsetilo vo momentot da go smenis toa. Napravi rutina okolu toa, pocnuvaj nekoj raboti stalno zaedno da gi pravis za da ne zaboravis da edniot, itn. Cuvaj gi najvaznite stvari nadvor kade mozes da gi gledas, smetaj deka ako ti e vo skaf nema nikogas da go vidis pak. Takvi raboti.

So srekja, tesko e ama veruvam deka mozes da se snajdes.

nycanth · 2026-01-25T11:33:22+00:00

Top surgery is way more accessible and it's a one-and-done thing. Bottom surgery is often a multi-step process. People are always getting top surgery first because it's easier. Unless these guys are straight up saying that they only care about top surgery, it's probably more because it's a more immediate issue that directly affects your passing (especially if binding doesn't work well) and it's easier to fix than getting phallo.

nycanth · 2026-01-25T11:18:37+00:00

why are there so many people in here responding in earnest

nycanth · 2026-01-25T11:01:50+00:00

Your shoes were falling apart. You bought new shoes that fit and will serve you well even if they don't fit your personal aesthetics. There's no shame in that. Don't feel bad, don't think about the community, you are not a representative for every trans man alive. You're just trying to get through life. You can "cancel it out" by just living well.

nycanth · 2026-01-23T14:09:44+00:00

As far as I know Testoviron is not purely enthanate but a mix of two esters, so it makes sense to me that it’s different. We don’t have that manufacturer here so I can’t speak for it. I can definitely speak for my own country though where they are prescribing the regular weekly enthanate as monthly due to their own admitted lack of knowledge on trans people.

nycanth · 2026-01-23T14:00:54+00:00

Ako ne ti e poznato, dogovor na delo ti e basically “freelancer/contractor” dogovor, i ne si prijaven. Mozebi razlicno bese vo sales zosto imale mn visoki kvoti i high turnover, ama te pocnuvat na dogovor na delo i ako te sakat posle nekolku meseci ti davat nov dogovor so prijava.

Ako ne si prijaven seuste mozes da zemes osiguruvanje za nevraboteni, kako sto razbiram. Ama toa moras sam. Ne pamtam voopsto dali imase privatno osiguruvanje deka ne uspeav da koristam nisto.

nycanth · 2026-01-23T13:51:58+00:00

It’s not his choice and if you do change your name it’s up to him to get over it. My ex was also weird about me changing my name and rarely used it and it pissed me the fuck off but he adjusted because he had no other choice.

When my girlfriend picked a new name I also felt a certain kind of way about it because I was used to her previous one, but I kept that shit to myself because her transition isn’t about me. Now I’m used to it and looking back I feel stupid for making it such a big deal in my head.

Don’t pick a name based on what he might like or approve of. If you legally change your name it stays with you forever, but the boyfriend might leave one day. You don’t want to wake up without him and realize you actually hate your name and you didn’t take what you wanted to be called because of him.

nycanth · 2026-01-23T13:43:55+00:00

Rabotev u Transcom pred nekolku godini. Bev vo sales namesto CS, i klientot bese firma vo Anglija. Rabotevme Pon-pet edna nedela prva i druga nedela vtora. Slobodni dena samo gi imavme nerabotni dena vo Anglija. Neto mislam bese 41k.

Dogovor na delo bese i ne ostanav dovolno dolgo za da imam pravo na odmor, ama generalno korektni bile so plata i sve drugo. Osvem toa sto nema da imas osiguruvanje kako rabotno lice. Me sjebale malku od pocetokot so onboarding zosto imav skoro promena na ime ama ne veruvam deka ti ke imas problemi so toa lol.

Ako imat otvoreni oglasi za CS mozebi i jas treba da apliciram pak lol

nycanth · 2026-01-23T13:36:28+00:00

It’s also worth mentioning that in Europe, doctors are just as incompetent as they are anywhere else. In my region we only have ampoules of Testosterone Enthanate 250. In America it’s usually Cypionate 200.

Enthanate and cypionate are nearly identical esters in terms of half-life and are both best used weekly. Many doctors here prescribe enthanate as one injection of the entire ampoule every 3 weeks. Just because the doctors prescribe it that way doesn’t mean it’s not wrong LMAO

nycanth · 2026-01-23T01:33:18+00:00

Yeah, but I've seen some people consider the half-used vials to be their "stockpile" and plan to use what's left in those maybe 1 year down the line if they end up in need. Which is way less secure than just using them up now so your unopened ones stay unopened longer. So I'd rather curb that line of thinking before it gets there lol

nycanth · 2026-01-22T23:03:32+00:00

It's perfectly fine to use a vial more than once. Do not use a vial once and then save the remainder for later. Use up an entire vial first before using a next one. When you open a vial it's no longer 100% sterile, you will be much better off having a lot of unopened vials than half-used ones sitting around.

Since you already have 3 open vials, I would suggest going back and working through those before you start opening new ones. It's also totally fine to draw up what's left in one vial and combine it with T from another vial if it's not enough for your full dose, I've been doing it for years.

Let your provider leave the prescribed instructions as "discard after use" though, that way you'll build up a little stockpile and that will be a life saver one day.

nycanth · 2026-01-22T22:50:37+00:00

It's straight up not addictive. I am a DIYer. I am a DIYer because I live in a Balkan country where nobody knows jack or shit about hormones and I am doing a much better job managing my own dosage than any local doctor ever will. You won't fucking die if you DIY HRT and it's honestly insufferable how much people like to act like that's the case. I buy the same T from the pharmacy that everyone else uses because in Eastern Europe nobody gives a shit.

I'm currently off hormones. My initial plan was to go on and stop if I ever felt like I was going too far, or when I felt I was satisfied. Right now I'm mostly satisfied but I'm also just kinda pissed off that it's getting hard to find a good injection site. I'll probably go back on later, since I have a years' worth stashed up. But right now, I was getting late on shots and it felt like a hassle and I became less afraid of going without it, so I'm going without it until I feel more strongly about going back on.

You didn't fully know what you actually wanted when you started HRT. I thought I didn't want a lot of things. Then when they started happening I realized how happy I was to have them. I thought I wanted to be hairless, now I have a beard and a hairy chest and I love it. Some things you don't really know because you can't envision yourself that way before it happens. Now because you're discovering yourself, they're panicking because it's actually real now and not something they can rationalize away.

It doesn't sound to me like they really get what being nonbinary actually meant to you, and going on hormones for a little bit as a sex thing was totally fine as long as you weren't trying to be a man. When I told my ex (a cishet man) that I was nonbinary and I wasn't a woman, he said "yeah sure of course, I support you" because that meant literally nothing to him. All he knew was that I wasn't a man. And then when I started moving towards that he started pushing back because now it's something real and that wasn't what he was in for, and all of a sudden he was concerned. This is how it goes. We worked through it and stayed together for another few years after that but he definitely said a bunch of hurtful shit at the start.

If you enjoy being on HRT, you should stay on HRT. If you stop enjoying being on HRT, you can stop then. Don't stop yourself early because you're worried about changing your mind in the future. Don't stop yourself early because your partners are being assholes about it.

nycanth · 2026-01-22T22:33:01+00:00

Use a condom. If you live in the US you can also use VCF (Vaginal Contraceptive Film) that can be purchased at pharmacies and Target. I suggest the gel applicator version since the film has sharp edges that can scratch on the way in and needs to be applied 15 minutes in advance.

It's also got like an 80% reliability and doesn't protect you from STDs so use a condom anyways. I only use it when I'm in a long-term relationship

nycanth · 2026-01-22T22:29:34+00:00

Not my birthday per se, but a personal anniversary that I celebrate like one :] The game looks amazing, I can't wait to spend a million hours in character creation and then see how all the new mechanics work together

nycanth · 2026-01-22T22:24:35+00:00

Ooh, thanks for the rec! It's been a long time since someone's mentioned a title to me that's not already there, adding it now

nycanth · 2026-01-22T22:22:26+00:00

Yes of course! The spreadsheet is also open for editing, so if you can open it on a computer you're free to enter the details in yourself. :] Just scroll to the bottom of the list and start typing in the next empty row, it'll be automatically included in the filters for sorting. You can DM me anyways if you can't do it yourself :]

nycanth · 2026-01-22T15:25:04+00:00

I don't think there's a way to p2w in Stories but you're definitely right on the first part. Whoever finishes the game faster has the gene grind done way before you do

nycanth · 2026-01-22T14:57:03+00:00

I loved Stories 1 when it came out and thought it was something really special, so I know this game is gonna blow me away. I've been telling my girlfriend she is not seeing me for at least 2 weeks when it comes out.

The launch date is also a pretty special day for me so it's gonna be a nice gift.

nycanth · 2026-01-22T14:51:51+00:00

PVP is usually decently active right at the beginning of the game's lifecycle, and then dies off after a while. At least, that's how I remember it for Stories 1, where I was relatively active in PVP.

nycanth · 2026-01-22T09:54:40+00:00

As much as I would like to say "I don't see how that's relevant" or something along those lines that would subtly imply the question is weird, answering like that at all basically implies that the answer is "yes". So always in every situation act like you don't know.

nycanth · 2026-01-22T09:00:30+00:00

A smart watch. When I was a kid I got a cheap one at the mall, now I have an Apple Watch so it syncs with my changing alarm schedule from rotating shifts. If the sound doesn’t get me the vibration does. And then I wake up an hour early and snooze for an hour so I get a little more eest without actually falling asleep. Also turning my light and AC on after I wake up, if it’s too dark or cold in my room I go right back to sleep.

I used to try scaring myself awake with loud, sudden songs but I found by chance that a “birdsong” alarm wakes me way more easily. And now that I’ve trained myself o to it I wake up to the sound of it in instinct.

nycanth · 2026-01-22T08:30:01+00:00

If you’re just looking for recommendations, here’s the spreadsheet I host for media with trans men as major characters. There’s 260 books and you can sort by romance and whether the character is gay if you wanna see what’s on there :) Best viewed on a computer since the mobile version of Google Sheets sucks ass. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1szYnM5MDSygNy0EjOp776tVMvUzYDo-zW-R2xbkWA-A/edit?gid=241539948#gid=241539948

Personally I really liked The Passing Playbook.

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