[WendyA]

I am looking to see what emotional and psychological effects real HRT has on you.

I've only been on low dose HRT for 3 months but I'll try and provide some input.

I'm mostly interested in the mood swings, severity and frequency, any pattern or cycle that coincides with your program administration (tablets/injections) and emotions you feel.

No mood swings.

Did or do you cry easily under normal circumstances or during a sad movie or story?

A tearjerker is still a tearjerker.

Does it make you angry, sad, laugh, all of the above? Does it make you horny even though it takes the lead out of your pencil or turn off all amorous thoughts?

No changes in my emotions.

I am also interested if anyone went into a dark tunnel with depression, thoughts of suicide or self inflictions?

No depression or dark thoughts.

Were you able to keep and manage a job and conduct yourself in public, around family, friends? How obvious is/was to others you are or were taking hormones? How long was it before you experienced these feelings and how long do the episodes last?

Life goes on, there are no changes to report. Only 3 months in and I have no idea what you think might be happening, feelings wise, but I have nothing out of the ordinary to report.

Does being on hormones make you want more of them, are they addictive?

Not that I am aware of.

How do they influence your thought, do they make you want to crossdress and go total fem or do they make you feel the opposite?

I was wearing a bra daily, now I'm not. The HRT has seemed to level my thought patterns so I am no longer preoccupied with, for lack of a better term, fem thoughts. Which is what I was hoping would happen

Do they make you make want to clean and organize? Do they change the way you see or feel about yourself? Did you want to diet, work out, be real conscience of how you look? Do you want to judge others more?

No.

Could I pull off taking hormones while keeping a professional appearance and mentality?

I think you can.

You might want to check out Susan's Place, Reddit's AskTransgender, MTF, and mypartneristrans sub-reddits for more information.

Best Wishes