Trans Guy Problems: Taking Testosterone 

youre the one trans guy i can watch without getting really sad. im 16 and a trans guy so when i see trans guys i get hella jealous but when i see you i just get really happy

I just started T today !!

"oh, it's not attached" *sad violin* story of my life XD

imagine somebody who isn't educated in this field, or didn't know you are trans😂💕 "oh what's that on the floor?" "oh sorry that's just my testosterone"😂💜

my voice is in full puberty mode. it breaks constantly and I can't sing the way I used to anymore. I love it though, it's finally getting deeper and slowly my beard is growing in.

Best changes: facial hair and voice drop. Some upper body build, but, I'm a runner, so it's like trying to put muscles on a gazelle. Worst change: my hair is thinning. I've been doing shots every 2 weeks for coming up 5 years.

The 'just got into bed and I forgot my gel' struggle is SO REAL. My main other problem is that moment when you tear the sachet in JUST the wrong way so that you can't get it to open any further and then you have to go get scissors instead (which you shOULD know to keep by the sachets now, but for some reason still don't...)

Coming out to my boss today. Kinda nervous about it.... But, on the brighter side, I'm looking into getting my first binder! :D

I'm on Depo Testosterone, its injected into the middle of the outside side of your thigh & doesn't hurt that much. You can do it every week or every two weeks (I do it every two weeks). Also you can use a much smaller gauge needle. I recommend it to anyone who prefers shots but not the extremely painful kind in your bum(:

I started testosterone today! Your yearly comparisons really inspired me to take a lot of pictures pre-t in order to hopefully make a video half as good as yours was haha

That last skit is such a mood lmao. When I was starting T, they told me to put the gel on one arm, and switch arms every day. But it took both upper arms and even then, it took an hour to dry (the humidity is usually around 10% here). Within two months I was done and switched to injections. Also, my voice started cracking in about three weeks. And I worked at a place that uses custom voice to text, so whenever my programme would get words wrong, I'd know my voice was doing weird shit xD I'm glad my hairline changed. Like. It's such an unexpected relief. It makes me sooo happy. But now I'm scared it's still going and uh. I love my hair.

oh damn I totally forgot my T gel today thanks for reminding me :P

I have super high natural levels of T, so my voice dropped very quick, and other changes happened quickly as well. I do weekly injections at home. I have had some issues, but nothing major, and most of the time my shot isn't a big deal. My least favorite change is body odor. I did get more acne, but my doctor gave me something for it, and since then it's been good. Oh! and I get overheated quicker now than before. The doctor said it's because T makes your blood thicker. So I had hot flashes a lot when I first started, and now I just overheat more easily. But there's been so many good changes as well. I generally feel more comfortable in my skin, and I have less anxiety about meeting new people, because I rarely have to worry about getting misgendered now.

Good: mood improved! (more stable, estrogen made me 🐲💩crazy) Bad: BACK HAIR as thick as a fur rug... bummer. 🐗

i have an appointment to meet an endocrinologist on april 7th and i'm so excited its just to meet, but still!!

5:15 can totally relate "I think my voice is deeper" (Me, 5 days on T gel)

"And I smell really baaad *crying*" lol #relatable

My dad apparently "doesnt like medicine" so he won't let me go on T, but he uses medicine himself -_-

i'm going into a clinic to talk to a doctor about taking T or getting puberty blockers next week and i'm excited but scared

I honestly thought you said "caterpillar" when you introduced your cat 😂

i just came out to my brother, and he was super supportive . he just wanted me to be sure. m feeling so blessed. in the evening today i was watchin ur video on coming out, that only gave me strength. thanx a lot buddy

I started T around a month ago, I definitely feel that anti-climatic phase where you just have to accept that these things take time to happen. I hate it and I was hoping some things would happen right away. I should just enjoy this for now before the smell starts to get to me lol...

Omg If I was dating a trans FTM as a diabetic I would request that we dance to shots holding syringes in a Vlog video that we title "A day in our lives." XD

I just started watching your videos and I just wanted to say that you're helping more people than you realize! thank you for being you.

I'm only on week 3 right now (going on four on sunday) and oh my god the worst thing so far has been the 'male menopause' that apparently a lot of people have gone through. (Some people might not have if they had estrogen blockers before starting.) Heat flashes are the worst and I'm overall /SO/ hot all the time that it gets unbearable.

I love how he's desperately looking for beard hair having an actual grown beard in his face xD

Jamie! Love your videos :) I don't really know, but I think I'm trans and you help me so much with understanding myself. But I don't know how to tell people about me... Life is complicated... You once made a video about transitioning in college. It was great, but for me it would be interesting to hear how it was the very first time you ever came out.

thank FUCK gel is an option, i cannot do needles

I can't start T, have to wait a couple years. But, I'm very excited.. My best friend bought me a binder, and I'm comfortable enough with that so far. Ily btw 😂💕

I'm starting T on March 20th, only two days after my birthday! I'm so excited, and I have to thank you, Jamie, for being here for me the whole time I've been struggling with dysphoria. I didn't always have a RU-vid channel, but I'm glad I do now so I can support you in any way I can with likes n' such.

"ready....set....no" story of my life.

I love watching your videos,. due to your politeness and your acceptance of the good and bad of T. I pray you and your girlfriend continue on your blissful path of love and happiness 💝💖

I'm almost a year on T now and your video made me laugh out loud and was definitely totally relateable to me especially the hair line and acne they both suck very much so. and I was always told not to moan or be upset about the changes and be grateful I'm on T cuz most guys can't ever be on T and as grateful as I am most days the shots I still dread every other week and even though they've gotten better as it's almost been a year they still very much suck especially on my chest and arms (I've not had top surgery yet) and the best change I'd have to say definitely was the voice dropping and the facial hair even though I've always been hairy pre-T :) thanks for making relateable videos!

T gives me so many problems. UTI's galore, Kidney infections, insomnia, etc. -____- Thankfully the needles don't bother me at all, it's just annoying as shit having to stand there for ageeeees when they give nebido. It's actually encouraged to walk around when you've had a shot, as it helps it disperse through the muscle my nurse said. :D The hair thing though....holy shit I am so scared I'll lose my hair. My hairline is masculine as it is D: D: Best way to check your voice is to record your voice each month. I've been doing this and it's so cool to listen to the changes. This has to be my favorite thing, since I've not had many other changes on it. Bit of facial hair, but now I look like a girl with bad facial hair! XD

Oh my god thank you so much for this! I haven't watched yet but I couldn't wait to comment haha. I'm extremely phobic of needles and don't even know what options I have in my country anyway, but my GP's looking into it for me. I want to be as prepared as possible when I have an answer, regardless of what she finds out. Your sense of humour makes this so brilliant. 💚

Your hair looks AMAZING, bloody hell, you talk about testosterone messing with it but most dudes would be envious of those luscious locks you've got!

3:44 Jamie: drops Testosterone Me: the floor will grow a beard now

Thanks for these really helpful videos. They are very professional and I love the hilarious sketches!

wish I could be on t aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

I take my T subcutaneously and it's not bad. But I could definitely see how it could become routine and bothersome after many years. So far, my favorite change has been the scrubby little goatee that's coming in. :)

im m2f and stumbled on your video, very nice presentation! i always been curious about f2m problems, and a look into what you guys go through. my experiences was i never tried e gels,or pills. my dr put me on the estradiol valerate shots straight away. like you say it was neat to watch changes in beginning, but 12yrs of shots it gets to be a maintenance thing. nice vid cute guy and thanks!

I didn't know there was a gel, glad to know that

I'm closeted still and have to wait until Easter before coming out - if I'm brave enough by then :/ And the worst thing is I'm still doubting myself and telling myself I'm making it up/jumping on the brand wagon so when people inevitably tell me that I might believe them :(

I just wanna say thanks for making these kinds of videos. Im trans(ftm) and i want to start being me in 2019 since I'll be out of school and moved out in that year but i never knew what kind of T to take. I was going to do the pills till i read more info on it and that made me afraid because now i have to stick a needle in me but once i came across some of your videos i found out about a gel kind! I really hope I'll be able to use that one😂💙

I have watched some of your videos. You are so charming and informative. I hope you have found true happiness. It feels like there are so many people dealing with this now, or was it just not known before the internet?

Thanks for this video! I lol'd in the best way when you walked around blowing on your arms, so deliciously real ...and goofy but mostly just real. How else would you get too sticky gel to dry, right? Informative, interesting and entertaining without being too over the top in any one area. Thanks on so many levels.

hi, Jamie! I'm curious to know how come you went from injections to gel, at least where I'm from it's usually the other way around... they start you on gel, then switch to injections later... thanks for your feedback...

I've been on T for almost a month now! I go injection method and it's not so bad if you ice your skin before you inject, it should numb it a bit.

I love the way he acts soo funny really great

Are gels as effective as shots? Ive heard their not but i really cannot do needles

Hey Jammie ! Thank you for documenting your transition so well, it is very useful. I was wondering until what age you could start taking T and if there is an age when it is 'too late' to use it for transition. I have tried finding the information on the internet but I don't think I'm using the right words because google won't come up with anything relevant ^^ thank you

You're so funny! I'm so glad to see you happy, you're a lovely person, I love your vids

I took my first T shot today, and was actually surprised by how LITTLE it hurt. Could barely feel it. Though it does seem like I'm doing a much smaller dose of a much thinner liquid with a much smaller needle than you described, so that's probably part of it. (I mean, for one thing, I'll be doing this every week, rather than every three months.)

Hey if you do the gel version for T do you still have to do the shots? I was just wondering for later experiences.

If it drops on the floor, lie down and roll in it :P. I love Shaaba's laptop!!

How long does facial hair take, on average? What about voice changes? :O I'm keen on the latter, but not on the former, so I'm thinking of taking low-dose T for long enough to lower my voice and then see about tapering off.

I watched this video yesterday, and I thought to myself how lucky I was that my shots have gone really easy. And sure enough, today I was doing the shot and had my first mishap (in five years!). I use two 23g syringes for an IM shot every two weeks, because drawing the T actually dulls the needle, and a fresh one has a cleaner stick. While I was changing the needle on the syringe after drawing, in slipped out of my hands, bounced off my chest and I accidentally stuck myself in the thumb! It went clean through a layer of skin from one side of the joint part of my thumb to the other. I'm glad I have a strong stomach! Also glad it wasn't deep and didn't bleed much. Out of curiosity, are the at-home IM shots an option in the UK? They are quite common in the US.

Ughhhh I'm so excited to start hrt, my first appoitment is on Jan 23 only and I'll still be waiting until probably march 2018 to get my first shot!

I just started T on the 2nd of this month and can you tell me, how long does it take testosterone to stop the periods? please

Random question, do patches take longer to show changes than shots? If so, roughly how much longer?

My first 6 months were on cream and tomorrow marks 1 month since starting (weekly) injections. I absolutely hated the cream. The changes were nearly non-existent and the hassle of putting it on every day drove me insane. Since switching to injections, I feel so much better and have already noticed a handful of changes that were completely lacking in the entire 6 months on the cream. My voice is finally dropping, which was the source of a lot of dysphoria before. The bad is that my face has gotten a lot oiler, but it's worth it. I can't wait for more changes as time goes on. I don't even mind if I have to jab myself in the thigh with a long needle every week to get there.

It wold probably be better to incorporate the gel in your routine, or put and alarm on it at a time you know you can do it. I have health issues and routine and alarms help a lot to keep up to my meds. Some women also take testosterone in smaller doses to improve libido.

this video came just in time for me! i'm considering going on T right now. i really want to but i don't know if the pros outweigh the cons for me

I'm switching to injections in August, I've been on gel for over a year now and I can't apply it properly anymore because of how dry and painful it's made my arms. (I'm on Accutane at the same time and the combo is killing my skin lmao)

Love your vids man! yeah the shots are quite painful but it's all worth it XD

I'm simultaneously trying to do research for my web comic and write my huge essay which is like the determining factor for if I can stay in college my sophomore and junior year lol :D. but anyway I'm (or trying to write) a webcomic and one of my characters is a trans guy who's just starting to transition and this video is helpful considering I don't know much about testosterone, thank

Hey Jamie! (Forgive the profile picture from when I was 10 :p its not seeming to want to change)This isn't that trans-related but I was wondering if you could talk about your experiences with stretching your ears! I noticed that you had them in some of your earlier videos. I'm a pre t ftm and I'm stretching my ears, so I'm curious to know how it affects passing and if you regretted the decision.

I've heard loads about the physical changes it causes, but what about psychological? Like emotions, mood swings, libido etc

Does gel take longer to work? I think I read that somewhere

Does you using gel create issues for Shaaba? For example, does she have to be careful not to touch the areas of skin where you've applied it to avoid her skin absorbing it too? If so, how do you two deal with that? I'm curious about that because I read about that being an issue for couples where the guy was testing a hormonal contraceptive gel/cream for men that is applied to the skin.

I used to have a fear of needles but then I started t over a year ago and now having to inject myself and frequently check my t levels in my blood It doesn’t even phase me anymore. Everyone is different but I personally want to stick with the shot because it’s only once a week in my thigh rather than a sticky patch putting some shit up my nose or every day putting on gel waiting for it to dry.

"I'm going bald, and I smell really baaaaaaad" lmao

I heard that taking testosterone messes with the liver and that if you're on T you can't have alcohol anymore or not that much at all because of the liver being too sensitive from being on T. Is this true? Hope you see this, thanks!

How long do you have to be on T and when do you have operations??????

Bit of a random question but do you take t monthly?

Some people may ask, why hurt yourself just to look or feel different? Well, isnt excersizing/working out the same scenario? Hurting yourself by working out just to grow muscles and see changes

Name of soundtrack please!!!

Getting spots in the MOST RANDOM places - butt, knee, toe, forearm, etc.

SO. RELATABLE. A good thing that happened to me (besides from the obvious like deeper voice and facial hair etc.) I wasn't as scared to open my mouth and talk to strangers, I didn't want to hide as much as I wanted before and overall I feel better about myself. On the more negative note, when I finally started taking t I didn't think about it anymore so my head had more space for other problems. Which was ... not so cool.

Just got a few more doses of shots left, then I'm (hopefully) going to switch to gel- my needle-sticking person is moving and I get physically sick trying to inject myself. Plus, bad batches of (blunt, stingy, burny) needles SUUUUUCK. Anything you'd like to mention about switching to gel that you might not have covered in the video?

When "shots shots everybody" started playing I laughed way too damn much omg 1:19

Jamie how would u know what kind of T is ?

What i hate about it is the hair growing between my buttcheeks!!! This is the worst since i've been on T. Annoying and itchy as f.... Anyone else got that problem?? XD

I absolutely lost it when you put the shots song in 😂😂😂

defiently the acne is bad, haveing a hairy butt is so weird i love it on guys but on me its just weird. finally starting to get face hair and its been 2 and 1/2 years on T. oh and androgel sucks im not scared of needles so weekly injections arnt bad.

Your videos are a life saver man

Going in to talk with my doc on Friday to ask about getting switched from shots to gel- my buddy who helps me with my shots is moving and I'm entirely too phobic of needles to do my own anymore. I don't really care that it costs as much as car insurance- to be in control of it without needing so much help taking my T is worth it.

Please tell me it's so pain full in surgery

There is T gel... Right?

LOL you are just too funny... Love the cat by the way.

Question. Do the T shots HAVE to be injected into the butt? I only ask because I've seen people have it injected into their upper leg before, but that's in America so I'm not sure if it's country specific or if it maybe depends on the type of injectable T you're prescribed.

Not available in Malaysia

the most annoying thing about T is the shots. i have a needle phobia so i never inject myself [wife does it for me]. i have a 25G to inject and its so thin it takes quite some time to actually get all the solution injected into my leg and can get uncomfortable or quite painful. most exciting thing is i guess the changes happening. apparently changes for me happened a bit quicker then most. only a month on T i already had facial hair growing and muscle building. voice dropped within the first month too, which was weird. im 4 months in and even i still dont notice the voice change much but everyone around me says its very very different lol!

As a non-trans guy I had no idea testosterone could be taken exept in the form of steriods. But I'm happy for everyone who is getting to take testosterone and feeling better in their body, and have gained more appreciation for my natural features. I hope everyone is doing well and that they feel better in their own skin ^^ Though I am a bit jealous that most of you are able to grow a beard and I'm not lol

I would never be able to take my own shots

I know the suffering of getting slow action T. My healthcare only gives us one type and it it's primoteston, the liquid is about 5 ml and is SO thick and oily... I had not yet been infected and I was in pain already. Hurts like hell!

I was pretty lucky, got my first beard hairs like two weeks in (like 6 lmao but still!) and all my friends at school were like "you voice is already so deep, how cool!!" like two weeks in. my voice probably wasn't that deep but just having people being as apeshit about my transition as me was really nice.

How long does the pain of the shot last? x)

I think you are such a sweet person Jamie!

Does gel T make your voice drop aswell as shots?