Why I Need To Up My Testosterone (After Two Years On Low Dose)

[@evelinamoon4864]

I appreciate the tenderness with which you speak about a topic that can be very intense and painful for some. It is very soothing. I sometimes get lost in anxiety about my whole gender, but it’s nice to hear your perspectives! Reminds me there is a better way to approach my own self within. Cheers from Texas! 💛🌻🌞

[@Doglover-gh9ut]

It’s so interesting to hear your experience on low dose t. I’m really interested in researching trans masculine people and how t affects our bodies. I hate how we usually have to rely on limited studies and anecdotal evidence to figure out what could happen to our bodies. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@gfyfe2363]

I really appreciate your videos about low-dose. It's super helpful. You're looking and sounding great in both segments of this video! I definitely noticed the voice deepening in the second section. (And your voice is so soothing!)

[@rainbowfriend2320]

Thank you so much! That’s so nice ☺️

[@yb_broski]

In the pink shirt you look way more masculine in your face. You also have a deeper voice yes. Look great man!

[@natsnow779]

I wanted to say thank you so much for sharing your experience with low dose, especially with your specific concerns. I've been agonizing over going on T for a long time and a lot of the reasons have to do with my singing voice, so it's really so so reassuring to hear someone else's experience when dealing with that same concern. So glad that it's working out for you!!

[@kanesainsbury7230]

Yaaaay! I was re-watching your low-dose videos in the last few weeks in anticipation of my referral coming through so this was just grand to wake up to! Not that it matters but I also noticed the changes - firstly in face definition and 2ndly of course voice deepness. Hope you're well :) x

[@rainbowfriend2320]

Thank youuuu ❤️ congrats on your referral that’s so exciting :)

[@KarolaTea]

Testosterone isn't birth control!!! Please make sure to use birth control if you need it! Some types of birth control can also reduce/stop periods, without having 'feminising' side effects. Thank you for sharing your experience! Great to hear it worked well for you :) And yes, hooray for body confidence! ^_^

[@JessMcAvoyVideos]

Thank you for giving yourself so much compassion for yourself over flexing your powerful body. Leading by example is the most powerful way to teach. I appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[@JudeAndolin]

I really appreciate your videos! They were some of the first I watched when I was thinking of going on T myself. Also you just seem like such a friendly and genuine person. ☺️

[@chelseab.2949]

Jack, Thanks so much for sharing you videos! scowering the internet for days on low dose video topics. and I really appreciate you!

[@ptakmusic]

Again super helpful thank you ❤

[@aspidoscelis]

At 11:35 - Sometimes making the mistake and then correcting it is so much better than not making the mistake at all. I appreciate being able to watch you resolve this.

[@aspidoscelis]

(FWIW, I’m amab, but would have the same initial reaction to flexing on my part, for the same reason.)

[@TravisKei]

Hey Jack! Your content is always so informative and appreciated we love it and definitely get super happy seeing you happy with all your progress and comfortability :)) I started low dose t super excited but scared I would lose my singing voice as well, and it was all fine and good for a while but changed dramatically when the dysphoria kicked in and I upped from low dose to starting dose. It was cool at first because I could reach a lower register that I never could before but now I’ve lost the ability to even touch higher notes and it really sucks :0 I sound like a broken flute now; my voice cracks so much, esp. when I sing xD Is there anything you’d do in the beginning or even now to maintain your falsetto when your voice started to change slightly? Sorry for the wall of text. Hope you’re doing well!

[@whithill7353]

Thanks for being so open to sharing your journey with low-dose. I, too, am on low-dose T but I use sub-q injections instead of the gel or cream. I just wanted to ask you if you have grown any facial hair. I've thought about increasing my dose just a little (still would be considered low) but the thing that stops me is I really don't want to grow facial hair. So what has your experience with that been like?

[@muzclnotes]

Hi there! Thank you for your videos and sharing such personal information. I can definitely hear the change in your voice! And I'm glad it's working better for you. My voice still cracks too much for me to sing like I used to... It's been just over a year for me. I hope it settles soon. So, I'm non-binary and am actually on the exact same gel now! I started with shots, but then quickly went to gel. I had something else for a couple months then went to the kind you showed. Same percentage and everything. I started that one with 2 packets a day, then decreased to 1 a day, and now I'm every other day. I need to get my T levels checked, but I was wondering if you've had any issues with your HCT or hematocrit levels. I have to keep decreasing my gel dose because they're concerned about that being too high. Apparently I'm a "super-responder".... To quote the Dr. Lol... Thanks again and have a great night!

[@rainbowfriend2320]

Thanks for all the kind words :D A year in was when my most vocal cracks showed up but thankfully mine weren’t consistently bad, just bad in my falsetto. I hope, and also think, that yours will get better soon! For hemocrit mine was high but just slightly! This may seem like obvious information but drinking more water can really change that. I brought mine down into the normal range pretty fast by committing to an extra bottle of water a day, but yours might be a lot higher so I’m not sure if that applies to ya

[@myrkflinn4331]

Didn't get mine checked either for months... Oops... I hate needles. Today had my t shot and wa sin severe pain. My body twitched uncontrollably too to avoid the shot somehow and I got upset andy nurse a bit concerned . I am a year Ron t and take a needle every two weeks and the fear is still there so that proves I tried and really need anotjer but affordable way to stay on T and be safe and not be in pain. My ass gets the injections and it's (trigger warning) swollen and slightly tissue damage from all the needles.... So yeah, I have good reasons yet my blood levels need checking and I'm terrified to get hurt again. I have had messy nurses hurt my arm and having to draw multiple times.

[@FirstNameLastName-cu9uw]

How is everything doing for you now?

[@xcuttsx93]

did your chest change at all before surgery when you started t

[@AUnicorn666]

Off subject but do you have social media? Id love to follow you if you do ^-^

[@zSwagsterz]

Your voice is definetly deeper, but isn't done. You're 19, so expect it to keep changing well into your 30s like every other man

[@zSwagsterz]

The age of my voice was 16 for two years on a normal dose. If you look back at your few videos, it's way more male sounding now. You sound about 17.

[@more2life723]

Most people from all walks of life and perspectives know this is silly. What will the loads of people who have fallen for this do when it ends? Who will pay? Will it be big organizations? For people who think these decisions are based on sound science, please look into it deeper.

[@rainbowfriend2320]

hi there; honestly, if people think this is silly i couldn't care less. i'm almost ten years in, each year gets better, and i assure you the person who would have paid the most for not transitioning would have been me. i knew this when i was a child, 12 years later followed that insight, and now over 20 years after first declaring my boyhood i'm so filled with joy. but if i really have fallen for something and this comes to an end i'll lyk