I got goosebumps

Hi! I was on Sertraline for several years. I started at 25mg a day and slowly ramped up to 125. It was way before I transitioned so I can't speak to any changes I felt due to HRT. I feel like it helped me round out the peaks and valleys of my anxiety and depression so that I could at least function and try to institute some positive coping strategies without cratering into a puddle of depressive goo. I had several weeks of onset where it just felt like I was literally floating and extremely disassociated. This subsided as time went on but would come back if I ever missed a dose.

Libido wise, it didn't really effect my desire too much. It helps that my wife was a smoke show (still is but used to be too), but I understand what you mean when you say the sensation has dropped. I sometimes wouldn't be able to orgasm for hours. Overall, I think you definitely need to wait for it to normalize in your system before you can really notice the effects of the sertraline specifically. I haven't been on it for a long time but I think like some of what you're experiencing could also be due to HRT. In my experience, that initial onset was so wacky that it's hard to pin anything down as being specifically caused by the medicine. Hope this helps :)

Last words from me: staying alive is more important than having a sex drive.

I would like to emphasize this as well.

That is really poetic, thank you so much for sharing. I'm glad that it is something positive that you've latched onto and hopefully you had a great time at the picnic!

Love those stockings!!! :)

Edit: Also, may I ask the significance of the 4 of diamonds?

BRB changing my name to Aardvark.

Been having a bit more of a difficult time compared to normal. This hormone cycle has been a doozy filled with a ton of mood swings and ebbs and flows of self confidence. I'm not sure if progesterone has screwed up my period or not, but its been weird since I added it last month. I've also been feeling incredibly isolated because I don't have any close trans friends IRL to commiserate with and my I feel like I'm playing catchup with my cis friends and don't really fit in. My only other trans friend is awful at holding a convo but we don't really have much in common anyway. But I have a consultation for g.a.s and another electrolysis session this week so hopefully that'll help me deal with the louder dysphorias and not feel stuck.

Oh, and I have developed a weird sense of grief for not having had a toxic past of dating bad influences in my 20's. Thanks, Renée Rapp lol

If you're into hot sauces, my favorite is the Yellow Bird brand Ghost pepper sauce. I'm literally addicted to it.

Awww, that's soo sweet! I need to get better at getting gifts for people.

Make sure to update us on your haul on tuesday!! :)

Hope you had a good time!

Great! Did you get anything good?

I started out with my safe ones as well. I'm really priveledged that I already had such amazing supportive friends and most of my family. Julia, I hope that you're able to find better IRL friends or that your existing friends come around.

Absolute mood. I consider myself unapologetically trans. Its hard to exemplify that a lot of times but it feels so good when I can.

When I get bottom surgery and am healed, provided everything goes well, my wife isn't going to know what hit her.

Fucking same lmao

Hi! Nice to meet you too :) I saw your post about your nails. They looked really good! My wife and I have been using a gel kit to paint our nails but I recently came across a rumor that diy gel kits can lead to the development of a severe allergic reaction. So we may have to stop using gel which sucks because it's pretty durable and lasts several weeks :(

Nice to meet you, Julia :) I hope you like it here as much as I have!

Hello!!! 💜

Thank you so much, Nissa! I'm happy to be here and more active in the community :)

I read through your introduction post from a few months ago and just wanted to say that a lot of similar events have happened to me as I grew up. I also can remember several episodes of euphoria and confusing crushes and "cross dressing" for halloween as a joke. I love the sense of self validity you seem to have and I'm glad that you've found what brings you joy! 💜

Still not sure where I took the guts for that from tbh.

I get that. Some of my friends have told me how brave I am and I'm just like "I don't really feel brave, I just got fed up". Thank you for sharing :)