Okay, so I can't say I wasn't warned. I've heard several others tell me that one of the side effects of taking estrogen, is that you go through puberty all over again, but this time you get the mood swings that teenage girls get.
"That won't happen to me!" I thought. I mean really, I'm super calm and collective, and rarely ever blow up on anybody. Well all that has changed. Big Time. Here are some of the mood/hormone changes I've noticed.
First I'm more emotional. Seriously, after watching a movie that may be a bit touching, I have more tears in my eyes then I ever did as a guy. I tend to cry a little bit more, even when reading a book or something similar. For instance, I was watching a tv show that was archived on youtube that was about the first human to survive rabies, and half way through, when they talked about almost loosing her, the Dr. was crying, and I broke out just as bad. I mean here I am in bed with my laptop on, bawling my eyes out, in the middle of the night. Crazy.
But it was yesterday, when I realized that the hormones really were getting to me. I have a teenage sister that was throwing a party yesterday. I was in charge of making the beverages. She was already stressed about the party, and I was stressed about getting my room clean. She started yelling at me, and I came undone on her. We had a cat fight right there in the kitchen. I mean it was different than any brother/sister fight that I normally used to have with her. It was definitely a sister/sister cat fight.
Wow, I couldn't believe it, because after everything was said and done, I was crying on my bed, instead of my normal shrugging it off. Very weird.
So my advise to anyone else just starting. Be ready, the first few weeks are a doozy.
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