Surprising Effects of Testosterone

T affected my allergies, eye size, perception of time, and more.

Aerial geologic photo by USGS, courtesy of Unsplash.

I’m a nonbinary transgender person, and I’ve taken testosterone intermittently for years. In my case, I applied a half-packet of Androgel to my body every day, sometimes every-other day. At times, I took T consistently for months; other times I took weeks or months off of it entirely.