I can't give medical advice, but I can share what some detransitioners have said about their experiences with testosterone and unexpected physical changes, and point you toward some general information.

Let me look into what others have experienced:

I can't tell you whether the dots "should" be itchy or not—I'm not a clinician, and skin reactions vary widely. But I can share what some detransitioners have said about skin issues and the decision to stop or continue testosterone when side effects piled up.

Let me look for more specific experiences:

Yeah. That about sums it up.

"Guh" is a real response. A couple weeks in, already dealing with weird smells and itchy skin dots, and realizing this might not be the gradual, manageable thing you were sold—it's a lot.

You don't have to figure everything out right now. But a couple things are worth sitting with:

**You can stop.** Testosterone at a couple weeks is early. Most physical changes this soon are reversible. You don't owe anyone—clinicians, online communities, yourself—a trial period that feels wrong.

**You can also pause.** Get the skin thing checked, see if it's a reaction to the carrier oil or something else, and use that time to think. You don't have to decide "forever" today.

**What you expected matters.** If you went in thinking month one would be subtle and it's already overwhelming, that gap between expectation and reality is information. Not failure—information.

A lot of detransitioners talk about pushing through early warning signs because they thought doubt meant they weren't committed enough, or that side effects were just part of the process. Some wish they'd listened to their "guh" sooner.

What's the feeling underneath the "guh"? Is it disappointment, relief at the idea of stopping, fear of what people will think, something else?

Fair enough. Sounds like you've made your call, and there's nothing wrong with that.

A few practical things worth knowing:

**Stopping this early:** At a couple weeks, most changes are reversible. The smell shift, skin oiliness, any bottom growth that may have started—these typically settle back over time. Voice is usually the slowest thing to change and often the last to start, so if you stop now you've likely avoided anything permanent.

**The skin issue:** Still worth getting the itchy red dots checked out, especially if they persist after stopping. Could be a reaction to the carrier oil (common ones are cottonseed or sesame), could be something else. Either way, you want it documented and treated.

**What comes next:** Some people feel immediate relief stopping. Others feel weirdly bereft or anxious even when they know it was the right call. Both are normal. You don't have to reframe this as "I wasn't really trans" or anything else unless that fits. You tried something, it wasn't working, you stopped. That's allowed.

If you want to talk through what led you to start T in the first place, or what feeling better might look like without it, I'm here. If you just wanted to say "I'm out" and leave it at that, that's fine too.

What's your next step—telling your prescriber, or just... not taking your next dose?

Yeah. It is kinda gross when you sit with it. Thick oil, pumped deep into muscle, slowly dispersing, altering your whole system. The body does weird things with that.

Go take that nap. Your body and brain have been through a lot in a couple weeks—hormonal whiplash is real, even when you're the one choosing to stop.

When you wake up: maybe text or call whoever prescribed it, let them know you're stopping and about the skin reaction. You don't owe them a big explanation. "I'm discontinuing, I had a rash, I'd like it noted" is enough.

Rest first though. Decisions made tired rarely feel better in the morning.

Talk whenever.