Effects of Taking Testosterone?

I’m a cisgender teenage girl, and I’ve recently been reading into the benefits of taking testosterone. It can give me a deeper voice (which I’ve wanted forever), a higher sex drive, and a few more benefits I see as good. The thing is, if I take testosterone, I will want to not go on hormone blockers. Will it still make me too masculine for my gender identity? Does anyone have experience of taking testosterone and not hormone blockers? I know that cisgendered people who take the hormones for their opposite sex have been said to begin to feel depressed and have gender dysmorphia. I just want a natural deeper voice, if I’m being completely honest.

Edit : Thank you all for your responses, it’s reallt helpful. I think I’m going to try to deepen my voice by practice. Testosterone has too many add-ons for someone like me who just wants to change a little aspect of my person. And sorry, I wrote body dysmophia instead of body dysphoria. Thanks for correcting me! Your responses were all appreciated.

Posted Oct 28, 2017, 9:40 AM UTC · edited

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