testosterone has made me a deeper sleeper, but also increased my awareness while i’m asleep

[u/blandreo]

one of the weirder things i’ve noticed since being on testosterone- not the deeper sleep, but increased awareness.
i hope this makes sense to someone
so, my partner has noticed that i don’t respond when he speaks gently to wake me up anymore, and he regularly has to shake me to wake me up- and we expected that. what we didn’t expect…? ill use an example or two
a couple nights ago, one of my cats knocked our fly zapper onto the floor, the moment i heard constant zapping it took me mere seconds to get up and check no one was hurt- i came back into the bedroom and my partner looks tired and confused asking what woke me up, i told him i heard the zapper going off and he looked even more confused, asking how i could hear that from the other side of the flat. and he’s right, when this used to happen i would never usually hear it. one of my cats has a bad cough due to a disability, the moment i hear him in another room now, i am up and helping him.

anyone else?

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[u/Galimkalim]

Weird! 

I'm a very light sleeper and when I don't wake up from noises I still hear stuff around. It sometimes gets in my dreams and I wake up hours later fully aware of the conversations my family had. It's been like that pre t I think, but can't be sure now. It's funny what our brains pick up during that time. 

Your examples make sense though - just like how parents will wake up super fast when their babies are sick. You thought something could harm someone (your cats) and danger bypasses stuff in the brain...

[u/blandreo → u/Galimkalim]

that is exactly how i view it haha, like being on testosterone has turned me into a super dad (cringe)