Hello everyone,
This would be my first topic/post, and it is nice to meet all of you. Hopefully, someone can answer my questions regarding HRT.
I am a FAAB non-binary trans* person who is considering HRT, and I have scheduled my first medical appointment for June (informed consent clinic). I will likely take a low dose of T for an undetermined amount of time to achieve some masculinization as to make my overall appearance more neutral. I have been going back and forth on this for four years, and am excited to be moving forward.
My one issue is that the changes I most want -- redistribution of body fat and muscle growth -- are also the ones that will reverse as soon as I stop T. Or, rather, they will reverse as long as my ovaries are still functioning and producing estrogen and progesterone. This is where my question comes in.
Surgery is not an option at the moment; however, I know that there are ways to hormonally deactivate one's ovaries,
as is often done for breast cancer and endometriosis patients. To begin, has anyone heard of a physician willing to use these medications for trans* patients?
If I can hormonally deactivate my ovaries, then, even if I go off T, the redistribution of body fat and muscle growth should not reverse as long they remain deactivated. The problem is that this would leave me with a very low level of
any hormone and that has considerable health implications I am unwilling to risk at my age (college student). My next question, then, is: would it be possible to take a low enough level of hormones -- either T, estrogen, or some combination -- at that point where further changes would not occur, but will maintain enough of a level to prevent me from entering a menopause-like state? And, if this is possible, has anyone ever heard of a doctor willing to do this for trans* patients?
Thank you.
Star
