Has HRT helped you

[Harley Quinn]

Hormone Therapy has helped quite a bit in my life... It's the outside stressors that try to give me the big smackdown!

[Jayne01]

HRT has done nothing for me. Started on a low dose of E and now I am on quite a high dose. No mental effects at all and no physical effects that I have noticed. My therapist does say my face looks a little softer, but I can't see that.

[Kendra]

With me the answer has been Yes.  I started estrogen just 10 days ago and this has exceeded my expectations.  This is why people say your mileage may vary. 

Too early for any physical change but I've had 3 people tell me my face is different.  2 of the 3 were unprompted, people who know me well.  What I can't hide (and don't want to hide) is my facial expression - I've noticed this in the mirror when I am not thinking about it.  The mental changes were obvious within a day and have remained that way so far.  https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,226341.0.html

All of my senses have been amplified.  My eyesight is the same of course, but my perception - what I see - is different. 

[JoanneB]

I'm alive today thanks to HRT
I'm happy living in my own skin thanks to HRT

It's a double edged sword for me. For the most part is has been an immense help while immensely complicating a life that was stuck in a swirling vortex gasping for air

[Sydney_NYC]

HRT was life saving and life changing for me, all for the better.

[grrl1nside]

Yes, I noticed changes. I knew starting around day 3 when I felt like I had cotton balls in my head and I didn't have any of the same intensity in thoughts. My levels of anger and irritation generally reduced consistently. After a few weeks of fuzzy brain, I felt more like my usual self but less dysphoria and more relaxed. Thankfully this has continued. I always hope for more physical changes, I just hope it doesn't stop. I am on a low dose so far and it has been better than anticipated.