Hi there!
I see that a fair number of this site report that HRT doesn't (to them) seem to have had any tangible and appreciable effects on themselves, most predominantly regarding the physical aspects. I am amazed that even in 2018, many doctors and GPs seem to be as informed about administering HRT regimes as a 1900s pharmacist randomly dolling out morphine or cocaine to calm a mother's unruly toddlers during teething. I understand that YMMV, and human beings are complex machines, but there has to be some sort of medical database(s) which provide information on how certain doses and how those are delivered are most likely to affect the patient. If this sort of data didn't exist, then we wouldn't be able to say whether stuff like headache pills work. But we know Ibruprofen works (for instance) because there has been collected data which points towards an overwhelming conclusion that it reduces headaches effects for most people.
For another example - when I was a child, I had stunted growth due to steroids. I had HGH and testosterone pills given to me to kickstart puberty and although the doctors had no idea what my life would be like twenty years down the line. the doctors still had charts and data which they used to make predictions about my trajectory, and these calculations affected what doses they gave me. On the whole - their informed predictions were exceptionally accurate. They predicted my height would be 5foot 6inches - which is exactly what is. And they predicted that I'd experience growth and masculinization spurts into the entirety of my twenties - which is exactly what's happened. Therefore, I find it disturbing that there doesn't seem to be any, any at all, data to find out what regimes work for which people and why.
So, in the spirit of finding out more, potentially providing insight for others (and as I'm also once again going for gender therapy sessions), to those who don't feel that hormones "did anything", what (without talking dosages of course) were you on - pills, pellets, injections and wre these generally a low dose or a high? Was it with an anti-androgen or not? What is your body-type? Etc.
For instance, I seem to have noticed that skinny MTFs (with low BMIs) seem to report that HRT doesn't seem to provide much in the way of positive physical effects. Is this the case? What other factors are there? Is it just the lack of fat to work with to provide certain effects or are there also other factors at work?
Perhaps if we can find commonality, then this could at least provide precious extra information which might potentially assist with those seeking hormones regimes which are better informed.
