Do we have pms?

[tori319]

Do we and if so how is that possible?

[Janet_Girl]

If you ask my neighbor she would say "Hell Yes".  I cycle my HRT so yeah I guess I can.

[tekla]

Sure, why not.  As Ice-T said: So ladies, We ain't just talkin' bout you / Cause a lot of these pigs / Is bitches too.

[Asfsd4214]

Sometimes I feel a bit like I do, but it could just be that I'm emotionally unstable, I'm leaning more towards the latter explanation.

[Cindy]

Yes with a capital B***h.  Feeling OK today but the last 4 days I have been SO bitchy it frightened me.  30 days since the last time I decided that I really needed to skin someone alive. Culminated last night with  giant cry session. Without doing the experiment of coming off HRT, I cannot begin to prove that I am hormonally driven. But so what.  Life is what we live.


Cindy

[Crimbuki]

I don't.


Do you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premenstrual_syndrome

[pebbles]

Yes well kinda PMS is two things
1: Low Estrogen Levels
2: Uterine contractions

Obvs I can't have uterine contractions however as I take Injectibles I do get one or two days of low E prior to my shot. Thus some of the mental effects are emulated likewise I get pregnancy symptoms shortly after my shot.

I don't get bitchy never I'm not so public with emotional problems, However in private I do cry alot and have bad self-esteem during those two days.

Pregnancy symptoms are happy contented feelings, nausea, headaches, and sneezing fits.

[AweSAM!]

Yes indeed. I know when it happens, and I do my best not to act like a total b*tch. I cycle progesterone. I remember when I first started getting the emotional symptoms of PMS, and I was still presenting as male. Oh, fun times. After that, I became much more in control of my outward displays of emotion during my PMS days.

[Debra]

yep! Esp if you use (or cycle) progesterone =) I take P everyday (no cycling yet) but I definitely feel irritable once in a great while and it wont be for any good reason.

[tori319]

So you take Progesterone,spiro and e?

[Janet_Girl]

I do yes.  Progesterone, cycling.  10 days a month.

[TheAetherealMeadow]

Everybody experiences PMS, including pre HRT trans females and even cis males. Male-bodied people have monthly fluctuations in estrogen just like female-bodied people.

[cynthialee]

short answer is yes

I was sure it was all in my head but then I noticed I also retain water and bloat on top of the emotional bagage.

Pretty much everything except for blood.

I am not so sure it has to do with cycleing P as I do not do that anymore but I still go through PMS.

COnsider: the ouside is not the only part that feminizes. Our entire body reacts, including our endocrine system. Chances are our endocrine systems are feminized somewhat and as a result the system starts to act as such.

[Debra]

So you take Progesterone,spiro and e?

Yes

[Rock_chick]

Pregnancy symptoms are happy contented feelings, nausea, headaches, and sneezing fits.

Ah, so that's why I've been sneezing so much the past couple of days. 

[Crimbuki]

Everybody experiences PMS, including pre HRT trans females and even cis males. Male-bodied people have monthly fluctuations in estrogen just like female-bodied people.

I would not say everybody.

My mood swings are annual.

Do I have fluctuations in hormones, sure, but that doesn't have to translate my Dr. Jekyll into a Mr./Ms. Hyde situation every month. Hell, I don't even get headaches, cramps, or bloating, or even just irritable very often.

In any case I would not extrapolate PMS symptoms to mean I was any more or less of a woman.

[YellowDaisy]

i'm taking estrogen twice each day, so i don't know about that, but it seems to happen to genetic females because their hormone levels change throughout the month.

[themadwomyn]

Oh yes! I also get the cramps as well, they royally suck! I'm generally a B*TCH anyway that isn't afraid to speak her mind, but some days its WAY worse.

[YellowDaisy]

i'm not even on progesterone. what is that for anyway?

[Cindy]

Among others helps lay down boob development.

Cindy