Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: Moyshe313 on August 28, 2016, 02:08:34 PM Return to Full Version
Title: 5 days in.. this feels weird
Post by: Moyshe313 on August 28, 2016, 02:08:34 PM
Post by: Moyshe313 on August 28, 2016, 02:08:34 PM
5 days in and I just feel strange. Not in a bad way. Feel almost high. I feel relaxed and happy. Might be a placebo effect. I can say my dose of Spiro is much higher than what I've read others starting with, maybe that's it. I can say all the BS that has gone along with getting my prescription has been worth it
Title: Re: 5 days in.. this feels weird
Post by: Michelle_P on August 28, 2016, 04:07:10 PM
Post by: Michelle_P on August 28, 2016, 04:07:10 PM
Could be. I started feeling something similar about 11 days in. It seems to slowly become the new normal as we get used to living in the light. I got a similar, more gentle lift when I started a low dose of estradiol via patch. I still wonder if this is how most most people always feel, rather than the decades of darkness I lived in as my "normal."
Title: Re: 5 days in.. this feels weird
Post by: LizK on August 28, 2016, 04:21:20 PM
Post by: LizK on August 28, 2016, 04:21:20 PM
Don't knock the Placebo effect :) ;) What ever will works for ya I say!! :o...I was a Psychiatric nurse for many years and using placebo's was done all the time. The mind is an amazing organ and I have seen placebo's work as well as the real deal in some cases. After 5 days I was feeling the effects, didn't realise then but that was the start of the "quietening" of the noise in my head. It just seemed to take a break or I noticed it less...not sure which. If you are getting positive effects then I would suggest that is a great thing no matter what causes them, the placebo effect or the active medication. It doesn't matter as long as the effect is positive.
Hugs
Liz
Hugs
Liz
Title: Re: 5 days in.. this feels weird
Post by: kaitylynn on August 28, 2016, 08:00:37 PM
Post by: kaitylynn on August 28, 2016, 08:00:37 PM
It is certainly possible to feel effects after a few days. Within several days of starting again, i could feel the calm come over me. It was noticed by my family as well. Do not really care if it was 'in my head' or a real effect, it felt good! Roll with it, enjoy it, take note of everything and all feelings...we only go through this once!
Title: Re: 5 days in.. this feels weird
Post by: Solstice on August 28, 2016, 09:32:54 PM
Post by: Solstice on August 28, 2016, 09:32:54 PM
What you're feeling is very common and it very commonly persists, in varying degrees, in perpetuity. Have fun!
Title: Re: 5 days in.. this feels weird
Post by: DawnOday on August 28, 2016, 09:55:14 PM
Post by: DawnOday on August 28, 2016, 09:55:14 PM
Quote from: Moyshe313 on August 28, 2016, 02:08:34 PM
5 days in and I just feel strange. Not in a bad way. Feel almost high. I feel relaxed and happy. Might be a placebo effect. I can say my dose of Spiro is much higher than what I've read others starting with, maybe that's it. I can say all the BS that has gone along with getting my prescription has been worth it
you read my mind word for word..Took first pill 13 days ago. I haven't been this clear headed for as long can remember. The wife likes it because I don't mind doing chores. Strange indeed.