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Yeah so anyway, had my first appointment with the endocrinologist today, and she prescribed Estradiol and Spiro, and just now I took my first ever dose!!

It has begun!! :D

Congratulations on starting HRT but I think it really started way back when we got you to come out to your parents. I still remember the battle but it's worth it.

Enjoy the HRT ride! I did!

Quote from: Dena on May 10, 2017, 07:13:24 PM
Congratulations on starting HRT but I think it really started way back when we got you to come out to your parents. I still remember the battle but it's worth it.

I more consider it now because with how much difficulty it took me to find a therapist and an endocrinologist it was seeming like I'd never get anywhere. lol

 Congratulations Reyes. Welcome to the club and all aboard the HRT fun ride!

Hugs,
   Laurie.

Congratulations. Have a seat and get ready for a wild ride with the rest of us.


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I remember my first injection as if it was only yesterday. Congrats!

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Quote from: Reyes on May 10, 2017, 06:58:03 PM
Yeah so anyway, had my first appointment with the endocrinologist today, and she prescribed Estradiol and Spiro, and just now I took my first ever dose!!

It has begun!! :D

Curious how you're feeling after a few days, although by most accounts it takes a few weeks to really kick in.

Better to delete the dosages and ask for a PM, it's against the rules to post dosages.

I don't know myself, still a couple weeks away. Kind of hoping for an initially low dose, I've read some theories that starting with a low dose may help feminization in the long term, but it's based on speculation not empirical evidence. Since estrogen ramps up slowly in women during their puberty they hypothesize it's better. Although the same sources say that progesterone should never be used, and I don't agree with that...

Y'know it's funny, I'm a person who has never liked change. So everyday since I started taking the hormones I've been both excited and happy as anything that I've finally started cause I waited so long and now I got them! And scared to hell at the change at the same time. lol

Quote from: Reyes on May 13, 2017, 11:38:10 AM
Y'know it's funny, I'm a person who has never liked change. So everyday since I started taking the hormones I've been both excited and happy as anything that I've finally started cause I waited so long and now I got them! And scared to hell at the change at the same time. lol

Oh, That is normal. Soon you'll get over it and be happy as heck. Just wait till the boobies start making themselves known. You won't want to stop rubbing them with a big smile on your face.

Hugs,
   Laurie

Congratulation! Enjoy the ride! I'm 5 weeks into spiro, and i get my E in the middle of June (if my bloodtests still OK).

Congratulations on this milestone.  Love your ticker!!

Erin

I don't know if this is actually from the hormones, or the fact that I'm finally taking them, but I've heard some people can tell whether or not hormones are right for them within a few days, and personally I've been feeling a whole lot better the past few days. What my other meds didn't beat down of my depression is basically gone now, and I haven't been taking my anxiety meds and have only had one attack in the past few days when I used to have multiple a day.

Welcome to the wonderful world of estrogen. Yes that is what many say they notice first.

Enjoy it and enjoy the ride you've a long ways to go yet.

Hugs,
   Laurie

Many folks report many different things, though a general feeling of well-being seems to be pretty common.  I didn't really feel that... I got more tearful and ironically .. more problems with sexual libido.  (Too much, not too little).  I suspect we all respond slightly different.  This was a bazillion years ago though.. now It just keeps me from having bad headaches for the most part.

Congratulations on the next step in your life journey.  It was only about six month ago for me when I took my first dose and I remember other members telling me to sit back and enjoy the ride...and how it seemed like such a silly thing to say.   Well, they were right...I'm finally living, feeling, changing, being....and I'm actually enjoying the ride!

I had the same happening. Depression was gone and I started feeling happy for the first time in years. Big smiles all day long...

Only catch was since I started all three the same day, it took a bit to get used to Spiro (well 6 weeks of feeling very tired and another 6 after the dosage was increased). Now I am a good four month in and for most parts the positive effects are still there. No more T-fog in my brain, more focused, happier. A lot of people started noticing the mental change before anything else...

Congrats and enjoy all the goodness!

Quote from: Reyes on May 15, 2017, 01:17:39 AM
I don't know if this is actually from the hormones, or the fact that I'm finally taking them, but I've heard some people can tell whether or not hormones are right for them within a few days, and personally I've been feeling a whole lot better the past few days. What my other meds didn't beat down of my depression is basically gone now, and I haven't been taking my anxiety meds and have only had one attack in the past few days when I used to have multiple a day.

Weird but today I felt as bad as I used to feel everyday before starting. Dunno why. Guess it's still to early in to be all smiles.

It's pretty common to start us on a partial dosage to make sure we tolerate the medication. After the second blood test, HRT will be bumped to more effective levels.

This may seem like a stupid question, but I take both the Spiro and Estradiol together two times a day. Would it be better if I took them separately? Like several hours in between or something?

Because the drugs are for different things, it's not important when you take time as long as the spacing between dosages is near equal. As they don't conflict or work together, it's much easer to take both at the same time rather than keep track of 4 dosages over a day.

I'm not sure if I'm just imagining things or what, but I think my nipples are starting to get slightly sensitive. :3

Quote from: Reyes on May 17, 2017, 04:31:19 PM
I'm not sure if I'm just imagining things or what, but I think my nipples are starting to get slightly sensitive. :3

Hi Reyes,

  After only a week I suppose it is possibly but it's likely wishful thinking at this point. When they are for sure you'll know it. Just a little pressure on them will be enough to let you know there is something going on in there. Here at 5.5 months mine are still tender. Most of the time I don't notice it unless I press on them (you'll find yourself doing it a lot). But sometimes I don't need to do anything but roll over onto my side after lying on my back for awhile. This happens most mornings and just that shifting of position can bring a sharp pain in them. Once I'm up and around everything is fine again.
  Doesn't that sound like fun?

  Hugs,
   Laurie

Quick question, will my hair ever start to grow out differently? I've seen pictures of people who grow hair where previously was a bald spot, so just wondering, cause currently it kinda grows out all curly and poofed out like a lions mane practically and I hate it and can never seem to get it to do anything else.