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usually I hear that the result of taking Estrogen in drastic mood swings ,like a roller coaster ride.As I remember it I had nothing of the sort'I wonder if it was because I had excessive Estrogen from birth(if I did) when I went through Puberty I developed the usual secondary charistics all right, face and body haiy, deeper voice, unfortunately. But my bodt STRUCTURE was more female, my hips broadened, my butt got bigger, narrow shoulders, and like girls little upper body strength.Also scoliosis. all this was disasterous when I had to go through Army basic training.Thank God I was in the reserves.I would have been hopeless as a combat soldier Despite thousands of pushups I could develop no strendth to speak of in my arms and sholders,I couldn't do more than 4 or 5 of thr overhead bars.I just couldn't hold on. Sciliosis made it impossible to low crawl properly.I only "passed" the PT test because the drill sergeant persuaded the scorer to falsify the scores. They could see how desperately I was trying. And they didn't want me to repeat basic anymore than I did. A doctor who examined me in the 1990''s long after this was the first to even notice I had scoliosis. He could hardly believe that no one had noticed it before

Not everybody has mood swings with estrogen. Emotionally I have no difference between estrogen and no estrogen. A comparison is CIS women where some are affected by their periods but many are not. As for upper body strength, I have never been able to chin myself but as far as I know my estrogen levels were low as a male. I had no breast development and as low as my voice went, I had to have had a reasonable amount of testosterone in my system.

I've been posting on a separate thread my HRT experiences physical and mental. I wouldn't personally say I've had mood swings.  I would say the thick wet blanket of T that lay over the top of my emotions is now a thin sheet. They are far more accessible if I want,  and can make their presence known more easily,  to the point I can't always stop them.

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   I think I can say I am now a lot more emotional on hrt. I was sort of emotional before w/o hrt but not that I am on a full dose it has affected me  a lot. I have cried a river recently.

If you consider "happiness" as an emotion then I too am experiencing emotions closer to the surface.

I must admit on occasion I have to go to a private location and cry my eyes out. But it's usually caused by some random thought.  30 minutes later, I'm back to happy.

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I never get mood swings either. My mood is very stable.

Quote from: Megan. on October 23, 2017, 12:12:00 AM
I've been posting on a separate thread my HRT experiences physical and mental. I wouldn't personally say I've had mood swings.  I would say the thick wet blanket of T that lay over the top of my emotions is now a thin sheet. They are far more accessible if I want,  and can make their presence known more easily,  to the point I can't always stop them.

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I don't think I'm more emotional than before.  I was pretty much able to stomp down anything I didn't want to show before the HRT.  Harder to do that now and I don't necessarily want to either.

Never found a decent way to describe it; I think your blanket description pretty much covers it Megan. [emoji854]

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