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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: Annaiyah on October 26, 2014, 01:18:00 AM

Title: I am worried sick because I have to be off hrt for a week
Post by: Annaiyah on October 26, 2014, 01:18:00 AM
I am worried sick because I have to be off hrt possibly for the rest of October! Maybe not that long but i am expecting some money on Monday.

My friend borrowed money from me back in early September and she told me she'll pay it back on Monday. If she does, i can go and refill my hormones. I've been on hormones for a little over 6 months.

I still have the ball under both my breasts and i hope they and the little bit of breast I have don't shrink until i can go back on hormones. Will that happen if I'm off hormones for about a week?

Also there has been the problem of too much testosterone in my body, so I've been taking spironolactone. Will my testosterone go back up if I'm off my blockers for a week?

I want to go at least another month without having an orgasm, and i want my male organs to shrink!
Title: Re: I am worried sick because I have to be off hrt for a week
Post by: Newgirl Dani on October 26, 2014, 02:09:18 AM
Maybe I should not be the one to answer this because I have two months less hrt time than you, but here is just a quick opinion based only on what I've heard and read.  It does not seem possible (at least to my mind anyway) to lose any of what it took 6 months to gain in only one week.  A bit of mood change, but not physical loss.  Nothing that cannot be righted in short order once back on.
As to the last items, not sure what thats about.  Hope that helped.  Dani
Title: Re: I am worried sick because I have to be off hrt for a week
Post by: Jenna Marie on October 26, 2014, 09:59:55 AM
It  shouldn't do you any harm. I had to quit HRT for 3 weeks for GRS, and nothing significant changed; in my personal experience, by week 2 T rebounded (I got that male smell back and That Thing reinflated to its original dimensions) but there wasn't time for it to do harm in terms of permanent changes. Breasts, skin, fat distribution, and facial changes remained the same.
Title: Re: I am worried sick because I have to be off hrt for a week
Post by: Annaiyah on October 26, 2014, 02:08:56 PM
Thank goodness