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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: queesamor14 on November 30, 2009, 12:21:59 AM

Title: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: queesamor14 on November 30, 2009, 12:21:59 AM
I been stared to smoking and stuff and people be telling me is bad and that it will neutralize the hormones can anybody tell me what are the real  effects of it and is there bad or good
Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: Ryuu on November 30, 2009, 12:25:57 AM
Well I mean it's not good for you in any case (though I admit I'm a total hypocrite) but I've heard that it's bad for you if you are on T. I'm not sure which way you're going so I don't know if that answers your question.
Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: Flan on November 30, 2009, 12:32:53 AM
other then being bad for your health (they didn't get the name "cancer sticks" for nothing :P) the substances in tobacco cigs can increase susceptibility to blood clots, phlebitis (inflammation of a vein caused by a blood clot), varicose veins, and elevated high blood pressure.
Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: jesse on November 30, 2009, 05:22:27 AM
Quote from: Flan on November 30, 2009, 12:32:53 AM
other then being bad for your health (they didn't get the name "cancer sticks" for nothing :P) the substances in tobacco cigs can increase susceptibility to blood clots, phlebitis (inflammation of a vein caused by a blood clot), varicose veins, and elevated high blood pressure.
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Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: Hannah on November 30, 2009, 05:27:34 AM
Not to mention it seriously damages your skin and makes you look gross and older than you are. It's not socially accepted anymore so you're going to stand out for doing it, and I know my doc
would cut off my scripts the moment I lit a cigarette.
Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: gothique11 on December 03, 2009, 05:05:56 AM
Yeah, smoking isn't good for you -- but it won't "stop" your hormones from working.

Uh, and I wouldn't start smoking... try not to.
Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: deviousxen on December 03, 2009, 05:45:15 AM
Quote from: queesamor14 on November 30, 2009, 12:21:59 AM
I been stared to smoking and stuff and people be telling me is bad and that it will neutralize the hormones can anybody tell me what are the real  effects of it and is there bad or good

The Sepia stuff

Or the Green stuff?

Im curious about peoples accounts of there being phytoestrogenic effects from cannabis....

Thats what I'm curious about. I feel way too scared of cancer to bother with tobacco. I'll smoke a cig every now and then, but not regularly... Not at all.
Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: gothique11 on December 03, 2009, 06:04:13 AM
Um, I don't know if pot affects estrogen or not. o_0 I don't know if there's been any actual studies on that... although, that could be a fun study to participate in. Hmmmm.    ;D

Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: deviousxen on December 03, 2009, 06:46:50 AM
Quote from: gothique11 on December 03, 2009, 06:04:13 AM
Um, I don't know if pot affects estrogen or not. o_0 I don't know if there's been any actual studies on that... although, that could be a fun study to participate in. Hmmmm.    ;D

*high five jump
Title: Re: Smooking and taking hormones is there bad mix
Post by: Kurzar on December 03, 2009, 07:26:41 AM
Quote from: FlanKitty on November 30, 2009, 12:32:53 AM
other then being bad for your health (they didn't get the name "cancer sticks" for nothing :P) the substances in tobacco cigs can increase susceptibility to blood clots, phlebitis (inflammation of a vein caused by a blood clot), varicose veins, and elevated high blood pressure.

I don't know about cig's and T, but I can tell you BC pills cause my blood clot. NOT something I would recommend trying for anyone. Caused almost a weeks stay in the hospital and the worst pain i've ever felt. Now i'm on blood thinners for about a year.  Why smoke and risk it?