So, us guys hate "that time of the month", right? Well, I was stupid. I got to the point where my periods were so damn heavy, painful and making me throw up. I took the option of taking "the pill". Yep, the contraceptive pill. God  I was stupid, it's made me gain weight and my hips are huge It makes me so dysphoric! What can I do to get rid of the hips? I have stopped taking the pill, and am eating healthy. But the hips dont seem to go

I'd give it time (horrible answer, I know, lol). My guess is that the extra E just made the fat shift there, unless you're still in puberty and your hip bones could grow. Whether having less E in your body will shrink them, or you'll have to wait until you can start T - I don't know. But all I do know is that hormones are a huge factor in fat distributing to the hips, and what the pill did is almost certainly reversible.

Thankyou!
My binder compresses my hips enough that when wearing a baggy tshirt, my hips can't be seen. But I still get dysphoric about them. Do you know if excercise and eating healthy will also help shift the fat from my hips?

Maybe...it's hard for me to say for someone going from the pill (high E) to "normal" levels of E as opposed to straight to T. I know that for me and others, it doesn't just automatically happen, when weight is lost or gained it begins to accumulate in the pattern that your hormones dictate. So if you gained weight on the pill and it went to your hips, there is a chance that when you lose fat it could redistribute so that you're less curvy. That's more of an educated guess though, tbh, sorry. Either way, I know being fit is something a lot of us strive for, so if you can work out and feel stronger and healthier, it might be worth it anyway.

Thanks for your advice I will just have to work out and eat healthy and see how it goes

mynameisjacob, I want to say that your results from taking the pill is just my reason not wanting to start.  I get bad cramps the day before I start every month and just bear through them every month with OTC meds; I know if I mention this to a dr they will want me to start taking the pill.  I don't want anymore female hormones in my body.

In my opinion, you didn't make a "mistake" - you were taking doctor's recommendations to try to ease the pain you were experiencing.  Sadly, the first method for "controlling" period symptoms (at least in Western medicine) is birth control.  Thousands of us jump on that bandwagon, hoping to relieve the pain.

The big problem?  For many of us, the birth control seems to help a bit, but in reality it is actually exacerbating the condition, especially over the long term.

After years of doctor's visits, trips to the ER, and countless tests and ultrasounds (transvag ultrasounds are awful enough - much less when you are in several pain already!), I finally figured out what was causing my insanely heavy and painful periods.  Endometriosis.  But, at least for me, the endometriosis can be controlled with diet (I was severely allergic to a certain food and it was causing the endometriosis to flare) and exercise.

And my one concern with starting T?  That all that pain and the heavy periods would come back (after two years of little cramping and normal blood flow).  But, thankfully, that has not been the case!  I am three months in and my period has completely ceased.  Even the one period I had on T was short and painless.

Long story short: An excess of estrogen is often to blame for heavy and painful periods.  Unfortunately, Western medicine tries to treat these symptoms with more estrogen (and/or progesterone).  If excess estrogen IS to blame, taking T ends up being a fantastic treatment. 

While you are waiting for the T to work its magic redistributing body fat (which started fairly quickly for me... ~1 month in), you can take steps to help your body eliminate the estrogen.  Avoid things that stress the liver (alcohol, cigarettes, excessively fatty foods, etc), get lots of exercise, drink lots of water, and (if you can afford it or have someone who will do it for free) get massages.  Also, losing weight helps overall.  Estrogen is stored in the fat - less fat, less to store the estrogen!

Feel free to PM me if you want to discuss details further.  After battling to find the information for myself, I am always happy to let people know what I've learned!

Thanks! I'm two months on t and luckily my periods have stopped. Now to wait for fat redistribution!