Hello everyone.

I just registered but have been lurking for a while.

I googled alot on ftm hormone therapy.I think mostly natural testosterone is used.Are there other drugs used in addition to natural testosterone or instead of it?I want to know my options before receiving any drugs.

Quote from: ofcourse on February 28, 2014, 04:17:50 AM
Hello everyone.

I just registered but have been lurking for a while.

I googled alot on ftm hormone therapy.I think mostly natural testosterone is used.Are there other drugs used in addition to natural testosterone or instead of it?I want to know my options before receiving any drugs.

There really isn't "natural testosterone", unless you are talking perhaps of T from natural sources. This is commonly used in compounded cream. Whether it is "better", is, I think, highly debatable. Whether it is actually *different* is also debatable. There are T boosters. These are herbs and so on that supposedly boost T in the body. Since you always have T it might seem to make sense. But keep in mind, natural does not mean "safe". My doctor feels they are harder on the liver than T is. They also don't work that well. I have seen people who have been on these for 2 years and they look maybe the same as someone who has been on T for 3 months. IF you can't do anything else a routine of diet and exercise can make the body  look more masculine. But I wouldn't bother with the supplements.

There is a young guy here named Brandon who has done the exercise route, pre-T, and looks very good. He might be willing to share what he is doing.


--Jay

My bad.By natural tastosterone i meant non designer drugs which have same structure as natural testosterone.

There are aromatase inhibitors.They prevent conversion of testosterone to estrogen.Doesnt it make sense to use these?Because estrogen prevent testosterone's effects.Bodybuilders use these all the time.If this drug is overlooked then there may be many other drugs like these.

Yes, not sure what they would do for a FAAB person, unless your T levels were rather high. They are not "safer" than T and are associated with the following: osteoporosis, ossification of the jaw, liver and kidney failure. I think that taking these should be with the guidance of a doctor. They are prescribed for cancers.

--Jay

Not 100% sure I'm understanding the question - but I think you're asking if you will just receive T if you decide to get treatment or if there's a cocktail of other stuff? I'm not entirely sure it's the same thing as the stuff bodybuilders take, I don't think it is, but some guys (me included) do get an estrogen blocker if it's needed. I also ended up on vitamin E and Iron supplements because the pre HRT bloodwork showed I was severely deficient but that's nothing to do with the actual transitioning side. I've also seen some very rare cases of guys being prescribed HGH....like very rare, only two people I can recall out of the thousands of cases I've come across.

As for the T itself, there's a whole bunch of different brands and different ways to get it into your body - all with their pro's and con's.

Blockers aren't usually needed but you aren't the only one Jeatyn. I think it is mostly younger guys, which you look to be, who might be pumping out large amts of estrogen. Blockers are prescribed alone for very young guys (9-15??) who may not be able to be on T, or who's doctors want them to wait til they are older to start T.
I don't know why a doctor would prescribe aromatase inhibiters. This may be for what is termed a "natural transition" which might be somewhat of a misnomer.

--Jay

I got blockers around 9 months before T (I think I was 22? So unusual for it to go that way, as you say it's usually pre puberty) ....then I started T and came off the blockers....then went back on them again a few months later when my E levels were inexplicably through the roof. Way higher than before I started T. I did wonder if it was from aromatising but I don't think there's any way to tell.

Hope you are doing better on this Jeatyn, maybe you know this but T can turn into E, so might be why they put you on it. It's unusual but not unheard of for a 20 somethign to be on blockers.

--Jay