Hi , you seam pretty determined and considered everything well which is a great thing I guess .
Soy is a phytoestrogen , it falls under the category of xenoestrogens , which is a non scientifically proven source of estrogens . It mimics the effects of estradiol but the mimic is so poor ( 1/1000 ) that it is to be neglected .
There are a lot of other valuable estrogen sources which are effective and not harmfull for your liver .
PhytoeEstrogens have their own side effects too and could mess with your bloodstream .
I am on the point of transitioning too . I start estrogen in gel form next week . I wanted to use phytoestrogens too at first but then came to realize that I would be both wasting time and money .
I am going to self-medicate but I recommend you to search a good endocrinologist ( ask for a referal letter from your GP ) and have your transition monitored . It could very well be that an endo will put you only on estrogen and not on hormone blockers ( testo blockers ) if you are visibly intersexed ( obviously androgynous ) .
A very famous intersexed transgendered woman is Caroline Tulla Cosey . She was born with Klinefelter ( XXY chromosomes ) .
They say , but I don't know if it's myth or truth , that intersexed people , and especially those facing gender dysphoria since childhood , have headaches very often ( migraine headache ) . An MRI would be able to show a huge mass of white activity in the right part of the brain sometimes . I think that this also counts for me . I have migraine every day , have a very strong feeling of being caught in the wrong body since childhood and I am convinced that I have the female brain structures scientists talk about when mentioning M2F transkinds.
You should visit
sileyome.wordpress.com It's Kay Brown her website . She is a middle aged transwoman who transitioned four decades ago .
She educates the public about the two big type of transsexuals there are and her evidence indeed says that trans people like us ( intersex and M2F transkids ) mostly have better results from hormone therapy than the other group ( which I can't name by name ) . Scientifics believe the cause is that we have some biological female structures that are already present in our body before we start hormones . Hormones trigger these features to develop themselves .
Are you also considering breast augmentation ?
Hormones usually don't provide us with much more than A size breasts . Maybe insurance could also cover your breast augmentation as you have evidence for your transsexual feelings ( your intersexuality is a biological evidence ) ? I would definitely ask this to my insurance company if I were you .
