Just started HRT and I've been on a low E dose for 1 week now.
Not much in the way of changes being so early, except I feel this vague weirdness around the nipple area - it's as though the nipples can't decide what they want to do!
They haven't gone hard/pointy or anything (like when they did in my teens before T *brrr* set in), but it really feels like they want to sort of start but can't really be bothered!

I'm wondering did anyone feel anything like this happening?

From memory mine were a little bit more sensitive than usual.  The main effect I noticed for the first few days was feeling a little queasy at times.

Karen.

I definitely had the same feeling, though perhaps not in the very first week (I can't really remember anymore). But it felt as if they twitched every now and then, and the itchy feeling they had felt as if it was under, that I couldn't reach by scratching it.

I did have the slight queasiness thing, that pretty much passed after the 4th day.  I'm a bit surprised that there's already a bit of a vague reaction in the nipple area already, given the fact it's low dose with no T blocker.  The plan is low dose E till my review in late April and then maybe a blocker then - we're going to proceed at a very cautious pace.

*waves to the other Aussie*

Quote from: luna nyan on March 22, 2012, 05:24:00 AM
Just started HRT and I've been on a low E dose for 1 week now.
Not much in the way of changes being so early, except I feel this vague weirdness around the nipple area - it's as though the nipples can't decide what they want to do!
They haven't gone hard/pointy or anything (like when they did in my teens before T *brrr* set in), but it really feels like they want to sort of start but can't really be bothered!

I'm wondering did anyone feel anything like this happening?

As I recall, the normal T:E ratio in a male body is about 300:1.  It takes a little time for those ratios to change, but it sounds as if your body is already responding to the higher levels of E.

Quote from: Jamie D on March 23, 2012, 11:55:44 AM
As I recall, the normal T:E ratio in a male body is about 300:1.  It takes a little time for those ratios to change, but it sounds as if your body is already responding to the higher levels of E.

Its far more than that. Estradiol is extremely potent stuff.

Testosterone in the US is measured in nanograms, or one billionth of a gram. Estradiol is measured in picograms, or one trillionth of a gram. Normal T range in men is between 400-900 ng / ml. It takes 1,000 picograms to equal 1 nanogram. In otherwords, the ratio is actually in the 1:30,000 range.

No wonder most people need t blockers to get results, huh??

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on March 23, 2012, 01:36:33 PM
Its far more than that. Estradiol is extremely potent stuff.

Testosterone in the US is measured in nanograms, or one billionth of a gram. Estradiol is measured in picograms, or one trillionth of a gram. Normal T range in men is between 400-900 ng / ml. It takes 1,000 picograms to equal 1 nanogram. In otherwords, the ratio is actually in the 1:30,000 range.

No wonder most people need t blockers to get results, huh??

Yes, the numbers vary, and how you report them.  I had run across some information like this:

The normal production ratio of testosterone to estrogen is approximately 100:1. The normal ratio of testosterone to estrogen in the circulation is approximately 300:1. Estrogen (measured as estradiol) should be kept at 30 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL) or lower.

It was from a gynecomastia website.  Who knows how accurate it really is.

Thanks for the info.