Quote from: riven1 on August 11, 2012, 06:40:33 AM
When you have to re-evaluate the tv shows you like/watch because some of them will cause you to burst into tears now.

I already cried on the last episode of Battlestar Galactica... Poop. Yet I will be really happy of seeing Young Dicaprio sinking in Titanic.

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on May 11, 2012, 02:07:56 PM
You lean against the edge of a desk and scream in pain

roll over in bed, and shoot up out of the covers like a startled cat and scream in pain.  Who knew growing breasts would hurt so good. 

Does any one have anything to say about long term depression and whether HRT affected their day to day state of mind?

Can any one make any comparison betweent pre HRT and HRT day to day approach to life in between the intense emotional times?

Also, stupid question apparently, but am I to understand that I will begin to have a period despite the lack of ability to ovulate? This is a seeious question.

Quote from: sweetcony on August 31, 2012, 08:11:46 PM
Does any one have anything to say about long term depression and whether HRT affected their day to day state of mind?

Can any one make any comparison betweent pre HRT and HRT day to day approach to life in between the intense emotional times?

Also, stupid question apparently, but am I to understand that I will begin to have a period despite the lack of ability to ovulate? This is a seeious question.

Okay, I haven't started HRT yet, so I can only answer one of these questions. You will NOT have a period. A period begins with the formation of a follicle to mature an egg cell in the ovary. The follicle then turns into the corpus luteum to release pregesterone while the egg cell travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus. It could be fertilized while in the fallopian tube or not. If it isn't, then the uterine lining built after the progesterone release will deteriorate and be eliminated from the vagina, i.e, menstruation.

No matter what you do, as MTF, you will never have a uterus, ovary, egg cells, or a natural vagina. In short, you WILL NOT HAVE A PERIOD.

Quote from: Apples Mk.II on August 11, 2012, 06:45:37 AM

I already cried on the last episode of Battlestar Galactica...

I'm not on HRT yet  but the last episode of BG brought a lump to my throat & I have never been able to watch the last episode of Babylon 5 without having a tear (or 5) rolling down my cheek, if I watch the last 5 episodes in a row when the major characters all say their goodbyes then i'm a mess by the last one.
Some days I dread to think what i'll be like on HRT but I still can't wait

Listen to either "Oh How the Years Go By" or "Better than a Hallelujah" (Both by Amy Grant). I cry like a baby to those songs. 

I love BSG, it is so nice to know.

That's what confused me, I love chatting with the girls so much more than my constant male friends (most of them) and former work colleagues which I mostly find exhausting, but I still haven't grown to appreciate ice skating or chick flicks, though I can't quite get enough of thirty rock.

I guess I am more of a Tom Girl.

Quote from: sweetcony on August 31, 2012, 08:11:46 PM
Does any one have anything to say about long term depression and whether HRT affected their day to day state of mind?

Can any one make any comparison betweent pre HRT and HRT day to day approach to life in between the intense emotional times?

Also, stupid question apparently, but am I to understand that I will begin to have a period despite the lack of ability to ovulate? This is a seeious question.

I can't say for sure if there is a direct correlation, but around the time I started HRT, my depression became much, much less - almost to the point of being gone. During intensely emotional times, I do find that I am more controlled by my emotions, but not really a whole lot more than before, I've always been an emotionally driven person.

I can't say I've had a 'cycle' of any kind - except for the fact that I know when my female housemates are having their period - without anything being said.

That is really encouraging. It was really when I hit bottom that I began to find hope the more I accepted who I really am.

Thanks

Before HRT I was very depressed almost all of the time and often suicidal.
But now that I am full time I have very little depression.
My emotions are more intense both highs and lows. Before the lows were not so intense but would last sometimes for days. Now they only last for a very short time.
I don't have period according to my gg girl friend because to have them you would have to have a blood flow. But I do have a monthly hormonal rush and I am emotional unbalanced. Also but not fun are the real cramps that go with it. The emotional roller coaster, of laughing one moment crying the next and then becoming a real bitch, last from 3 to 4 days.  This happens at the same time each month.
So I just call it that time of month to be bitchy.

that is really good to know

I already cry during TV and anything else, so I can only imagine how emotional I may become!

Quote from: Noah on September 02, 2012, 07:22:32 PM
I already cry during TV and anything else, so I can only imagine how emotional I may become!

Same here, but I've always been good at controlling my emotions. Just today, my sister finished off the last of my eggs. On the outside, I said, "Okay, I'll just get more." On the inside, I thought, "I will light you on fire and banish you to Hell..."

Then I just got more eggs. 

Quote from: DianaP on September 02, 2012, 07:57:59 PM
"I will light you on fire and banish you to Hell..."

Note to self: Do NOT get between Diana and her breakfast.

Quote from: Connie Anne on September 02, 2012, 08:44:54 PM
Note to self: Do NOT get between Diana and her breakfast.

What? It's the most important meal of the day.

Eat my breakfast and you'll be sent to Hell, Michigan or Hell, Norway.

Quote from: Noah on September 02, 2012, 07:22:32 PM
I already cry during TV and anything else, so I can only imagine how emotional I may become!

One of my female friends thinks i'll be a wreck on HRT at first, she said this after I told her that I cried whilst watching The Fantatic 4, when the Things wife throws her wedding ring on the floor I get a lump in my throat, then when the Thing can't pick the ring up from the floor because of his oversized hands the tears start.
I can't believe i'm getting a lump in my throat just thinking about it