Hormones, Night Or Day?

[Shirley Dover]

Hey, I'm the newbie. Basically, I'm a night-owl and I wanted to know what would be recommend? Should I take my hormones when I wake up, say 10:00 AM, or 10:00 PM, in the night. Can something happen to you if you do take them and go to sleep? :O
Oh, and I still don't know how to navigate this site yet..XD how do you sumbit your profile picture?

[mfox]

As long as the dose is spaced out evenly (like 12 hours), I don't think the time matters.  It might be important to take it with food though if you're taking something orally.

I do know that Spironolactone can force you to get up for a bathroom break when you're trying to sleep if you take it right before bed, but do what your GP/Endo says.

[judithlynn]

Hi I am Oestrogen only and take one dose just before I go to bed and the second exactly 12 hours later. My Doctor said I could take it all at once., but splitting it helps to keep a constant supply of Oestrogen in your bloodstream. I should add that my T levels are now down to 2.29 . CIS females are 0.00 to 2.50, so as my Doctor indicates I am now hormonally female.
Judith

[sam1234]

That would be a question best answered by an endocrinologist or your Dr.
As mfox stated, the dose should be spaced out evenly. The idea is to keep blood levels from big ups and downs.

Female hormones may not be the same, but the directions on my androderm say it should be put on at night. I've always put it on in the morning after a shower and I can't say that it seems to make a difference.

sam1234

[Tripdistrans]

Hey there Shirley, and welcome. I've not much to say on the hormones, but I did notice you mentioned your profile picture. There's a  post rank system on the forums which sets restrictions on what you can do and access until you've reached a certain amount of posts.

After you reach 15 posts, you will be able to set up a profile picture. There's more things and you should go and check out the Post Rank sticky, as well as the other site policies if you're yet to. It really does help you navigate a lot better.

[Cindy]

Hi Shirley

Welcome to Susan's

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[Tripdistrans]

Hi Shirley

Welcome to Susan's

Please check out the following links for general site info...

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• Standard Terms and Definitions
  
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Cindy's got the good stuff.

[Obfuskatie]

(It's entirely possible I could be wrong about any of the following)
Spironolactone is a diuretic, meaning it causes you to pass liquids faster than you would normally.  As long as you don't drink anything between 30 minutes to an hour before you go to sleep, you probably won't have any issues with needing to get up to urinate during the night.
For hormones, I'm relatively sure it's important to keep a fixed schedule, at fixed times.  The set schedule will help your body adapt to it faster, and theoretically make it more effective.  Breaking the dose into morning and night doses helps keep a higher constant dose for the day.  And sublingual administration helps with absorption, skipping the liver in the first metabolic process.


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