Anyone stopped HRT?

[Claraaa]

I am considering a low dose estrogen regimen for a few months to see if it feels "right".   I am wondering if anyone has been on a dose (high,  low or in between) and stopped for reasons other than health or financial.

I am just not sure where I fall on the whole gender spectrum but have some pretty strong feelings that I want to get my body to more closely match how I feel.  I am working to make sense of the whole thing with my wife,  gender therapist and endo.  I have been on Finasteride and Spiro for 4 months. My endo is OK with me starting estradiol anytime and I am considering it.   

It has occurred to me that what if the act of deciding to begin HRT is telling in itself (so people just don't stop) or if people have tried it and decided to stop.

Clara

[Ms Grace]

Yes, I stopped after two years on a full dose. Things didn't feel like they were working out so I pulled the plug. Hormones will have some effect on your body regardless of the length of time you are on them or strength. Some changes will reverse fairly quickly, but others may take longer and others generally never do - breast development and growth, for example. You might want to bank sperm if you plan for children - my experience was that HRT the first time around took that option away from me, not sure of the biology involved but the wrigglers were not in high numbers or very fertile afterwards. If you do stop, make sure it is with proper medical supervision.

[Joanna Light]

In all likelihood it won't make you feel anything. Hormones really don't do much and take a long time to work. It's a slow process. I know people say they feel all these emotions and stuff, but it never did a thing for me emotionally, beyond the fact I was happy I decided to do something about it after 30 years of doing nothing, but I guess babies can't take hormones.