I think it's important to understand that gender identity isn't so binary and is much more complicated than you are or you aren't.
I think the recoiling in horror is a bit extreme but I can definitely feel uneasy to be offered random drugs in a pub.
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I kinda needed to read this right now. Thanks.
Will one pill by itself do anything? I thought it was more of a prolonged course of treatment.
I took one pill and my dick propelled off. It just flew off got damnit. I still miss it.
This is exactly why you are supposed to take the first pill under doctor supervision.
Noone told me, I got it offered in a pub
Should've catched it mid air
YES I SHOULD HAVE BUT I DID NOT π
It depends.
Yeah, you won't get any sort of externally visible changes from a single dose, but for some trans people that first dose can still be a life-changing experience.
They don't warn you about it in the informed consent documentation, but for me that first day on HRT brought on an almost overwhelming feeling of gender euphoria. It was like a part of myself that had been missing since puberty finally fell into place. The weight of 25 years of repressed dysphoria fell from my shoulders and I couldn't stop smiling, couldn't even walk across a room without breaking into a little dance.
It took the better part of a week to start seeing some physical changes, and that was mostly in skin texture.
Sounds like the euphoria could also be from feeling relief that you finally have access to it?
You absolutely can get some emotional benefits from the first dose before the physical ones start. I felt much more calm and less heightened emotions after my first dose of T. A welcome change having dealt with PMDD for years.
that's definitely part of it, but sex hormones interact with* neurotransmitters and the mental/emotional stuff tends to hit first, before any physical effects take place.
Not countering what you experienced, but sex hormones are not neurotransmitters. There may be some interactions with the neurotransmitter system but it they are not themselves.
yep, that's more accurate ty!
I think that part of it, for me at least, was that it felt like everything shifted and all of a sudden my brain was finally running right for the first time in my life. Itβs like it was already wired to run on estrogen and I was finally giving it what it needed.
That aspect of it was most definitely present, indeed.
I tried to stay away from hrt but oof you're making it hard... That sounds amazing.
Go read through my posts if you want some more early days experiences.
It does! But I should mention that this experience isn't universal.
Some trans folks don't get the day-1 giddiness at all, instead finding that their baseline mood improves steadilly over the first few days or weeks of treatment without a period of euphoria.
Another common experience is a period of mild depression around 6-8 months in. For me, this was similar to the teenage moodiness of my first puberty, though much milder and less "wrong"-feeling.
Fascinating! I can't wait to see what it'll be for me...
Congrats with your HRT and may it serve you well!
there's a little voice in my head telling me to try one just to fuck around
A single Estradiol prolly won't do anything.
But testosterone blockers like Spironolactone is also a heart medication, so be careful.
Tbh, I'd be tempted to say "go for it!" if it weren't for the medical liability. A doc would want to check your hormone levels before prescribing estradiol just to ensure that there aren't any risk factors present.
The odds of one dose fucking you up are very, very low but not zero.
Not a doctor- but...
There's a reason E is normally prescribed with a testosterone blocker. Small doses of Estradiol will do next to nothing if there's still a natural level of T flowing through your system.
Trans enby here.
I've still got my "normal" levels of testostetone, but I'm taking finasteride to keep it from affecting my hair follicles while the estradiol does its work softening my skin and plumping up my chest.
I probably could be a lot more feminine by this point if I had a full-spectrum anti-androgen like spironolactone or cyproterone acetate, but that's not my transition goal. I'm actively seeking an androgynous appearance and itty bitty titties, so estradiol monotherapy with finasteride is working just fine for me.
I read "Plump up my chest" to the tune of "Pump up the Jam"
It's stuck in my head now π
Right, but in the context of
thereβs a little voice in my head telling me to try one just to fuck around
Trying 'one just to fuck around' will do next to nothing.
Probably, yeah.
Though, I'd love to hear from a "cis guy" who decided to fuck around like this and found out something about themselves in the process. =3
is this a request lol
Legally I must state that it is not, but if you do go through with it then I want a trip report. =D
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