[Samantha Rogers]

Well I guess we are lucky here in the states Heather

I got prescribed HRT today

It was MUCH easier than I imagined it would be.... I have been attending the local TG support group and I asked a girl there for her doctors contact info...

I made an appointment asking to have my hormone levels checked.... I saw the doc, told her Ive been taking herbs and told her I have greatly reduced male function, sore budding breasts, ect... I told her I am TG and its my intention to transition from MTF and asked for all the necessary lab work and if thats OK a prescription for HRT.....

Well she said that would be fine and it took about a week and I picked up my prescription today

She prescribed one 2mg estradoil tab daily, it is a generic as far as I can tell brand name Teva 2mg tabs...

Also Medroxyprogesterone 5mg one tab daily...

Follow up for lab work in three months...

My lab results were ;

Luteinizing hormone 6.4 (1.7-8.6 MIU/ML)

Prolactin 7.0 (4.0-15.2 NG/ML)

Estradoil 13.4 (7.6-42.6 PG/ML)

Testosterone (total) 521 (348-1197 NG/ML)

The rest was all in the normal range as far as CBC, CMP, Lipid panel and TSH whatever all that is...

Now Im not sure what Luteinizing Hormone is or Prolactin but that looks normal to me and Im frankly surprised to see the T so high and E so low....

Ive been on a serious NBE regime for the last three months and I have seem some feminization...
Serious ED and sore budding boobs, no more male scent, softer skin and noticeable reduction in body hair growth and the rate of growth ect....

I have heard phytoestrogens wont show up on lab work.... Apparently not, it all looks normal to me but the thing is Im growing little boobs after nearly three months

Now the prescribed amount of estradoil seems like a pretty low amount to me and Im clueless about the medroxyprogesterone....

I can tell you my non prescription Estrofem showed up today and I took on 2 mg tab sublingually this morning before I went and picked up my prescription That was nice... Whats not so nice is after taking 5mg medroxyprogesterone I have a SPLITTING headache :o

Donno if thats normal or not but this better go away soon because Im not gonna live with this kinda headache....

I intend to stop all the herbs and go with the prescription.... The Teva 2 mg tabs look like they are made to be split so I will probably do that, half in the morning half at night....

Now the question is will I be able to resist adding another 2mg Estrofem on top of the prescription

And will I be able to just stop PM and the rest cold turkey

Hi Honey

Medroxyprogesterone is a Progestin. You should google it and do so in conjunction with transgender as a keyword and read about it. I am frankly surprised by that. But do your own reading on this...
But you should not be surprised by the low E reading. As I think I mentioned, and others have too...PM contains mirostrol not estradiol. and on blood tests it just does not show up. Before starting estradiol my E was and 5, after 3 1/2 years of high dosage PM and quite decent breast growth to belie that number.
And 2ms is fairly low. Both Sarah and I are on 4.
I would give it a month then get bloodwork done again and ask for sa new consultation and a reexamination of the scrip amounts.

Hugs