02-11-2017, 03:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2017, 03:32 AM by Nightshade.
Edit Reason: forgot some stuff
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Ok. I have some potentially good news. My parents finally came around and allowed me to go on HRT. I'm still very anxious about if/when I can actually see a doctor. My next therapy appointment is almost 2 weeks away and even if he approves me I'm not sure how long I'll have to wait.
Before this development, my plan was to just space out when I took my supplements. So I would take the aromatase inhibitors and (bad) phytoestrogens in the morning (I generally don't get up until noon, but whatevs...) along with DIM to clear out the bad phytoestrogens. I'd take White Peony and other aromatase before bed. And then I'd take the estrogen boosting supps, spearmint, and Chinese Skullcap throughout the day.
Now I'm not really sure what to do with the supps. I have no idea if they really did much. I didn't want to stop the progress (if any), but for now I'm stopping partially just for the cost. It's only been a month or two. The first month was mostly just the estriol/estradiol cream.
The other thing is whether the doctor will be at all flexible with the meds and dosage. Ideally, I'd like to try taking just prescription Estradiol and then balancing androgens through supplements, but I think I'm just going to keep my mouth shut and get a prescription for whatever they think is best (unless it's clear they don't know what they're doing/trying to sabotage my gains).
Also, I found out the Holy Basil in the Zyflamend PM could possibly be bad for NBE so I'll be discontinuing it after I run out. I ordered a spearmint extract standardized for rosmarinic acid because it's recommend for certain types of inflammation, but then I found out that rosmarinic acid could raise T. That's strange because spearmint lowers T. Since it's standardized, I have no way of knowing if it has the constituents responsible for lowering T or not.
In other news, I started shaving my body hair. First time in at least 5-6 years. It feels really good. I don't know if I'll ever transition or at least while I'm still sort of young. I'm so jealous of the trans women who transition when they're young. When I was growing up there wasn't any trans visibility. Even in college I only found trans porn. "Transgender" and "transition" weren't even words people used. At least the trans porn made me not hate my genitals.
Before this development, my plan was to just space out when I took my supplements. So I would take the aromatase inhibitors and (bad) phytoestrogens in the morning (I generally don't get up until noon, but whatevs...) along with DIM to clear out the bad phytoestrogens. I'd take White Peony and other aromatase before bed. And then I'd take the estrogen boosting supps, spearmint, and Chinese Skullcap throughout the day.
Now I'm not really sure what to do with the supps. I have no idea if they really did much. I didn't want to stop the progress (if any), but for now I'm stopping partially just for the cost. It's only been a month or two. The first month was mostly just the estriol/estradiol cream.
The other thing is whether the doctor will be at all flexible with the meds and dosage. Ideally, I'd like to try taking just prescription Estradiol and then balancing androgens through supplements, but I think I'm just going to keep my mouth shut and get a prescription for whatever they think is best (unless it's clear they don't know what they're doing/trying to sabotage my gains).
Also, I found out the Holy Basil in the Zyflamend PM could possibly be bad for NBE so I'll be discontinuing it after I run out. I ordered a spearmint extract standardized for rosmarinic acid because it's recommend for certain types of inflammation, but then I found out that rosmarinic acid could raise T. That's strange because spearmint lowers T. Since it's standardized, I have no way of knowing if it has the constituents responsible for lowering T or not.
In other news, I started shaving my body hair. First time in at least 5-6 years. It feels really good. I don't know if I'll ever transition or at least while I'm still sort of young. I'm so jealous of the trans women who transition when they're young. When I was growing up there wasn't any trans visibility. Even in college I only found trans porn. "Transgender" and "transition" weren't even words people used. At least the trans porn made me not hate my genitals.