[Darlene]

So do you notice any change in you engineering logic when you are on HRT?
ie the femme vs male mind?
Bobbi

Great question!  I`d be interested to see if there was any changes too, there certainly was (is) for me.

Hi Bobbie and Katie,

Hmmm, what I have found is my memory and ability to concentrate seems foggier when on HRT, at least at first.  Maybe because my hormone levels and endocrine system had not stabilized yet?  I saw where Huggy compared HRT to whacking ones endocrine system with a stick and I suppose I have done that to myself a lot by starting/stopping HRT after a few months off and on.

I was working on an aircraft development program that required me to make many trips to Switzerland for the past 2-3 years.  Sometimes I was working there for 8-12 weeks at a time and I thought of that as opportunity to to continue my HRT while working there.  But I was concerned that the HRT would affect my work performance and ability to debug and my analytical thinking that often helps me solve engineering problems quickly, and in addition I had some fear of maybe my baggage being searched and not having a prescription since I am self medicating.

So working on that project also contributed to my starting/stopping HRT since I was traveling to Europe for work about every 3-4 months every time we had a new software load to integrate,  I would stop HRT before I left.

So I am not sure if 3-4 months is really long enough continuous use to tell how HRT affects my engineering thinking or problem solving?  Or maybe that is partly why I stop when I start to think differently?  I am not sure if I let myself change that far?  I can tell you my sense of smell changes, my skin gets drier, fingernails crack easier, emotionally I definitely am more sensitive as well while on HRT, I smell different, my pheromones probably change after a while.  Also I think my breasts are probably maybe a little past Tanner Stage 2, definitely my chest and nipples are much different than before I ever took PM or synthetic hormones.

So Katie how has HRT changed your thinking?

Darlene