30-06-2022, 08:13 AM
Hm, so for me it far improved my mental health state. Now I did also change diet, exercised, and accepted myself as trangender, which of course had a hand in feeling better, but before I even started dieting and exercise I saw a massive improvement. Everyone will be different I assume.
For me, before HRT, I had terrible panic attacks, anxiety, paranoia, was almost always nauseous, would get severe tummy pains a couple days a month or so that were so violent I'd moan and writhe in pain while sweating up a storm, depression I didn't realize the extent of, headaches and head pressure in my left temple almost constantly, and really just wonder every morning if I even wanted to wake up since the day was either going to be bad or terrible depending on the severity of my symptoms. Overall I was a shut-in who couldn't function in society due to how bad things were for me as soon as I'd step outside.
That all may sound like a bunch of silly overzealous descriptions but it was true, and in my mid to late 20s when it was the worst was the first years in my life I thought being dead must be a better option, but I never got to a self-harm stage or attempted suicide. I probably would have, had things gotten worse as they had every year prior, but when I started estrogen, literally all those symptoms either lessened to manageable levels or completely disappeared.
No doctors could ever find anything wrong with me, there was never any gallstones, signs of ulcers as I was already on acid reflux meds anyway, or anything that should have caused even half those issues. I even had cameras run down my throat and up my rear end and I was only in my 20s, but they never found a thing bodily wise. And yet somehow these terrible troubles were gone when I started HRT.
Did estrogen fix all that? Was it just me accepting who I was and being on the right hormones that helped my brain get rid of all these problems invented or otherwise? I don't know, but that's how it went for me. Later I would completely be rid of every problem I had with cutting out sugar, losing weight, and all that, but all the mental side and the headaches that I assume were from stress had all went poof before I ever began those things.
Now as for other mental side effects. Well, mood wise I do of course cry a lot easier. I cry at things I never would have before, and I can cry tears of joy which I never experienced in my life. I also had dysphoria hit me way harder after HRT than I did before starting, which is sort of odd to me but I guess it's not uncommon. You fix one problem, then other things start poking out. But honestly I've never been happier even if I can have some mood swings from time to time, and crying and being more open with my emotions has helped me get through a lot.
For me, before HRT, I had terrible panic attacks, anxiety, paranoia, was almost always nauseous, would get severe tummy pains a couple days a month or so that were so violent I'd moan and writhe in pain while sweating up a storm, depression I didn't realize the extent of, headaches and head pressure in my left temple almost constantly, and really just wonder every morning if I even wanted to wake up since the day was either going to be bad or terrible depending on the severity of my symptoms. Overall I was a shut-in who couldn't function in society due to how bad things were for me as soon as I'd step outside.
That all may sound like a bunch of silly overzealous descriptions but it was true, and in my mid to late 20s when it was the worst was the first years in my life I thought being dead must be a better option, but I never got to a self-harm stage or attempted suicide. I probably would have, had things gotten worse as they had every year prior, but when I started estrogen, literally all those symptoms either lessened to manageable levels or completely disappeared.
No doctors could ever find anything wrong with me, there was never any gallstones, signs of ulcers as I was already on acid reflux meds anyway, or anything that should have caused even half those issues. I even had cameras run down my throat and up my rear end and I was only in my 20s, but they never found a thing bodily wise. And yet somehow these terrible troubles were gone when I started HRT.
Did estrogen fix all that? Was it just me accepting who I was and being on the right hormones that helped my brain get rid of all these problems invented or otherwise? I don't know, but that's how it went for me. Later I would completely be rid of every problem I had with cutting out sugar, losing weight, and all that, but all the mental side and the headaches that I assume were from stress had all went poof before I ever began those things.
Now as for other mental side effects. Well, mood wise I do of course cry a lot easier. I cry at things I never would have before, and I can cry tears of joy which I never experienced in my life. I also had dysphoria hit me way harder after HRT than I did before starting, which is sort of odd to me but I guess it's not uncommon. You fix one problem, then other things start poking out. But honestly I've never been happier even if I can have some mood swings from time to time, and crying and being more open with my emotions has helped me get through a lot.