17-03-2013, 09:26 PM
hmmm... but it is kind of guesswork isn't it?
After all the guy who proposed the theory was an MD, so, to an extent, was basing his theory on medical tests of, in the main, female hormone levels.
What I don't get is how this applies to someone with a pair of testicles (sorry to be crude). If it is all about balancing hormones, well, people like us don't provide much of a sample to work on. People like Dr Lee who are probably working hard to get their theory accepted by mainstream medical orthodoxy aren't going to have a lot of time to be examining the blood work and associated symptoms of blokes who are pumping either Premarin / and/ or Estradio / and /or/ some kind of phytoestrogen into their bodies.
How the heck would you decide on the right amount of PG anyway? Rub some on until you feel better? What about the placebo effect?
Like I say, unless an orchiectomy is involved, it's going to make very little difference how much progesterone is used, the mix of hormones is still going to be "wrong." How would anyone work out the perfect balance of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone for an MTF TS/TG? For one thing, the estrogen/progesterone balance varies in GGs with a monthly cycle which we don't have, but even trying to simulate it (hard without a blood lab), what about the HUGE imbalance of testosterone?
Honestly, I'm getting the impression that worrying about estrogen dominance is the last of our problems...
Again, I don't mind being corrected!
B.
After all the guy who proposed the theory was an MD, so, to an extent, was basing his theory on medical tests of, in the main, female hormone levels.
What I don't get is how this applies to someone with a pair of testicles (sorry to be crude). If it is all about balancing hormones, well, people like us don't provide much of a sample to work on. People like Dr Lee who are probably working hard to get their theory accepted by mainstream medical orthodoxy aren't going to have a lot of time to be examining the blood work and associated symptoms of blokes who are pumping either Premarin / and/ or Estradio / and /or/ some kind of phytoestrogen into their bodies.
How the heck would you decide on the right amount of PG anyway? Rub some on until you feel better? What about the placebo effect?
Like I say, unless an orchiectomy is involved, it's going to make very little difference how much progesterone is used, the mix of hormones is still going to be "wrong." How would anyone work out the perfect balance of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone for an MTF TS/TG? For one thing, the estrogen/progesterone balance varies in GGs with a monthly cycle which we don't have, but even trying to simulate it (hard without a blood lab), what about the HUGE imbalance of testosterone?
Honestly, I'm getting the impression that worrying about estrogen dominance is the last of our problems...
Again, I don't mind being corrected!
B.