[AbiDrew85]

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.

The original concept, yes. Though that's not really so much theory anymore but accepted in general practice by most MD's, regardless of what area of practice. When it comes to GG's.

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.

This is true...

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?

Well, for me, since I CAN'T afford tests, it's guesswork. But if I COULD afford tests, I'd be doing regular testing throughout a cycle for a few cycles until it was gotten right. Right being most likely upper range for both the low and the high to compensate for my extra estrogens.

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?

Huge imbalance of testosterone? Sorry. But the goal is to block that off almost entirely, to low end of female norm if at all possible, high end at minimum. For those who are TS anyways. And I dunno how effective my herbals are for this, but it IS possible to pull off, for sure using pharma, if not using herbals.

As to the rest... yeah, it's hard to do without a lab, but I seem to be at least close. If I could afford the lab I might just be able to perfect it.

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.

Last? Nah. I wouldn't be so bold as to classify ANY of our balancing problems as "last". They're all pretty danged important. Yes. Most doctors prescribing hormones and anti-hormones for TS patients do seem to consider it "last" if at all. Shoot. Many don't even consider it for GG's.