Yet again more hormone questions
- What’s the correct dosage for a ninety-pound person? Because the tablets are six or eight mg, and I doubt that’s correct
- Do I need to take anti-androgens? And if I do, again the correct dosage. That would make it like eighty freaking dollars a month
- How long until they take affect with breast development?
You know, if people could circulate this so that is their followers know that would be great.
I don’t know the answers to these questions.
Hopefully some of my followers do.
Fuck it, I’m even turning anon back on.
1) Hormone dosage isn’t based on weight. It’s based on starting hormone levels, which vary greatly from person to person and within the same person over time. That’s why doctors do regular blood tests when patients are on HRT.
6mg would be a large dose for estradiol. I’m not sure what size dose it would be for Premarin. Different types of estrogen have different potency.
2) Both anti-androgens and estrogen are necessary. If you take just anti-androgens, you will have low levels of estrogen and testosterone, which can make you ill. If you just take estrogen, you will have high levels of both, which can also make you ill.
3) Depends on the person. There is a large range of responsiveness. But it will take months to notice a change. Before you notice anything visually, your breasts will become tender and painful to the touch.
I’m co-opting the topic here.
Re, #2:
uh. the fuck? So, the recommendation from Dr. Zucker to go on blockers FOR AN ENTIRE SEMESTER would actually make me physically ill? and he knows this?
like
what the fuck
so, he knows full well that it would make me ill? and, now my auto-pessimistic-but-kind-of-tainted-by-Zucker’s-douchiness response is ‘oh, he did that so he can ‘turn me away from being trans”. which, really just means ‘turn me away from transitioning, because you can’t un-trans someone’
well
fuck him
Whenever I remember that you’re being forced to see Dr. Zucker, I get angry. Fuck him indeed.
Although, from what I’ve heard, a brief period of anti-androgens-only is a fairly common prescription from endocrinologists. By brief, I mean the most common number I’ve heard is a month. I don’t know why, though.
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