Hormone regimen

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Permalink Reply by Holly Muczynski on May 11, 2010 at 1:43pm

Thanks for the link !!

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Permalink Reply by Kali Winters on February 4, 2011 at 7:39pm

I just started also... and my regime is

100mg spiro
2mg estradiol sublingual
and 1.25 mg of finasteride

This is to start and a hormone level test in 90 days to see if it needs to be adjusted.

I have a few friends using intramuscular injections that I might try and switch to for the next 90 days.

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Permalink Reply by Kali Winters on June 1, 2011 at 3:57pm

My doc just upped my spiro from 100 mg to 200 mg. I started taking 150 mg for now and will probably up it to 200 mg. I'm almost 4 months in and have seen some significant breast growth, and thinning of body hair. So this regime really works for me. I'm changing docs to the VA sometime soon, and will talk about different forms of estrogen and meds, but until then I'm going to stick with what seems to work.

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Permalink Reply by Gini MacRae on February 10, 2011 at 12:28pm

I've been on a "baby" regimen of Vivelle/Avodart for 18 months. Endo would not let me do Spiro since I only have one kidney. I notice some softening effects on my body, some mental effects, but nobody else does.

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Permalink Reply by Rebicca Ellen Ray on April 17, 2011 at 11:14pm

The bigest thing to be concerned with on HRT is regular monotering,expecilly when your just getting started. We're all diferent & doseges vary. I am a vet so I get everything through the VA. My HRT was started almost 4 yeasr ago Medroxyprogestrone Acetate 5 mg twice a day,estrodol 2 mg once daily (recently changed to 1 mg. due to abnolmally high estrogen levels ) & 25 mg. Spironolactone to help with brest devolupment. I am not satisfied with my brest size ( I'm barely an A cup ) but from what I've ben told you should expect about half of what your mother has & mom is an A.The imbalence in my hormones has had harsh effects on me so like I say do regular labs. Ellen

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Permalink Reply by Gini MacRae on April 18, 2011 at 2:19pm

I have a new t-friendly endo where I now live ... he's moving me off the Vivelle (patch) and onto Estradiol 2 mg 2X daily, which I am to take sublingually instead of swallowing.

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Permalink Reply by Nicki S on May 8, 2011 at 10:54am

I have been on HRT for 8 months. I did start our with lower doses, but this is my current daily regimen

100 mg Sprio
6 mg Estradiol
5 mg Finasteride
81 mg Aspirin
100 mg Prometriun... (10 days on 21 days off)
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Permalink Reply by Rita Vakaraite on May 11, 2011 at 10:46pm

Hi, Holly
I am a fan girl of all natural. And my therapist Dr Luo from China 100 times more too. I am on transition 1 year and the results you can see comparing my photos 1 year ago and now. But the most important it's aura of femininity inside me now. I live around the fields and meadows straight around the house and I can hear free the concert of flowers near my home and the bluebells are singing in their tone and dandellions in their. I never noticed this phenomena before transition. And sunny meadows like the beautiful picture gallery with the tones 1000 times various and brighter than males can see. But this wonderful world can see and hear every genetic woman. In our body there are 2 types of hormones - testosterone and estrogenes. But estrogenes are very a few compare with testosterone. By the opinion of my doctor in transition for feminization body and spirit a person can achieve results without taking estradiol and other synthetic hormones at all. Chinese special herbs can reverse the process of changing the balance of hormones more slowly than synthetic but without any harm for health. Phytogenes in herbs are not phytoestrogenes because estrogenes can be only in animal world. In every herb 1 or 2 phytogenes is absolutely adequate for structure with 1 or 2 kind of estrogenes in female body. The kit of the right selection of herbs can create the effect of pushing the car when the motor stops and it can move from the place. Before taking this kit we tried on preliminary combination ;
2 pills of Astrumfem (USA)
2 pills of red clover ( Evalar . Russian and Germany)
1 teaspoon of boiled dry hops to 1 glass
Pueraria Mirifica Cream wiping into breasts for the exclusion of the nipples by Tai Chi Massage ( Lucille Sorella Flat2Fem Downloaded Book) 360 rotations every breast 1 time per day
You ask me where here AA. This role plays very well saw palmetto in Astrumfem Kit. As a single herb pills saw palmetto help males to cure prostatitis, but together with fenugreek, don qua, fennel and wild yams, saw palmetto turns to effective AA.
And the main. Taking herbs it's not in the first place in this kind of transition.
1. the right diet with everyday vitamines C, E, K
2. feminization exercises physical and psychlogical
3. the right feminization audio hypnosis and self feminization hypnotic suggestions ( to unconscious mind to stop producing teststerone and start producing estrogenes on base you have from the birth. You simply NEEDN"T IN SYNTHETIC WITH ALL THEIR SIDE EFFECTS because YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FEMALE HORMONES FROM THE BIRTH!!!
4. the right hearbal kits as cathalizator of more fast changing of hormone balance from you have now to adequate the propotion of young genetic woman. And it is the main purpose of all MTF.

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Permalink Reply by Kendra Jeane Olson on June 8, 2011 at 9:13pm

I started HRT August 1, 2009, on my own. I tell you DON'T DO IT. It caused more problems than just side effects. I was viewed as a disruption and was not received well. I saw my endo-doc three times and go NO each time. I now have him supervising me and I learned more in one appointment than all the reading on the internet for a year and more.

I found the Spiro caused a rash on my arms,legs and torso AND it caused a chronic aggravated stomach. This occurred about 8 months into the HRT. I started at 200 mg twice a day, then 150, then 50. The rash went away, but I still had a bit of stomach problem. I am now off Spiro, at least for a while. We'll see what happens.

I take 5 mg fenasteride (proscar) as a prostate palliative and it is an anti-androgen.

I'm took 4 mg estradiol (Estrofem) twice a day, but don't know what I'll get as a LEGAL script. I assume it will be the same. My endo-doc prescribed 8mg a day, 4 am and pm.

My results have been great, but taking the hormones puts you in puberty again, with all the ups and downs and moods of any teenage girl. Maybe the effect on me was due to my age. But, my therapist was very helpful for me, helping through several crises, a couple severe ones. Be careful. have a therapist, get one if you don't have one. I'm doing better now on Zoloft. Please be careful. Discuss any thoughts of death with your therapist at once.

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Permalink Reply by Lyndsey Catherine Rush on June 27, 2011 at 12:11am

That is the hormone regimen I am on from transgender care and its a good one with patches and pills for about 2 1/2 years only one thing is that the patches fall off from sweat and showers so I had to come up with a cover for them when I showered but they do the job and yes I get mood swings sometimes.

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Permalink Reply by Holly Muczynski on June 27, 2011 at 7:23am

Thank you all for your wonderful tips and comments !! I have been on hormones now for about six months, 100mg of Spiro and 2mg of Estradiol. I have already acheived a small B cup and my skin has become much softer. My doctor and I are holding off on upping my hormones for now because i want to get rid of my facial hair, as soon as that is gone it will be time to up the hormones and begin living fulltime !! Yay !! I cant wait !!

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Permalink Reply by Misha on September 26, 2011 at 11:04pm

Spiro didn't agree with me. After a while the doc thought I should check electrolyte levels. When the results arrived at the office I got an imediate call about alarm due to dangerous elevated potassium. Spoiro stopped and potasium normalized. I take 5 mg fanasteride instead. I staarted estradiol at .5 mg 5 months ago. In the interim it has been increased first to 1 mg and now 2 mg sublingual. I am noticing positiver effectgs. I have been tested and learn results next week about my estrogen level now to compare to base line tests. I am eager to find out about it but not sure what estrogen level should be the target? I have read various things and am not sure how well versed my doctor is. Any info that might help?? My doc just retired and a nw one takes over.

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