I’m about to take some myself in the next couple of weeks and would like to know the changes you’ve experienced upon taking them, what type you take, how long for, when you noticed a difference and what… etc

I have seen people’s posts but want to hear first hand if possible to really get an idea.

Thank you!

  • Jul (they/she)@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    Ive been on HRT for about a year and a half. I honestly haven’t had as major of changes as I was originally thinking. I currently use estradiol patches, changed twice weekly. My goal being to have peak estrogen levels over 300pg/mL. Recently, moved from 3 to 4 patches and added 100mg of progesterone a few months back. Biggest things:

    • breast growth: 34AA only, so far, but still slowly growing and I do have a wider chest for my size so it’s probably spread out more
    • more emotional: this has been fairly minor, but I do find it harder to hold back strong emotions. Cried in front of someone for the first time since I was a young child.
    • orgasm differences: my orgasms changed to be a little less intense peaks, but instead stretched out to up to a few seconds long, and before I had bottom surgery, ejaculate had greatly decreased and sometimes there was none

    That’s about it though. My skin hasn’t changed much and I haven’t gotten wider hips or any other body shape changes other than the breast growth. I did a lot of body hair removal and it hasn’t come back quite as thick and my male-pattern hair thinning seems to have stopped, but not reversed, really.