hello, I’m very exited, in about a week i got my appointment to get hrt. I doubt ill get it since at my age i need consent from both parents being in Australia and I’m only out to my mum.
Is there any tips on what i should say to maybe get hrt even though its doubtful ill be able to get it. If this does not work I’m going to do diy hrt probably.
Also if i dont get hrt and i probably wont I’m going to tell the doctor that this is not healthcare, its only restricting me from getting what i need. welp hopefully i get my estrogen.
I would argue it’s probably easier to get the doses wrong with oral or transdermal than injections. DIY oral pills aren’t really a thing beyond ordering from overseas pharmacies. So it’s either oral tinctures, transdermal creams, or injections. Injections seem a lot more precise, and the dose response is much more predictable. Transdermal has hugely variable skin absorption, and oral has to get variably processed by the liver and kidneys. But injections skip all that and are fully absorbed.
Oral I agree kinda sucks anyway. I actually meant overdosing rather than getting the dose wrong. I feel you see many more people messing up their dosage with injections (“oops I misread and injected ten times the volume”) than with gel (you don’t read “oops I applied ten times more doses on my thighs” very often). But in general, I think injections are definitely the way to go for someone who won’t be overwhelmed by the steps and is careful. And for adults they’re definitely the best route of administration. Just maybe not the most practical and easy thing for a teenager who has to do HRT in secret. :)
Yeah, you’re right. Like, I come from a STEM background. Simple volume concentration calcs are trivial to me. But yeah, often it’s hard to step back out of your own experience. If people aren’t comfortable with that or with volumetric measuring…it gets hard. I think it’s not so difficult to learn. Just about anyone can learn how to do injections safely, but people don’t always have access to good information or training. And yeah, it gets even more complicated for minors.