[GoneGirl]

I would like to ask the members who chose to try synthetics if you are seeing more success with BE? Do you grow boobs faster? Is it worth the risk? PM is a pretty powerful herb with many benefits if taken in low dose. It has worked wonders for many members here in regards of BE, antiaging etc.

Is it really necessary to use synthetics and increase the risk of getting cancer? No offense, I would just like to understand it. I took the birth control pill for many years, but I was young and naive when I started taking it and if I could I would turn back the time and never touch this stuff again...

Yes, the pharma meds are stronger, but even if they weren't, I take issue with the supposition that the herbs are safer than prescription HRT when taken under the care of an endocrinologist. First, we don't know the long term risks of taking large doses of PM, for example. The research hasn't been done to be sure of that. Second, the quality of the herbs is not being monitored in most cases by an objective third party or government agency. Third, many are taking the herbs blindly, that is, without regular blood testing and hormone level monitoring. How can that be inherently safer?

I was attracted to herbs at the beginning, because I could experiment with rebalancing my sex hormones without having to 'come out' to my physician about my gender dysphoria. Now that I'm committed to at least a partial transition, I prefer to work with a doctor and use the meds that they are accustomed to prescribing. It bothers me that the phyto-estrogen in PM, miroestrol, doesn't show up on a clinical estrogen test.

I maybe took it wrong, but I got the feeling reading this thread, that those of us switching to pharma were being pushed aside because that's not what this forum is about.

I know that the OP is miffed at me for expressing my opinion, and I probably did it in a way that invited confrontation, which I regret, but I still hold to my view that a separate sub forum is not necessary or desirable.

Clara