[Railgun]

Hi Lotus,

sorry to intrude your thread. I hope you don't mind that i wanted to ask you three things.

1. Do you know of any herbs or supplements that might be benefitial to take with a synthetic HRT (DIY)?

* 200mg Spironolactone (100mg in the morning, 100mg in the evening; always directly after a meal - since it should improve spiro's effectiveness)
* 4mg Estradiol Hemihydrate (sublingually; 2mg mornings, 2mg evening)
* 5mg Finasteride (Proscar) (1x mornings; on empty stomach)

i'm already taking these supplements
* 2000mg fishoil (~ 700mg omega-3; 240mg DHA; 360mg EPA) - 1000mg mornings; 1000mg evening
* 1000IU/25mcg Vitamin D-3 (mornings)
* 50mg Iron; 120mg Vitamin C; 300mg Magnesium; 1.4mg Vitamin B1/B2; 1.4mg Vitamin B6/B12; 50ug Biotin; 200ug folic acid; 16mg niacin; 12mg Vitamin E; 9mg beta-carotin (all midday)

I regained my libido after 3 month (currently at 6) with this regimen. So i guess my testosterone might still be too high, but the earliest date i can check my levels is in august. My chest is still way below an european A-Cup (i'm at 8cm/3.15in difference to underbust), while my female relatives all have full C or Ds.
My weight currently is at 76kg (167.55) and didn't change the last 6 months. I'm 192cm (6.4'') tall.

2. Is there a specific reason you take 600mg of calcium every day?
I'm currently avoiding it since it interacts with L-Thyroxin (which i take due to my thyroid hypofunction).

3. According to this site: http://www.poliquingroup.com/articlesmul...load_.aspx @ 6) "Improve Estrogen Metabolism By Promoting the C-2 Pathway" it says that
"The C-2 pathway produces very weak estrogenic activity and is termed “good” estrogen. In contrast, the C-16 pathway produces robust estrogenic activity and promotes tissue damage that leads to cancer.

Key nutrients for supporting the C-2 pathway are EPA fish oils, phytoestrogens, and of special importance, B vitamins and a substance called DIM. The B vitamins, particularly B6, B12, and folic acid promote the C-2 pathway. B6 is also known to decrease gene activity once estrogen is bound to a receptor, meaning this vitamin can inhibit cell damage and cancer development."

so if i guess correctly promoting the C-2 pathway for a transsexual like me might be contra-productive. On the other hand i'm taking my estrogens sublingually, so most of it should go directly to the bloodstream and not through the metabolization pathway, so i don't have to cut down my vitamin intake, correct?
Vitamin B6 on the other hand sounds awful, but 1,4mg usually shouldn't matter against the pure quantity of 4mg estradiol.
Am i overseeing something?


I'm again sorry to intrude, but i've been lurking this forum for about 3 years now and you're the person with the most knowledge about the endocrine system and alternative feminization regimes (non-synthetic) i know of. ^.^;

kind regards
Anna