20-03-2024, 02:29 AM
(14-03-2024, 11:00 PM)Lotus Wrote: Hi, Dibraru,Hi lotus,
Reading between the lines here it sounds like you want to feminize but still want function. E monotherapy sounds like your best option imho.
For feminisation therapy, whose goal is to adapt the physical appearance and the experience of the body to a female model (by inducing breast growth, softening facial features, and inducing other physical changes commonly regarded with a feminine appearance) (WPATH 2011).
Cotreatment with antiandrogens minimizes the required dose of estrogen, and thereby reduces the supposed risks of estrogen identified in previous studies (Schürmeyer 1986; Prior 1989)
Okay so the above information is a little outdated, but you get the gist of it. I strongly recommend getting labs done prior to starting any program. Having labs helps you understand what's your starting point, then recheck them every 30 days for 3 months until you can see the effects of E-monotherapy. There's things you can adjust after your first labs.
I'd check for these labs:
Total T
Free T
SHBG
Estradiol
Free Estradiol
Progesterone
Thanks that's definitely useful info, I think in Germany they do a hormones check before you get prescribed hormones, but even if they do, its not certain that they check all of these.
Is progesterone important at the beginning? From what I have understood isn't progesterone more of a later phase thing?

