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please stop being lazy and keep this general alive edition
Previous: >>42553552
• Help, advice, guidance on meds and dosages
• HRT related medical experiences and research
• Availability and pricing of medications
• Rational and scientific discussion

See following post for a pharmacy list.

Survey: https://1drv.ms/xs/s!AudRJceTA5C9c2G5lCV2Avq0kQ0
▶ Survey data: https://1drv.ms/x/s!AudRJceTA5C9cyIWo6_X14AvHyM
▶ HRTGen Data Analysis: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AudRJceTA5C9gRLLWnbpdzlIxe4r
▶ HRT Info Sheets: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AudRJceTA5C9gQnyM7wxZcBGWRzW
▶ Pill ID: https://www.drugs.com/imprints.php
▶ DrugBank: https://www.drugbank.com/
▶ Basic HRT: https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/assets/hormones_MTF.pdf
▶ HRT ranges: https://www.hemingways.org/GIDinfo/hrt_ref.htm
▶ Powers Method: https://powersfamilymedicine.com/s/Healthcare-of-the-Transgender-Patient-V60.pptx
▶ Endocrine Society Guidelines: https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/11/3869/4157558
▶ Transline Guidelines (with bicalutamide): https://transline.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/360047702053/TransLine_HRT_Guidelines_FINAL.pdf
▶ WPATH SOC: https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc
▶ TransDIY: https://www.reddit.com/r/transDIY
▶ Blood tests (US): https://www.privatemdlabs.com/, https://www.labsmd.com/
▶ Blood tests (UK, Ireland): https://www.medichecks.com/
▶ Blood tests (Canada Only): https://bloodtestscanada.com/
▶ Blood tests (Sweden): https://werlabs.se/
▶ Blood tests by mail: https://www.letsgetchecked.com/ DIY capillary blood samples. Expensive.
▶ Lab test guide: https://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/
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Lists of pharmacies:
https://hrt.coffee
https://hrtcafe.net/
▶https://www.inhousepharmacy.vu/t-shipping.aspx- Has been popular in the US. Ships from Vanuatu to some countries.
▶ euaibolitatgmaildotcom - Ships from EU to Worldwide.
▶https://unitedpharmacies-uk.md/(UK only) - Ships from HK.
▶https://unitedpharmacies.md/(US only) - Ships from HK.
▶https://alldaychemist.com/- Ships from India to some countries.
▶https://shape-shifter.webnode.page/- Ships from Turkey to Worldwide.
▶https://stayhealthynow.co/- Ships from Turkey to Worldwide
▶https://amazing4health.com/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://favskinhouse.com/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://goodstuffstore.net/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://otc-online-store.com/- Ships from Russia to Worldwide.
▶https://www.weborderpharmacy.md/(US only) - Ships from India.
▶https://www.weborderpharmacy-uk.md/(UK only) - Ships from India.
▶https://www.inhousepharmacy.vu/t-shipping.aspx- Has been popular in the US. Ships from Vanuatu to some countries.
▶ euaibolitatgmaildotcom - Ships from EU to Worldwide.
▶https://unitedpharmacies-uk.md/(UK only) - Ships from HK.
▶https://unitedpharmacies.md/(US only) - Ships from HK.
▶https://alldaychemist.com/- Ships from India to some countries.
▶https://shape-shifter.webnode.page/- Ships from Turkey to Worldwide.
▶https://stayhealthynow.co/- Ships from Turkey to Worldwide
▶https://amazing4health.com/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://favskinhouse.com/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://goodstuffstore.net/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://otc-online-store.com/- Ships from Russia to Worldwide.
▶https://www.weborderpharmacy.md/(US only) - Ships from India.
▶https://www.weborderpharmacy-uk.md/(UK only) - Ships from India.
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yayy hrtgen is back alive!!
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>>42625178
i've been refreshing /lgbt/ all day to see if the thread was back up and ultimately i said fuck it let me open it for once lol
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>>42625192
Last time we were talking about fixing the links because half of them are defunct, now. I was about to recreate the thread myself ^^;
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anyone know if domestic supply has good testosterone? I’ve been on for a few months but doesn’t feel like it’s doing shit. enanthate injectables
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can you get diy hrt in japan? i'm planning on moving for a year and i dont wanna fuck my transition over
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>>42625378
i dont really know anon, but looking into the sites i found a list here, try looking here:
https://diyhrt.info/transmasc/sources/
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bumping to stay alive
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Got my prescription for E injections! I’m super excited! My only real question is should I be concerned about coring from the stopper? I’m using 27ga needles in an auto injector. I figure changing the needle itself wouldn’t fix the issue, since wouldn’t it be pulled up inside the syringe itself? Or is the needle small enough that there’s minima risk? Either way I’m super happy and can’t wait to do my first shot on Friday :3
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>>42625031
when will this list of stuff be updated
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>>42625378
domestic US?
>>42628619
autoinjector as in autoinjector pen? like an insulin pen? if ur using prescrption hrt the carrier oil is castor which is too viscous
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>>42625883
Unfortunately I’ve vetted a lot of those resources and they’re outdated and/or bad
>>42628684
Domestic supply is the name of the supplier, also ships from US - US, which is what I do
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>>42628818
oh i am genuinely retarded i thought you were asking for domestic supplies for testosterone
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>>42628619
27g is fine. do you know your concentration? prescribed hrt is usually way lower than diy so you might not even be drawing enough times for coring to be a problem
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veuillez travailler plus rapidement la poste ;_;
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pg8 /hrtgen/ bump
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>>42629703
My vial is 5 mL, 10mg per mL. Instructions are to inject 0.2 mL once a week. Is this a hondose? Injections work differently and I don’t know much about them.
The nurse said there would be some leftover, but I’m wonder if it’s worth it to use all of the vial. I know they’ll probably not like that, but what’s the harm?
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>>42631268
I believe that is 1/4 the recommended amount based on concentration. But you won't really know until you have your levels checked (at trough). Do you know if its estradiol enanthate, valerate or something else?
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Someone mentioned prog injections instead of oral or boofing. Does anyone know what the dosing would be?
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>>42631642
Valerate. I’m getting my blood drawn tomorrow and doing my first injection Friday. After a month I’ll meet with my provider again and see from there. If my levels aren’t great I do want to increase my concentration fast as possible. My provider seems fairly open, so I think she’d approve it. It’s only a month after all, so I’m not sweating it too hard.
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Okay nvrmd I found the sauce:
"Progesterone by intramuscular or subcutaneous injection can easily achieve very high progesterone levels (Wiki; Graphs; Wiki; Graph). However, progesterone administered by this route has a relatively short duration when compared to other injectable sex-hormone formulations and requires injection once every 1 to 3 days" would take an oral or sublingual intermittently help? Like a shot every 3 days and oral/sublingual daily in-between. Just to keep the prog at a somewhat at a decent level?
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>>42631795
https://transfemscience.org/articles/oral-p4-low-levels/

Sauce^^
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>>42631753
When it's time for your first blood draw after your first injection, make sure you've injected 5 days before your blood draw. That's the only way to get your levels accurately.
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>>42625361
how are you going to fix them? using internet archive or just saving and reuploading the files?
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>>42631753
that is an incredible hondose. it doesnt even put you into the recommended wpath ranges for half of the week, and wpath is already basically a hondose if youre not in aas
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i'm debating hrtrepping but i'm not sure i could work up the nerve to inject myself with estrogen. do pills actually help or should i just stop being a wimp and start taking shots?
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>>42632310
pills work but are worse than injections in every way except that you dont need to put a needle inside yourself. you have a higher chance of blood clots, will almost definitely need aas (which give you a higher chance of liver failure), and you need to take them 5-14x more frequently. up to you if these detriments outweigh your fear of needles
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>>42632310
im literally you
you can do it
just get drunk the first times
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>>42632393
okay but also don't i need to source the needles from somewhere? where can i find them?

my concern is that injecting feels more significant than just popping a pill, and i'm really indecisive so it might force me to put it off longer.

>>42632401
that was going to be my follow-up question. is it safe to have some liquid courage first for anaesthetic/not being a pussy reasons?
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>>42632434
depends on where youre located. most first world countries will have needles and syringes either available directly in pharmacy with no prescription or orderable online (from an actual medical supplier if possible, dont give yourself aids with discount chinese needles off amazon). dont know the situation in other countries. if it really feels too significant for you then go for pills i guess, but theyre pretty shit
and yes, you can drink if youd like. there are no major drug interactions. just dont get so fucked up that you cant inject properly
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>>42632434
i dont see why it wouldnt be safe
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Been on hrt for 15 years,I’ve been thinking of swapping to injections from sublingual pills, how to the peaks and valleys from injection time make people feel like does it do anything to you mentally? Is there anything I should be aware of for injections?
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>>42632582
>how to the peaks and valleys from injection time make people feel like
pretty sure its backwards, injections are the administration route that gives you the most stable levels
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>>42632717
except for patches injections give the most stable levels.
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>>42625031
Recommendations for prog? I was on 100mg oral daily, but i asked for 200mg so i had an extra 100mg to experiment with, should i just stay on 100mg, or? Is there any evidence that cycling does anything? I dont havr the gel capsulrs so i dont think i can take them as suppssitory, idk, do i just keep taking 100mg daily, or 200mg daily?
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>>42632717
Really I assumed since you injected once every 1-2 weeks it’d be less stable
>>42632738
I did patches most of this time I was terrible at remembering and hated the residue
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>>42632804
you inject 1-2 weeks and your levels gradually decline over that time until the next injection, with pills or gel it sharply decreases every single day. also the residue from patches is fucking awful ive been on every form of hrt and patches from a bunch of places and the climara patches are what had the least residue for me but i evnetually just switched to diy injections.
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>>42632750
look at this article>>42631799

I was talking to someone yesterday who told me oral prog was a waste of time. They said you should try to find an injectable source. Depo provera was what I was told. I am unsure of what the cycle is supposed to be but the article said daily to every 3 days cause level's peak is super short. But honestly I have no clue.
>t. Am Retarded
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>>42625031
do i have to start doing injections instead of another method after doing said method for enough time? i really hate needles but if it would fuck over the process i think i'd get used to it.
the one i like most are patches because of the liver shenanigans i'd have to deal with pills.

cheers in advance anyway /hrtg/
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i'm looking to start taking prog. i hear about taking it as suppository, but i can't rlly find any of those online. is oral fine too? or can i use any micronized prog pill rectally? also, should i be considering prog at all this early into hrt? i dont want to hurt my potential breast development :c
t. 19yo, 2yrs hrt (or more like 1.5yrs on a proper dose), very small a cup but ok fat redistribution
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>>42632951
if your levels are good on patches and using them doesn't annoy you there's no reason to switch. rotating application methods doesn't do anything
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wtf thread die while i sleep even when i try to bump
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>>42632582
depends on the ester
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>>42632499
>most first world countries will have needles and syringes either available directly in pharmacy with no prescription or orderable online
oh shit really? i thought they'd be tightly controlled or something. that's pretty neat. maybe i'll look for them.

i mean does estrogen give any mental benefits? like can i trial with pills first and then if it feels right i can switch to injections?
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>>42633881
you can do a trial with pills first but you're gonna wanna order a better t blocker if they prescribe spiro
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>>42633721
obviously never tried them but how do they feel? i am part of the tism hivemind and i compare myself to a slaanesh cultist from 40k a lot but it's a double edged sword
thanks again, this is going to be the only non shit thread for a month for reasons you know about
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>>42633921
personally i hated patches when i tried them. whenever i got sweaty (it was summer so happened often) they started peeling off and even if i kept them on right by using another waterproof bandaid over them they didn't get my levels high enough. ymmv on this. i have been taking oestrogel for 1.5yrs and it has been working well for me doing thighs/scrotal application. i would prefer injections but alas that privilege is not granted to europoors getting oestrogen from the government
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>>42633881
>thought they'd be tightly controlled or something
they might be, in some states in america its like this for example. just find out how it is where you live with a google search
>like can i trial with pills first and then if it feels right i can switch to injections?
you can and obviously you are going to get a trial of all the effects but you might as well start with injections since you're basically delaying the inevitable, thats why people suggest you to just take the plunge now.
oral E is arguably scarier than injectable E btw, carries way higher risk of health issues related to it.
or consider gel maybe? its still suboptimal but not as suboptimal as pills i think and should be available with many DIY vendors.
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>>42634144
alright, i'll have a look at that. i didn't think gel would do anything compared to actually taking a pill.
i guess i should just take the plunge but i'm terminally indecisive and hate making permanent, long-term decisions. i guess injecting myself will tell me pretty quick if i get reverse dysphoria.
i mean for the first few months it's pretty reversible, right?
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>>42634197
>i didn't think gel would do anything compared to actually taking a pill.
its more effective since its not going through your digestive system, it gets directly into your body similarly to how an injection would
>i guess i should just take the plunge but i'm terminally indecisive and hate making permanent, long-term decisions
if you think you're going to psych yourself out of it and really want to start by all means take whatever you wish, it wont matter ultimately
>i mean for the first few months it's pretty reversible, right?
boobs are the non reversible part but its not like you're going to suddenly wake up one day with massive milkers
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>>42632804
it depends on your ester. if you do ev once a week youll be pretty unstable (but still more stable than pills lol), if you do een once a week youre almost as stable as patches. dont inject once every 2 weeks no matter what.
im currently on ev every 4 days (for insurance reasons to cover srs, een is better if youre able to diy) and my mood feels very stable. besides the bpd mood swings, but ive always had those
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any ideas why my levels are coming out to 115pg/ml on 5mg EEn weekly? It's consistent between two tests now, idk if the vial I got is fucked up or something
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>>42634508
where are you getting your vials from? have they been tested in the last year? some homebrewers have terrible quality control. also how are you injecting?
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>>42634197
gel is better than pills lmfao
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>>42632250
No, I was just going to remove them from the next thread
>>42632434
https://www.vitalitymedical.com/bd-lo-dose-insulin-syringe-sterile.html
These are the needles I use.
https://shopusa.tsklab.com/collections/all has bigger (lower gauge) needles if you want an easier time drawing without bubbles.

>>42632310
No matter what, you'll need to get blood work done which will involve needles. Personally I used to faint after having my blood drawn but I actually enjoy it now..
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>>42634782
but not as good as injection?

>>42634878
ahhh nice thanks for the recommendations.
how do i get bloodwork done without admitting to my doctor i'm trooning? my country doesn't like trannies all that much. although i think someone else putting a needle in me would be easier than me putting a needle in myself.
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>>42634766
Panacea, it looks like they had a test from Feb for EV that seemed okay? Half the concentration seems like an insane error range

I'm doing subq with insulin syringes. I was using Lena stuff before this and getting about what I expect so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong
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>>42635038
You can get E and T tests through Quest if it exists in your country. Otherwise I'm not sure, you can look for the same type of labs I suppose
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>>42635038
you just ask for an "endocrine test"
cis people do these all the time, probably one person out of four or five getting bloodwork done is doing this so it's nothing "telling"
any endocrine test, including those for males, will include E and T levels.
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>>42633881
yes, yes, yes

just do the injections its better in every way
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>>42634508
could it just be your biology/metabolism

this makes me nervous cause im on same regime

how is the T tho? its not terrible for trough, if T is suppressed right?
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Bump
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>>42635363
>>42635727
oh really? what do they normally get them for? i didn't think that was a common thing. they won't notice elevated E levels, will they?

>>42636209
i know i need to stop being a pussy. someday i'll get out of this rut.
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>>42636232
yeah it's suppressing my T at least
I'm just wondering why my E is so low
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>>42635042
ok if your levels were fine before and you havent changed injection methods id be very suspicious of your vial. i tried to skim their tests, is the whole pdf blank for you too? what are your t levels?
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>>42638383
oh yeah it's all blank for me too lol. my T was 0.7nmol/L
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>>42638529
ok lol i guess youre fine? for feminizing e2 levels dont really matter past, like, 100pg/ml if your t is suppressed. weird as hell though, could be an shbg thing? idk lol
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>>42632823
Yeah residue is why I stopped patches I guess maybe when I see my new dr in march I’ll ask about swapping to injections.
Through legal means does any one know about how much injections cost cause pills are cheap and patches were stupid expensive
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six
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I wanna take peptides to make my hips bigger how tf do i even do that?
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does oral/ buccal/ sublingual really do nothing past 6 months?

or as long as ur levels are okay (im like 190pg/mL+ at my lowest) will i be ok
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>>42640249
us-based here. injections are very cheap. raw price for ev (100mg/5ml) is $181.99, i have pretty shitty insurance and it was $70.23 out of pocket for me. 18g drawup needles are $4.25 for 20, not covered by insurance. 25g injection needles are $14.09 for 20, also not covered by insurance. syringes are $16.27 raw price, fully covered by insurance. works out to about $2.16/day without insurance, $0.89/day with. cheaper than pills for sure, diy still is a little cheaper assuming youre buying needles in bulk
imo still not worth over diying since its harder to stock up (i only have ~7 days of buffer on my refills), i dont get to pick my needle gauges (i prefer much thinner), and i dont have access to een this way, but i need to be on legal hrt to get insurance to cover srs so whatever
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>>42641153
is your t suppressed? if so youre fine. i still personally think injec
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>>42641308
injections get better results, but thats not really evidence based medicine lol just vibes. itll get your levels a little more stable if youre having mood swings i guess but besides that i wouldnt expect better feminization from it if youre getting 190 trough on pills
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>>42641300
sorry i forgot how cheap pills have gotten, i think this is a little pricier than pills actually.
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>>42641300
what if you pretended to be on legal hrt and did diy instead
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>>42638107
>oh really? what do they normally get them for?
for whatever reason, people have hornonal issues of all kinds and they have to check their levels. or maybe they're gymfags and want to check if some supplement they're taking is doing anything. or whatever else.
i doubt they'll pay much attention to any of the results, its literally not their job. even if they "pay attention" they'll assume you have some hormone related health issue causing the levels, hence why the test.
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>>42641381
i thought about it but i need to pay for the hrt anyway since my doctor checks if i pick up my scripts and i dont really want to throw money down the drain so it is what it is. i miss having more stable levels but its not like ev is gonna hondose me, i just need to remember to inject more often and im a little moodier sometimes.
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If I want to only take 1x2mg E pills per day, is it required to split them for morning and evening or can I just take the whole thing in the evening?
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>>42641300
Yeah I’m getting srs soon so I need to stay on it legally desu I will probably go back to diy after all my surgeries this year and next ty for the info
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>>42643086
I would take it in the morning. Amab testosterone peaks around mid day.
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>>42643113
So Ideally I would take both 50mg bica and 2mg estradiol after waking up?
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>>42643366
Yeah when I was powerlifting all the studies I read said your test peaks between like 10 am and noon (if I remember correctly).
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>>42643366
This link is to the transfemme articles. The article I linked isn't the right one. It was just what I was reading (dont wanna lose my place) But its pretty easy to search through the articles using keywords.
https://transfemscience.org/articles/shbg-unimportant/
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Does Pioglitazone work for enhancing fat redistro? If so what should I be dosing at?

23 mtf hrt for 26 months
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>>42643600
Fucking with youre insulin sounds like a way to speed run diabetes. I mean it might put more fat on your ass? I wouldn't risk it
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>>42643830
pioglitazone improves insulin insensitivity in type 2 diabetes.
there are dangers but diabetes isn't one of them.
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>>42643871
What should I be weary of? I've been thinking about cycling it.
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>>42643978
https://papers.lgbt/papers/pio is down rn but it has some of the best guidance on it
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Starting to get breast development after finally gaining weight after ~8 years, my nipples are a lot more pointy too. There's no possibility this is because of the 100mg oral prog I've been taking, is it?
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hi nonas, last two injections (~0.15ml EEn, weekly) gave me a lump under the skin. It's firm but not painful until I touch it. Am I doing something wrong here? I inject near the abdomen (around the belly button) and make sure to angle the needle (~30deg with the skin) and pinch a few inches of skin everytime. I worry I might be wasting my e...
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Doctor knows best. Doctor knows best. Doctor knows best.
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>>42646435
>0.15ml
that's not a dosage that's a volume of liquid!!!

you're fine though sometimes it just does that
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how can i take a vial + insulin needles thru tsa for a flight?
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>>42625031
These threads are promoting self harm and the mods ought to ban them. Don't get your medical advice from random dope fiends on the Internet that want you in the same boat as them.
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Anybody here got experience using Clobetasol to induce breast growth and if so what was ur treatment
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>>42646435
i get those “lumps” if i do the injection on my stomach or to the side of my hips. idk if it because there is more fat, but i don’t notice the lump/deposit if i do it closer to my butt, and my thighs. but in a couple of days those “lumps” should be gone as it’s just the residual deposit from the injection.
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>>42647951
can i ask how’s life at 40?
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>>42628818
which of those suppliers is bad? i wanted to order T off of roidbazaar because no crypto requirement
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>>42646435
thats completely normal and actually how it works its called a depot shot

the enanthate part is like the oil version of a salt like how drugs will be xyz hydrochloride, instead of a salt dissolved in water its an ester dissolved in oil so that it is taken up slowly by the body over a number of days instead of all at once. the different esters have different carbon chain lengths that correspond to days of half life from something like 2-3 days up to almost a whole month since longer chains take longer to break down
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>>42647951
how's the hondosing going doc?
does it give you a hardon that you are ruining lives?
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>>42625031
wheres the detailed guide
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>>42650242
-> >>42625072
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>>42625031
Should i be concerned if my e package has been in logistics for a week now?
First time ordering, its from Astrovials
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>>42650436
if EU->EU probably nothing to worry about
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>>42650580
i'm in europe but not the EU
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>>42650624
its probably still nothing
im sure it will come next week
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>>42650436
i read that this isn't unusual with la poste international shipping, the tracking is also really bad
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i just started hrt TONIGHT and i got a pimple on my dick which never happens. thoughts?
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>>42652149
certainly unrelated lol
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What blood test do you get if you're in the UK and taking cyproterone acetate and estradiol valerate pills? I've put it off for while because I'm not sure which one to do, like even a simple explanation on the correct test to get on medichecks would be useful.
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>>42625031
Is drawing and injecting with a 29g insulin needle doable?
I know its not ideal but still
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>>42652336
if the oil is MCT it probably is
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>>42652149
Herpes. No seriously it can lie dormant for long periods of time. If it makes you feel better it is super common an sti
>Over 1 in 5 adults (846 million people) aged 15-49 globally had genital herpes in 2020.
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>>42652355
na im clean, was tested before starting
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>>42652355
something tells me that the anon askng the question is a khhv
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>>42652397
lol what makes you say that?
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>>42652415
sorry idk why i said that it just came out
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>>42652421
no worries :) i also like to run my mouth
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Does anyone know if weight cycling would work for an FTM? I know the idea, but I haven't heard of anyone trying it.
I know a few women who have had good luck with it, but most of the guys I know don't take it that seriously. If you could recommend studies or literature (for or against), I'd be overjoyed. I just want to know what I'm getting myself into as someone who's just started testosterone HRT and who'd be willing to cycle.
Also, if you've done something similar with cycling, what worked for you? I've heard cycling like 5-10 pounds from some people and 10-20 from others. I'd like to know about personal experiences.
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>>42652415
>>42652421
>>42652439
im a KHHV
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>>42652381
Blood test? Again herpes can lie dormant in your body for years.
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>>42652397
You could possibly get it from you mother if she didnt have a c section
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>>42652652
hmm im pretty sure its an ingrown hair cos theres only 1 and its tiny, not painful or anything. but ill keep that in mind.
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i usually leak a little bit of blood after injecting but when i injected today, after pulling out the syringe a larger than usual amount of of blood erupted very quickly and pooled around the injection site.
i felt nothing unusual when sticking in the syringe and i feel nothing unusual now other than the bump from my injection being larger than usual.
what happened? what caused this? did i inject vial coring?
should i be concerned? im mainly worried that my dose mightve leaked out in the blood. should i inject again?
doing intramuscular btw
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>>42653515
you just nicked a vein on your way down and it was a larger one than usual
its unlikely that you injected into the vein but its impossible to know really
only way to know for sure is aspirating before injecting
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>>42653536
ah
no big deal then
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>>42653591
probably not yeah
again if you're worried about injecting in a vein just aspirate. personally i dont do it because im a massive pussy, if i dont inject immediately i know i'll end up getting the needle out of my thigh and crying myself to sleep
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>>42653635
im not that neurotic but i am really lazy and the amount that im injecting isnt enough to cause an embolism even if i did inject directly into a vein so im not gonna bother with it
thank you though
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>>42625031
What dosage should i be using for an EV 40mg/ml vial?
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is injecting EEn with a liver disease contraindicated
ive seen studies that say estradiol might be beneficial for fibrosis of liver tissue
at the same time women have a much higher risk of getting autoimmune hepatitis
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I'm planning on ordering some prog from Inhouse Pharmacy but I'm feeling very nervous about if the box will show up with anything marked on it or saying anything about the contents of what's inside. I've never ordered from any type of online pharmacy as I've only just ever bought injections from home brewers, but the website won't ask for some prescription or mark the box with anything, will it? I'm scared because people told me that diying pills and prog is way harder than injections
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>>42654139
Well they're out of stock so I guess asking this was pointless. What are good websites for ordering prog capsules?
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>>42653866
i thought concerns for liver health applied only to oral E?
i might be misremembering tho
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>>42653840
diyhrt.info says 4mg every 5 days
https://diyhrt.info/transfem/dosing/
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>>42654139
Its always a white box for me and the ups sticker does list the contents inside but it lists them all as "non controlled pharmaceuticals" and doesn't specify exactly what they are.
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Swapped insurance and hormone providers is not testing testosterone normal? And is 209 pg/ml estradiol fine (i had taken my pills around 9am and got tested at ~2:30)
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>>42646300
low probability
like troons have been saying prog actually helps
while "medical science" been saying the prog data is ultra weak... but the prog data indeed IS ultra weak, as they never tried to get good data.
in cases like this i'd prefer to listen to "dirty data" like the not blinded ones from people trying shit out instead of waiting 200 years for a prophet to demand trials.
try it yourself, that's what i'll try to do?
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>>42654923
>thought concerns for liver health applied only to oral E?
Spironolactone too iirc
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>>42655113
Ive had nothing from prog but ive been on hrt for a decade so might be too late, there really is no harm trying.
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>>42655124
i'm sorry for it not helping srs
myself i'm like 8 years in and kinda thinking of trying it out
the data is weak but the individual reports of it helping is kinda attractive? not blinded data, and not even disinterested, just real people trying something they hope will help?
i was 100% fixated on reliable data for a long time until i realized that approach missed stuff. not in general of course, as statistically the trials provided the gold standard blueprint how to handle medical issues, but in reality?
we aren't standard organisms, and while the gold standard is good for the majority, what about the rest? fine, the effects i find from strange shit might just be mental ghosts, but so what? i might feel better for a few seconds of my miserable life idk :)
>>42655211
weird freak shit but mechanial stimulation helps, that's a (smol) part of why exercist does positive things
not that you'd ever get that, with the smol brain and all
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how much E should i be injecting? i used 1ml once and that felt like a lot so ive been doing .5ml now. is that good? also i havent done a blood test. should i take it when ive been on E for longer so I can my levels without them being in flux cus of bad dosing
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>>42655240
i posted the butt comment in the wrong thread but i guess it kinda fits here too
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>>42655240
>myself i'm like 8 years in and kinda thinking of trying it out
I wouldn't be surprised if you get nothing desu like me, one thing I actually did notice is more breast tissue my boobs stayed the same size though which isn't shocking in already bigger boobed than my sister or mom
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Opinion on using a 3ml syringe? My estradiol hasnt arrived yet, but i started practising using the syringe and drawing 0.125ml is fine but injecting it may be a problem because I cant inject evenly, it goes in chunks. Is that a problem? Do i need to get smaller syringes?
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>>42655455
as long as it gets into your body it should be fine lol
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>>42655510
I heard its better not to inject it all at once and that its safer to do slow injections. Am I overthinking this? I wanna stay safe
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>>42655581
im not sure i've ever heard anything like that but consider that DIY HRT is very concentrated.
when it comes to pharma grade stuff (HRT or anything else) you usually arent injecting 0.1ml but much more.
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>>42655319
can someone please help me
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>>42655319
>>42655629
whats the concentration of your vial and whats the ester?
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>>42655319
>>42655629
just take a picture of the label if you dont know
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>>42655657
10ml at 40mg/ml and its enanthate
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>>42655731
nona that's way too much...
you've been taking 20-40mg. you should be taking 4-6mg.
how long have you been doing this? you feel alright mood wise?
just take 0.1-0.15ml from now on.
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>>42655765
oh no.... ):
>how long have you been doing this?
i took 1ml three weeks ago and i wasnt able to talk another shot until last monday cus of my needle phobia and that was 0.5
> you feel alright mood wise?
i think? idk ive been depressed for a while so im kinda numb. all i really feel is my chest hurting from what i assume is boobs growing.
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>>42655818
>i took 1ml three weeks ago and i wasnt able to talk another shot until last monday cus of my needle phobia and that was 0.5
its honestly alright if its only been a few weeks
a lot of people actually do take very high doses for the first two or three shots on purpose to get their levels to where they should be quickly
just take a normal dose from now on and it'll be fine
>i think? idk ive been depressed for a while so im kinda numb. all i really feel is my chest hurting from what i assume is boobs growing.
good to hear :)
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>>42655855
>a lot of people actually do take very high doses for the first two or three shots on purpose to get their levels to where they should be quickly
oh thats funny lol, thanks that made me a lot less anxious

also when should i get my hormones levels tested? should i wait a couple months or smth
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>>42655931
it's usually recommended to wait 3 months before getting a blood test
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>>42655945
thank you !!
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>>42655956
anytime for you nona <3
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hey why is everyone using 1mL syringes and why are you not using like half or third mL syringes instead

i just found out these exist and i think its kinda really dumb to be using such massive ones with a tiny dose like what is the margin of error on these shits when the measure lines themselves are 20% of a dose
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>>42652450
sorry what exactly is the point of cycling as an ftm? eg are you trying to get a beer gut or something? it would make more sense to just lose weight period -- unless youre trying to dadbod mode, getting a masculine fat distribution consists of losing fat.
unless by weight cycling you mean eating less to lose fat and then eating more to build muscle, in which case this is just bulking and cutting and gym bros do this to great effect
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>>42646300
highly unlikely. prog might work but oral prog is worthless.
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>>42655455
3ml is fine if you have no other option but 1ml or 0.5ml is much much better if you can. easier to dose and easier to pace injections.

>>42655581
>I heard its better not to inject it all at once and that its safer to do slow injections
this is true but not the end of the world. again, smaller syringe if you can but youre not gonna die if you use a 3ml.
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>>42655818
jesus christ do not inject again for 2 weeks. your levels must be insanely high right now. assuming by last monday you meant the 9th, do a 0.15ml injection on the 23rd. if you meant the 2nd, do the 0.15ml injection on the 16th. then keep doing 0.15ml every 7 days. that should put you back on track for normal levels within 28 days. for reference picrel has a normal een schedule (orange) and what you are doing (blue). we are currently somewhere between day 25 and 32, depending on if you did your 0.5ml injection on the 9th or the 2nd.

>>42655931
>also when should i get my hormones levels tested? should i wait a couple months or smth
the standard recommendation is 3 months in. i personally would get tested after injecting 0.15ml 2 times (so about a month and a half in) just to make sure that your levels are on track since you did an insane fucking loading dose.
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>>42658081
1ml are easier to get. 0.5ml is better if you can get your hands on them. 0.33ml is fine but can be a problem if you have higher doses depending on what youre doing with your injections, e.g. if your dose is 0.2ml and you like to draw up double the amount (helps with air bubbles), then 0.33ml isnt enough space. if you draw exact amount then its fine too
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>>42658713
> jesus_christ_nona.png
omgg girl that graph is scaring but also where did u get it?
>jesus christ do not inject again for 2 weeks.
if i do what happens? will it take even longer for my levels to stabilize.
>you did an insane fucking loading dose.
will this fuck up my transition? im kinda scared nona
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>>42659550
>if i do what happens? will it take even longer for my levels to stabilize.
yes. if you inject after 14 days like i suggest, youll almost perfectly time your next dose as if you had been doing it once every 7 days. if you inject sooner than that then youre adding a boost to your levels too early.
as an analogy, imagine that youre driving a car. you need to keep your foot pressed down on the pedal a little in order to maintain speed, right, otherwise you start slowing down. this is your regular injection. now imagine that youre trying to get on the highway. you need to press down hard on the pedal to accelerate up to 65mph and then let up a little to stop accelerating. this is an ideal loading dose. you just pressed the pedal to the metal and now youre going 120mph, so you need to completely take your foot off the pedal for a bit to let your speed go down to 65. this is the waiting 14 days part. doing your next dose too soon would be like putting pressure back on the pedal while youre still going at 80mph.

>will this fuck up my transition? im kinda scared nona
as long as you get your levels back down to normal (the orange line) you'll be fine, which will happen by day 40. if you kept doing 1ml every week and had your levels at 1200 for like 3 years then youd probably drop dead from a blood clot or some shit, but a month is not enough time for serious damage to happen. a tranny i know was at 1500pg/ml for 8 months straight and she had no problems. youre gonna be fine
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>>42659648
thank you!! would u mind telling me the wbsite u used to get that graph?
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>>42659680
https://estrannai.se/
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>>42660113
https://estrannai.se/#it0_cu,40,0,2-20,21,2-6,14,2-6,7,2-6,7,2_cu,6,7,2-cu,5,7,2-cu,4,7,2

1.0 mL x 40 mg / mL = 40 mg "3 weeks" 21 days ago
0.5 mL x 40 mg / mL = 20 mg "on monday"
0.15 mL x 40 mg / mL = 6 mg in 14 days from last
0.15 mL x 40 mg / mL = 6 mg every 7 days (six seven)

repeat

also

0.1 mL x 40 mg = 4 mg
0.125 mL x 40 mg = 5 mg
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>>42660198
thank you sm this program is really useful
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when do my boobs stop hurting
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anyone know anything about tgel for dick?
bored of it not wokring properly i wanna futamode.
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>>42660715
actually it seems like information on dosing etc is pretty well available
acquisition seems to be more the issue
no idea so far where to source this
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is it a good idea to take a small dose of a blood thinner like aspirin if you are afraid of blood clots
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today is my injection day

should i do it, or should i kill myself instead bcuz hrt is a meme anyway?
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>>42661389
just do it
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>>42661400
do it, as in kill myself?
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>>42661407
just do it
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>>42661421
but needle scary and hurts (might be that my syringes are shitty)
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>>42661407
do it as in take your girl juice dummy
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>>42661461
>>42661430
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>>42661479
what kind of syringes do you have
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>>42661507
some cheapest insulin ones
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>>42661515
then they should be thin and fine
just woman up and do it
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>>42661050
the danger of blood cots is eqvivalent to a cissy, stop overreacting and being paranoid
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>>42662136
you should consider that the individual risk of someone asking that question might be higher for whatever reason
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>>42662275
no reason for that unless they say that they have something regarding it run through the family, otherwise its just cause of injecting
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>>42661507
19g for drawing 25g for injecting.
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>>42662363
should be fine
maybe a bit too thick for drawing but the one for injecting is fine
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how many years on HRT does my body stop producing testosterone?
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>>42662381
btw im not that nona, I did not realize the post I responded to was a response for some reason.

btw second question, they are sterile out of the box right? It says sterile on the box so I dont need to disinfect them right?
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>>42662408
not how it works, you always produce testosterone its just that it stops masclinizing effects after starting hrt, when exactly though i could not tell you
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>>42662408
your body will never stop producing test.
if you have your testicles at least

>>42662444
>they are sterile out of the box right? It says sterile on the box so I dont need to disinfect them right?
if it says they are sterile, then they ARE sterile
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>>42662444
they are sterile yeah. you need to apply alcohol only to the top of the vial and to your injection site
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>>42661421
>>42661461
hey... i did it . just now... can you call me a good girl, pls...?
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>>42663013
good girl!
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>>42663236
THX!
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can you do subQ with 1 inch needles? provided that you dont put the whole thing in obviously?
i might honestly be too retarded for IM
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>>42663740
presumably but youd have to eyeball it which i feel would make it very easy to fuck up
needles arent exactly crazy expensive just buy new ones
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>>42663892
yeah i know its just that my injection day is tomorrow and the new needles probably wont come in the mail until the week after
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>>42663740
I don’t think it matters. As long as you are injection the oil into your body and it’s not leaking out after.

>https://pghrt.diy
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>>42663942
its probably fine then
my subq needles are half inch so i guess just aim for about half of ur needle.
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>>42663740
No is impossible
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Hi, I've been taking 12.5mg cyproterone acetate every two days, alongside 8mg E weekly (with slight variations for the estrodiol) for the past four years.

My T is suppressed and my E is around 250ish pg/ml at trough, I was checking my breasts and I noticed that on my right nipple after a little squeezing, some clear/milkyish drops of fluid came from both nipples alongside (from other milk ducts on the nipple, some yellowish fluid), my worry is that this could be a symptom of a prolactinoma, which is obviously quite worrying, could it be?

Another question I have is if I were to have it, would I have to discontinue hrt? I heard that some of them (or all, I'm not sure) 'feed' off of estrogen? I'm quite worried, is this a big deal or likely or perhaps in the like 20% ish chance or above range of being a prolactinoma? or probably just raised prolactin via cypro.
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>>42676741
okay sorry but like wow girl the thing that everyone says happens if you take cypro happened like
mind blown
as long as your vision isnt getting fucky you might not even have it
anyway you can just switch off cypro
also what
is this
regimen.. 8mg weekly,,????? in what way?? im presuming injection - in which case why are you even on an AA??
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>>42678181
my vision is fine and I don't get headaches, what are the chances even that it is that and not just high prolactin from cypro?

I stayed on cypro as the rebound in T seemed quite stressful to deal with for the few months.
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>>42647954
I used it for a week. A lot less than recommended, they look a little bigger, I guess 2cm more in chest circumference
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hi hrtgen! i just switched to injections after being hondosed for a long time, i just did my first injection and some fluid leaked out of the wound after injection, is this just an inevitably or is it supposed to happen?
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ok so with pioglitazone, i understand how it aids with gynoid fat distribution, my concern is with my current belly fat (visceral fat). should i be trying to focus on weight cycling and losing the belly fat / reaching goal weight before starting pio? or just to start whenever?
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Hi, DIY! When I randomly lowered my dose, my breast growth restarted after a 3-year stall. It's very weird because they only get tender somewhere between 3.2mg and 3.6mg EEn. Since I've been injecting 3.2-3.6mg, they have doubled in size over 1.5 years—which isn't huge, but very noticeable. It's so weird that if I go just a little bit higher or lower with my dose, the tenderness stops instantly. I inject every two weeks and they get tender by the second week. Don't worry, I'm also on bica. My SHBG never goes over 60 on this dose.
I've been thinking about the future since I still haven't used progesterone. I kinda want to maximize my growth on E before I start prog, and I don't know where the ceiling is because they keep growing, albeit very slowly.
I also want to try Pioglitazone.
The thing is, I've been slowly losing weight on low-dose semaglutide to substantially reduce cravings and food noise. I live in a horrible situation and it's actually cheaper for me to use sema (costs me $50 for a pen that lasts half a year) than to buy food and cook lol. It's basically an abusive household where anything I cook instantly gets devoured, and I can't be a stay-at-home chef for them, so I prefer to just eat less and eat bland. This slowly opens up the window for using pio in the future, because I'd probably want to gain a lot of weight back.

So I'm just trying to begin mapping out my future HRT plans.
How should I take the prog? Oral or rectal? What dosage? Should I cycle it or take it daily?
Should I take pio with prog or do it separately?
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>>42681027
oh, damn, I messed up my conversion from ml to mg because I have 40mg/ml vial, not 20mg/ml lol, so basically double my dose, so my range for breast growth is somewhere in the middle between 6.4mg to 7.2mg
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>>42678252
>I stayed on cypro as the rebound in T seemed quite stressful to deal with for the few months.
wasnt really a substantial 'rebound in t' in my experience so much as you actually have as much t that you're meant to have. you are not meant to have 0. this is a thing trannies think they want because we're trannies. but its not actually good or desirable.
having a little more libido again felt pretty good tbdesu.
and if you're that worried just taper it off. i dont know why you're so attached to cypro that you're willing to get prolactinoma. because yes even if you dont have it right now, which you probably dont, you're getting the signs that its going to happen in the future if you dont stop.
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>check diy stores for a few weeks, because I've been a bit hesitant about starting
>EEn is in stock the entire time
>finally at the point where I really really want this
>get btc
>try to order EEn
>out of stock
I'm rather amused, not even mad like I'd usually be.
And unlike usual, where I don't really feel positive about things, there's some anticipatory excitement.
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>>42683188
are you ordering from voix celeste
just go for astrovials
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>>42683283
Was trying on astrovials haha
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>>42683396
EEn MCT is available, only EEn Castor Oil is out of stock
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>>42683513
Yeah, but once you put it in the cart and want to checkout, it tells you it's out of stock or something is wrong with the item.
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>>42681122
6mg is a normal dose so this makes sense lol
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is a 29g needle/syringe okay for both drawing & injecting, with an MCT oil EEn? or is it very slow to draw? i use 27g at the moment, i was thinking of trying 29g just to make injecting a bit smoother
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how fast do you put the needle in
do you just j-j-j-jam it in or go very slowly
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>>42683188
voix celeste jut got it back on stock
gotta order 3 for 120€ minimum order though
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>>42684107
its completely fine yeah. its actually what i use. i know someone who even uses 31g and it works fine just slow.
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is penis atrophy reversible
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>>42685428
I doubt after a certain point you're gonna get all the size back
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>>42685510
don't reply if u don't have answer
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>>42685548
I did answer.
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>>42685572
-pee all over you
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>>42685587
Are you mad you won't get your dick size back? Fucking nonce
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>>42685599
its a reasonable thing to be mad about i want it back too.
tgel might help anon im in the process of looking into it atm.
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how do i keep an informed consent clinic from hondosing me? don't want to diy unless absolutely necessary because i have good insurance and it's cheaper to use my insurance & i have some health and medication things i'd prefer a doctor monitor on my behalf
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>>42686074
for context this is the clinic, it's telehealth - anyone have experience with them?
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>>42686074
With planned parenthood when I get blood test I'm going to ask to up my dosages
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>>42686020
Everything I read online says it's reversible because your dick just needs to stretch back up to its full length



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