Does being a tranny change the effects of being sick? I have migraines a lot, and instead of only being in pain, all i could think of was my beautiful girlfriend taking care of me. Share sickness stories if you have any.
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>>43823863On estrogen I feel like I've just gotten sick more often if anything, although that could be coincidental with other things like being overly sedentary
>>43824043Yeah, I've noticed that effect too.My hrt went out not much long ago, and I am waiting for a refill, the days inbetween are genuine pain man.
>>43824043not on e yet but isn't that something to do with the immune system not working as much as on t? i know you get weaker and whatever due to reduced muscle mass so maybe it works similarly?
>>43824097The weird thing is that it's supposed to strengthen the immune system, hence why women are less susceptible to COVID-19 for instance
>>43823863yea pretty sure primary sex hormone affects the immune system>Share sickness stories if you have anyi am too sick to remember, i have sinus infection + nasal vestibulitis rn woohoo...
>>43824109oh i never knew, maybe it is related to being sedentary after all, most mtfs who transition are more scared to go outside or don't feel good enough to exercise and see it as hopeless/a risk to look more masc
>>43824179Get well soon nona!>>43824109 Fr? Might explain why ive gotten so sick recently, I'm pretty skinny, so your latter theory could also hold some value. But I have a genetic problem with migraines, i hope estrogen didnt make it worse.
>>43824231>Get well soon nona!thx u <3just got in and that first hit of steroids helped my brainfog a bit, i remember a story now actually but it was when i was young, i was very sick all the time-one time i had some gastroenteric virus the drs couldnt figure out (and never did), it was so bad they were gonna send me to a specialist hospital for it lmaowithin a week i was like bedbound vomiting constantly, dry heaving if i had nothing to bring up, i remember laying in bed in the dark and hallucinating hot air balloons with cartoon characters inside, my mum came to check on me and shit herself when she realized i was talking to a blank room lmfaotook months to fix itself, was just months of nothing but water and salts to keep my body alive, i lost soooo much weight because i was unable keep any food or drink down (but it was ok cuz i was a fat kid)happy ending though in that I started to recover around christmas time (woo) and managed to actually eat dinner at new years with my family, which ended up being the first thing i actually kept down in a while
>>43823863Yes because estrogen is a histamine liberator and boosts your autoimmune response, so colds affect you less but inflammation is often worse.
>>43824411Holy shit thats insane lol, thats a really sweet ending. I hope it was cozy, thanks for sharing the story nona it was really nice. I have like, a mildly similar thing, if you really stretch it, and that is that I see creatures at the corner of my eye.
>>43824411i'm so glad to hear that everything turned out alright, diseases like that are terrifying asf
>>43824861lol ty, sorry its not quite a story and more so a disjointed recollection>is that I see creatures at the corner of my eyeah u can't just drop that and not elaborate! do tell- (only if you're comfortable to tho)>>43825919yea very, especially for parents - was quite the relief for everyone when it let up, poetic it happened when it did xd
>>43826699It's often just cause of shadows or some piece of clothing, but for some reason my brain images the things to be Rake like creatures. Really scary honestly. When I was younger it really came in the way for me to function as a proper human being, stopped me from being able to sleep, and gave me panic attacks. But now adays it's just something I kind of accept, it's nearly always just something thats clearly not a weird humanoid monster. But sometimes there can be no clear reasoning for what i saw in the corner of my eye... I could maybe try to write about my experiences or go to my therapist about it, but wheres the fun in the latter?
>>43826862yea that sounds horrible, like the kinda shit that activates your primal danger response before you realize what it is lolas a kid it must be terrifying before you're able to rationalize your way out of it>It's often just cause of shadows or some piece of clothingi kinda get that when im really sleep deprived and paranoid in the dark, though i dated someone once who had something similar to what you describe i think, hers was seeing tigers or monsters about to ambush>I could maybe try to write about my experiences or go to my therapist about it, but wheres the fun in the latter?its only fun if you get the fun drugs y'know
>>43827439>>I could maybe try to write about my experiences or go to my therapist about it, but wheres the fun in the latter?Well you see taking drugs is like easy mode, just being sleep deprived and seeing what kind of things you brain conjures up without anything weird makes it even more interesting, cause then you cant blame any drugs. Also I was brainwashed into seeing even tiny pills as lethal which is ironic as i started my own diy at around 16 while hiding it away from my fosters. My biological mother used to tell me that I'd die if I even touched any of her pills lmfao. But it still kind of stuck with me even until adulthood, also I promised my girlfriend to never touch any of that stuff so even if I wanted to, I cant break the promise :/I always like listening to deliriant stories on youtube, shit like benadryl is so insane. But my own brain makes similar effects, although obviously not as strong.
>>43823863I'm a man, but when I was a teenager I would occasionally get these freaky migraines that made my vision blur and fill up with squiggly lines. They would usually last around 15 minutes, it made me fail a test once and I had to pull over while driving twice. I never told anybody about it and it just stopped happening on it's own. It's been like 7 years since I've experienced it, I still get migraines occasionally but it's basically just a headache now.
