Transfem
A community for transfeminine people and experiences.
This is a supportive community for all transfeminine or questioning people. Anyone is welcome to participate in this community but disrupting the safety of this space for trans feminine people is unacceptable and will result in moderator action.
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This community is supportive of DIY HRT. Unsolicited medical advice or caution being given to people on DIY will result in moderator action.
Posters may express that they are looking for responses and support from groups with certain experiences (eg. trans people, trans people with supportive parents, trans parents.). Please respect those requests and be mindful that your experience may differ from others here.
Some helpful links:
- The Gender Dysphoria Bible // In depth explanation of the different types of gender dysphoria.
- Trans Voice Help // A community here on blahaj.zone for voice training.
- LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory // A directory of LGBTQ+ accepting Healthcare providers.
- Trans Resistance Network // A US-based mutual aid organization to help trans people facing state violence and legal discrimination.
- TLDEF's Trans Health Project // Advice about insurance claims for gender affirming healthcare and procedures.
- TransLifeLine's ID change Library // A comprehensive guide to changing your name on any US legal document.
- Rainbow Railroad // A non-profit international humans rights organization helping at risk LGBTQ+ people relocate to safety.
Support Hotlines:
- The Trevor Project // Web chat, phone call, and text message LGBTQ+ support hotline.
- TransLifeLine // A US/Canada LGBTQ+ phone support hotline service. The US line has Spanish support.
- LGBT Youthline.ca // A Canadian LGBT hotline support service with phone call and web chat support. (4pm - 9:30pm EST)
- 988lifeline // A US only Crisis hotline with phone call, text and web chat support. Dedicated staff for LGBTQIA+ youth 24/7 on phone service, 3pm to 2am EST for text and web chat.
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Hey Girlll!
Thank you, its a nickname my wife gave me based on my IRL name :)
I saw a few of your posts on starting hrt not too long ago. Congrats! Can I ask how its going? Around 3ish months is whe n the lights really started coming on for me.
Glad to be here :)
Cute!
After 2 weeks I knew I that this was what i needed, and that I'd couldn't survive going back to the way things were. I could cry, i could actually feel things. I'm now at 6 weeks. Physical changes starting to happen. I'm looking forward to the 3-6 month stint, since a lot of people are telling me that's where the body changes start to really take hold.
If the only thing i got from HRT was the emotional changes, I'd still never stop taking it.
[EDIT: probably worth saying, im on cypro so that explains why so much changed emotionally in the first couple of weeks already. T got nuked from orbit]
That's soo good to hear! I didn't really have that realization until probably about 2-3 months. It took a while to get my hormones to the target levels since I started on tablets. My liver converts the estradiol almost entirely to estrone so my E1 levels were astronomical. My doctor moved me to patches and that point is when I was like "oh hell yeah, this is what life is supposed to feel like". Having that feeling combined with finally seeing my testosterone levels within the cis range made me absolutely bawl because it was proof that I wasn't, like, deluding myself or something. That this is actually what is right for me. That plus the fact that my tits started growing about 2-3 weeks in. I am on Spiro so it took a while for my T levels to bottom out.
Same, girl. I am finally able to feel moved by a piece of art, or inspired and hopeful by someone else's triumphs, or saddened by tragedy. For all the good and bad, its nice to be able to fully feel. I wouldn't want to trade it for anything.
This is so lovely to read, thanks for sharing Cily. I think i got lucky starting on gel and cypro, instant effects ๐