So I posted that I can't get with anyone about HRT, no doctors, Planned Parenthood, nothing... And I got sent this Reddit feed. I've always been told DIY, especially with your hormones, will kill you. I'm a paramedic, so I'm pretty involved with the medical field, and I still dont quite understand why this is such an issue in the US. But like...? Legit? Have I waited 5 years for nothing?

okay so I'm not sure if it's because of hrt or some other issues so just asking for confirmation but some random muscles are getting softer/loser lately

in the first week it were the calves and now just last night i got a really bad stomach ache for some reason but by the morning it was gone and the belly area is softer than usual

and afaik any of the major changes doesn't usually happen during the early stage so I'm a bit concerned if im having some actual problem and need to see a doc or it's just e doing it's stuff

I'm probably sounding really stupid I'm sorry for that i just overthink too much (TT) oh forgot to mention I'm doing monotherapy 5mg een 3 weeks in

i recently upped it to 200mg (as a suppository). it’s only been a month but my random erections and morning wood seem to have at least partially returned. does this mean it’s DHT back door conversion thing? i’m scared

my levels were perfect last time i checked and i don’t see any masculinisation (although it’s only been a month on this dosage so it would be too early to notice anything anyway). what do i do?

I've got everything ready to start injections soon, but I've heard conflicting information on if I should start on a high or low dose. The two main things I've heard are that starting on a high dose can cause breast pain/irregular development, but also that starting on a low dose causes your levels to be less consistent which is also bad for development.

Additionally, should I do my injections every 10 days or weekly? My partner does every 10 days but I've heard that doing them weekly is better for consistent levels. It would also be easier to manage and schedule, but of course all comes at the cost of having to do them more regularly and needing to spend more money on needles.

My last concern is that I had my vial through the UK summer heatwave, where my room was 30C-40C for about 2 weeks straight. It was in the box the entire time so not exposed to sunlight, is there any risk that the heat damaged it?

Is this normal ? I know they're legit but getting kind of nervous now

I recently ordered from favskinhouse to Europe, and i just received an email from DHL regarding customs. Is this a standard procedure or is my package going to be seized? Can someone who’s already been through this help me out? Thank you 🙏🏼

This is the email:

Dear Customer,

Please be informed that you will receive a shipment by DHL Express and it has to be customs cleared with payment of customs debt.

Please visit the website at the below link regarding the customs clearance related information and tasks.

I'm intending to start DIY in Ghana and I'm looking at my options. Does the information here still hold up? Specifically the comments saying to get estradiol valerate pills and spiro. Would that be enough for what I want? Sorry if this is a dumb question, any help at all is appreciated!!

Is it common courtesy to not publicly disclose and otherwise kind of gatekeep where you got your hormones from? like to protect the websites from being taken down or something of that sort? because i'm a little new to the diy hrt community, and i feel as though i've seen people avoid namedropping. just wanna make sure so i don't end up saying something i shouldn't

For drawing and injecting subQ, EEn in MCT

This one specifically

Hey ~

recently I've done bloodwork and got unexpected high E levels and am now wondering. It jumped from ~150 to ~400 pg/ml and can't explain it, since I haven't changed the vial, the injection site, the bloodwork date, or the dose.

My history: 4mg EEN SubQ into the belly every Saturday; Bloodwork always Fridays; ~25 years old; MtF

Fist dose: May 26 (0 weeks after first dose) with booster, so calculated by estrannai.se the levels schould be fine after 2 weeks

Fist test: June 26 (4 weeks after first dose) (with a male reference shown)

E: ~150pg/ml

T: ~0.4ng/ml

Second test: October 26 (19 weeks after first dose) (with a female reference shown)

E: ~400ng/l (=pg/ml)

T: ~0.15 qm/l (=ng/ml)

FSH: <0.3IU/l

LH: ~0.35IU/l

Officially I take 2mg Estrifam pills and 100mg Spiro. I also go to a planed parenthood clinic, so hrt is officialy documented for things like hair removal or future operations. This time I got lucky because the doctor hasn't asked questions about the level, only said that they are good, slightly too high, but nothing to worry or to change. But tbh, I don't trust them with anything.

Currently, I think I'm good. Mood is good, boobs are growing (slightly), the equipment still works, hair comes back, libido is reduced, more need for social interaction and some say, my face has changed a bit. Also I get something like phantom period symptoms once a month for about 1-2 days.

But to my main questions:

- Is this normal?

- Would you reduce the dose?

- How to explain to doctors if questions are asked?

- Are phantom periods real and if yes, do they interfere with hormones? (because the last test was done near the day these sympoms appeared)

Thank's y'all :)

For reference, I literally begin shaking and thrashing out when I see needles. It's so bad I'm banned from donating blood in some local locations. I bit someone last time I got shots. I'm literally shaking just thinking about needles.

I'm doing everything I need to on the mental health end (exposure therapy is helping a bit) but what can I do in terms of materials? Practices? To make sure I don't freak out and hurt myself. It is possible to get someone else to inject me if need be.

I bought my first vial about 3 weeks ago and still haven't received a shipping number. And if you are wondering, I did in fact received a confirmation mail saying that I will receive my tracking number soon (3 weeks ago...).

I wrote them back asking in the status of my order but still haven't heard any news...

Is this normal when buying from Otokonoko? Should I be patient and wait for things to work out?

Thanks for reading :3

I am trying to get E vials via some of the shops mentioned in the wiki/cafe

problem is all require to pay via bitcoin/crypto, and I'm struggling to find a platform to buy the crypto and send it

I am in EU.

any suggestion on easy to use platforms ?

i know it sounds wierd but yah i kinda need help with reading my blood tests to see if i need to up or down my doses, my friend recommended this website to me so i thought id see if anyone knows.

Testosterone * Value: 1.4 Range: 7.6 - 31.4 nmol/L Reference Ranges apply to

adults

Oestradiol * Value: 1151 Range: < 192 pmol/L

here are my reports i see that the value is over 1k so does this mean i need to lower my doses? or do i need to look at the pmol/L?

im 2 months in on my HRT and currently doing 8mg pills daily, iv had very good body reactions my breasts are currently a 48C and my butt has noticably grown aswell as the softness in my hands and the thickness of my lips.

sorry im tryna give as much detail as i cant so that i can probably get a good answer 😃 let me know i guess 🐱

Tomorrow I'll do my first injection and i just wanted to be sure about dosages, i want to take 4mg estradiol enanthate weekly and it should equate to 0.1 ml in the syringe right?

Got mine in under 2 weeks, but I’m us based.

I just got my estradiol spray and am so excited to start! I’ve read so many forms and opinions that are years old. I’m looking to do mono therapy for now. I need some advice!
My spray is about 1mg per spray and it was suggested I spray 2x/ 2x a day, 12hr apart on the inner thigh. A total of 4 mg a day.
Im so eager to hit the ground running. Im worried this won’t be effective enough. A lot of people say it’s most effective to apply scrotaly. My thoughts
5am - shower, apply 1 dose inner thigh and 1 scrotal before work.
3:30 ish - shower after work/ 1 dose scrotal
9:30 ish - clean area/ 1 does inner thigh, 1 does scrotal.
5mg ish every day. Thoughts? Advice?
Love you all!! Wish me luck!

I recall once being called from customs to ask me what was inside a package from Peru and then ask me to pay taxes for it, i just ordered a vial from symphony UK warehouse, what am i supposed to say if customs calls me? I know the stealth label says peppermint oil, should i say that? i've read some people say it's just better to say u know nothing abt the package if they call u and just take the loss.

I ordered from Estrapen 5-6 weeks ago and... nothing. The bot still just says "order received", a message to the signal admin account has been unanswered and I haven't found a new email address to email to yet.

Any suggestions on how to reach them for an update? I'm trying to be patient but... 45+ days seems like enough patience.

Hello i started HRT last month on 28th and while im happy i finally manage to get on HRT since every EU seller for vials was sold out i decided to get on pills atleast and not still wait i have a question about whether im not wasting my pills.

i dont have that much "money" and basically if i would take the pills as i wanted which would be 4mg a day + 100mg spiro i would run out of it in a month and then i would not hjave anything for some time, was recommended i should try taking it sublingually the pill i mean so i split it on half and take one each 12 hour however its been 2 weeks and i dont feel/see anything different and im afraid im just wasting my pills. Should i just "quit" HRT and get on it once i have more pills and can have higher doses?

i wouldnt mind if things would be just slower with the dose i have now but i see alot of folks report that it takes days to see some signs and here i am over 2 weeks in with no things :(

Thanks for any comments

edit: im not taking the spiro currently im purely on E pills

I'd love to know the experience of people from South America in buying injectables considering the price of shipping almost always ends up being as expensive if not more than than the injections themselves

also I know otokonoko is based in Brazil but afaik they don't ship inside (even tried to email them a year or so ago and got a message telling they don't do it)

I'm currently on 4mg progyanova and 50mg bica a day. I take 2mg progya in morning along with 50 mg bica. and then 2mg in evening with no bica. Yesterday, I was a bit distracted and I accidently took bica in evening also. So 100mg a day + 4mg progyanova for the whole day. Am i gonna be fine? This morning I took the normal dose 50mg bica and 2mg progya and I'm not gonna take it obv in the evening. Idk should I skip a dose of bica or continue normally. Although I think I feel fine but yk. Any advice would be helpful thanks.

Edit: Thanks everyone for the reassurance! I'm feeling fine and have reorganized my medications to avoid accidentally doubling a dose again. Leaving this post up in case someone else makes a similar mistake and finds it helpful.

mtf, im immensely desperate, please help me

Sooooo I recently got prescribed, but I'm concerned that I've most likely been hondosed): and I just wanted opinions on my dose but, based on my own knowledge from lurking in this sub im like almost positive. I should complain. I was originally looking into DIY but was pressured by parents into going through an “official channel”, but anyway, the dose is as follows: 50 mg of Spiro a day and a single 75µg patch every 3 days. Just wanted to gather a few opinions from here anyway, thanksssss^.^

I know that this has been asked before but I have a few more questions first even after reading about it I'm still not sure if there's anything you need to do differently with subQ, do I need to do smaller doses more frequently or is 6mg every 7 days still good? Second is there any other places to do subQ other than tummy fat? Because I take an acidic medication there and Im worried about it degrading the E