Another week, another thread. Go out there and have a good one everyone! trans-heart

  • ashinadash [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    Day two of pill cutter gang in which I take 12.5mg of cypro, down from 25. Will probably reduce dosage again sometime although cuttng those tablets gets kinda silly...

    I really like the idea that I can take miniscule amounts of cypro and just vibe. It sounds good to me.

    bitching

    Uh it would be gooder if I could just not take antiandrogens, one of the only things I hate about being trans is the medicinal reliance. It's fine realistically, day to day, but it worries me, anxiety. Diy orchiechtomy when? Taking a gram of cypro to stop testosterone production wholesale when???

    • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.today
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      6 months ago
      spoiler

      Diy orchiechtomy when? Taking a gram of cypro to stop testosterone production wholesale when??? Self-production of E when? Orchi only solves one dependence, but makes another slightly worse. Wish you could just not have any sex hormones and not have to worry about bone issues long-term. Guess if we just got rid of bones...

      • ashinadash [she/her]
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        6 months ago
        spoiler

        tfw not boneless :/ tfw a calcium critter :/

        Self production of E would be super fucking cool actually, yes.

    • SnowySkyes
      hexagon
      M
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      6 months ago

      Cutting spiro every week was the worst part of my transition, easily. I'm extremely happy that I don't have to anymore cause it was that horribly inconvenient. Those pills are big and don't want to cut.

      • ashinadash [she/her]
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        6 months ago

        Real, I tried taking uncut spiro the first day of HRT and it stuck in my throat, I vomited lol. Ended up leaning on the top of the knife to split those big badboys.

        Honestly spiro is terrible in form factor terms generally.

        • SnowySkyes
          hexagon
          M
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          6 months ago

          It seriously is. Those pills are far too large and I despised them. Especially my mornings

          For example, I took 300mg daily. 150 in the morning, 150 in the evening. So 1.5 pills each time. My morning pills were those coupled with a multivitamin, calcium supplement, and a vitamin C supplement. It's like swallowing a baseball and it sucked.

          • ashinadash [she/her]
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            6 months ago

            Also the mint-n-catpiss combo!! Worst pills this side of a multivitamin!!

            Oof that's like several baseballs, yeah that blows :/ When will someone make small, non-awful spiro tabs?

      • DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]
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        6 months ago

        I have a little espresso cup, with like a few dozen pre-cut ones in it(each1/4). So every morning I just fish one out of there. I like the aesthetics more than blisters. I also just carve them a bit, and break them by hand. No need to cut. (but it's not spiro)