I've been seriously considering estrogen/anti-T HRT, and reading other people's experiences the mental effects seem the most appealing to me as opposed to the physical side (not that those seem unappealing tho). I'd love to hear people's experiences here of how HRT has affected their emotions/cognition/sensory perception/connection to the cosmos/etc.

  • jwsmrz [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Just my experience, your mileage may vary. I've been on a relatively low dose of estradiol (2mg / day) with no anti-androgens for about 6 months. Getting my levels checked in a few days so that might change. Some of these could also just be psychologically unrelated to the medication and more to do with being invested in my life

    Mental effects

    • I feel like my emotions have a little more depth; previously I had a hard time digging down into the root causes of emotions, nowadays it's more like 'Sure, I'm feeling this emotion, but its probably because of XYZ reasons, theres some nuance here'
    • Due to having better observation of my emotions and feeling more in tune with myself, a lot of the dumb shit I used to do to 'act out' has slowed down. Just taking better care of myself in general cause I feel more invested in my future rather than living in a way where if I die by accident it's not that big of a deal
    • Less horny in a physical way, but more horny in an emotional narrative way. Sort of hard to explain :volcel-judge:

    Tbh my advice to anyone who has given serious thought / research into HRT is 'fuck around and find out' - its not like the doctor flips the bimbofication switch and there's no going back. Everything's slow, I specifically decided to do estrogen monotherapy at a low dose since it would be a slower process. For myself I decided I'd give it a shot for 3 months and now I can't really imagine stopping unless there's a drastic change in bodily function or health that requires it