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  • milistanaccount09 [she/her]
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    11 months ago

    So for the green little Estradiol tablets what you are supposed to do is dissolve them underneath your tongue, but I wouldn't do anything special for spiro

    • omenmis [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      ngl i tried that and i feel great for a few hrs but then it feels like i crash and feel like shit the rest of the day

      • kristina [she/her]
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        11 months ago

        yeah my doc usually would do sublingual 4mg, 1 in morning 1 in evening

      • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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        11 months ago

        They ramp up over time if they're following WPATH. They have to see how your body responds to that dose, so you'll probably do this for a couple months or so, get blood work and talk to them and they'll probably increase your dose until you stabilize your estradiol levels and decrease T levels to whatever you and them think is good and then only do check ups every once in a while.

        There are risks to E which is why they're cautious and ramp up but the risks are a little overstated imo (for example your risk of thromboembolisms does go up... to cis women's levels lol and similarly with breast cancer after something like 5 years, yes it goes up but just to parity with cis women).

        Also feeling like you're crashing after spiro for the first few times is probably more normal, it's a diuretic so its forcing your liquids out - you should probably adjust in a couple days and your BP will stabilize and you'll probably just feel normal to good! I did like it as they increased my E fwiw, but I still felt pretty good on 2 mg of E compared to pre HRT lol

        • omenmis [she/her]
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          11 months ago

          i had a feeling it was the piss drug :(( good to know i should expect crashes if im not drinking water tho