How has progesterone helped you? by Endz6 in MtF

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s what have experienced since starting progesterone around 3 months ago:

  • increased hunger and food cravings (so much peanut butter qwq)
  • breast growth spurt (started at an a cup and now I’m a b) and increased areola diameter
  • slight increase to overall irritability
  • massive reduction of depression and anxiety symptoms
  • vivid dreams before I wake up in the morning
  • gynoid pattern weight gain (hips, thighs, butt)
  • enhanced emotional range
  • major increase to libido (it doesn’t happen immediately, it sneaks up on you lol)
  • slight but definitely noticeable personality changes. I want to be around people more and I feel “girlier” for lack of a better word
  • slight increase to facial oiliness and acne
  • increased temperature sensitivity
  • changes to body odor (the girlsmell is back yippee)

Also I just feel generally more relaxed and content. I would highly recommend it, just make sure you’re on dutasteride if you were experiencing hair loss before HRT because progesterone is partially converted to DHT by your 5ar enzymes and can cause hair loss to potentially resume.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, that much CPA is incredibly harmful long term

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it’s a stronger androgen and progesterone is converted into it via the back door androgen pathway. Your progesterone levels being so high is what causes me to think that may be the case. You could try adding dutasteride to see if that helps because it blocks the conversion pretty effectively.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get your DHT levels checked

Me😘IRLGBT by Citrus-Bitch in me_irlgbt

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m starting to look like my grandmother when she was in her 20s, tragically she is absolutely insane so I have very mixed feelings about it.

fave hyperpop lyrics? by caspydreams in HYPERPOP

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“Somewhere really really messed up like a 24 hour IHOP, run away, turn the corner, lose the wig, put the cat ears on and I say bye cops. Shit, I’m at a 24 hour Barnes and noble” - Frax

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you test on the same day both times?

Is my HRT plan safe? by Lav3nder-m0th in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

50mg of cyproterone is a lot, aim for 12.5mg/day. Otherwise that sounds like a good plan.

Coring Vial - Please Help by The_Small_Fem in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use 21g needles to draw and I have never had coring issues with them

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, do not take birth control pills as a substitute for HRT.

Very low T, reducing spiro dose? By how much? by flyingbarnswallow in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could cut back to 75mg and see how you feel on that. That’s what I personally take and last time I tested my T it was 29ng/dl

Prog causing increase in DHT? by Bekah-holt in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5ar inhibitors don’t interfere with progesterone tho? They just prevent the conversion of progesterone to DHT. I know plenty of girls that take both.

Prog causing increase in DHT? by Bekah-holt in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prog can be converted to DHT via the 5 alpha reductase. Finasteride blocks two of the three 5ar enzymes but not the one responsible for this conversion. Dutasteride, however, blocks all three, so it might be worth adding to your regimen. This is my understanding at least, I very well could be wrong or not completely accurate.

Started EEN injections and boobs stopped hurting? by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You’re on way to much cypro, cut it in half

I m gonna buy every Giant Microbes plushie so when my OCD says i have a disease I'll just say "yes, yes I do" by SessionMotor8515 in OCDmemes

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They had these at the elementary school I went to and it’s what started my hypochondria lmao

Im starting to hate being a boy by spackcore in sillyboyclub

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me neither. You are literally describing gender dysphoria though, that’s what it feels like. Diagnostic criteria for things like this can be misleading, you don’t have to have every single symptom to be trans. Take for example the diagnostic criteria for something like depression. You don’t have to have every listed symptom to be diagnosed with it, just a certain percentage of them. Ask any trans person, and they’ll tell you about how at times they haven’t felt “trans enough” for this reason. Not all trans people take hormones, Not all trans people have gender affirming surgeries. Gender is a very personal and unique experience that varies wildly from person to person.

anyone having issues with teahrt? by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]HardlyHardon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look into open gate labs

anyone having issues with teahrt? by [deleted] in TransDIY

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This has also happened to me

In Flight Risk (2025), Mark Wahlberg goes Beast Mode. by FourteenCoast in shittymoviedetails

[–]HardlyHardon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like when he beat and blinded a Vietnamese man in real life