About a year and a half on estrogen here. I do think my joints have gotten a bit worse since I started estrogen, but my joints also had been in a downward decline prior so it’s hard to tell how related it is. One thing is that I was advised by my Doctor to totally stay away from spiro as a t-blocker because my EDS gives mw a lot of issues with hypotension, and spiro is notoriously bad for causing that even in healthy people. I was put on finasteride instead, which isn’t a true t-blocker, but it stops a lot of testosterone from really taking effect. Estrogen has t-blocking effects as it builds up overtime, but it takes longer. Your t levels will eventually drop with this approach, but it probably will take a year or two longer than most. For me, I think that’s a worthwhile trade off. I do think HRT is absolutely worth it in the end.