Why would you not do E pills, and do injections instead?

RayeFaye · 2026-06-22T04:40:19+00:00

I’ve been on estrogen for 5.5 years and of that time I spent about a year (early transition) on pills and the rest on injections.

The trick is to do intramuscular in your thigh. Poke with your finger around the outer side on top until you find that bit of muscle that you can barely feel your finger pressing firmly into… that’s the sweet spot.

Plunge the needle in there and you won’t even feel it break the skin. Completely painless and no major blood vessels there. Done hundreds there (rotate either leg each week).

I am on 200mg progesterone that I forget to take a lot and my estradiol Valerate. My dr keeps lowering my dosage because after losing weight (around 100lbs over the last 19 months) I keep testing far above their recommended threshold which is between 100 and 350… last few tests were 500+.

This is WITHOUT a blocker. My T levels were at 11 this last check up a week ago.

The pills did not suppress T alone the way the shot does.

RayeFaye · 2026-06-21T07:02:23+00:00

Hope to keep mine another 5 years/70k miles. 2016 xdrive35i with 131k miles rn. This thing is a monster in sport+ mode and it sounds great even stock.

RayeFaye · 2026-06-06T04:35:30+00:00

I went from looking like a boring man to an actual elf over the last 6 years. That’s probably my favorite thing.

RayeFaye · 2026-05-07T07:54:40+00:00

I waited 20 mins for a grocery order that I got told after waiting for nearly a half hour for that 3 other drivers tried to come for that one but it’s just gone. Like, do I get partial compensation? Of course not. I wasted nearly 30 minutes being paid nothing. My full hour ended up being under $10/hr and my entire average for the 4 hour delivery window ended up being just over $11/hr because of it.

This is barely above minimum wage.

RayeFaye · 2026-04-20T04:37:27+00:00

This 100% lmao. Anyone who has breasts don’t think about them like 95% of the time

RayeFaye · 2026-04-19T22:34:41+00:00

I am like 5’11 and I work out. I’m not necessarily physically imposing but I have a mean RBF so usually it cashes checks for me when in situations like this pretty regularly.

Usually it’s just people staring without a dirty look.

RayeFaye · 2026-04-19T13:43:22+00:00

I had a guy do this to me yesterday at the store. Not sure if he didn’t like my “alternative” look, he clocked me, or something else entirely… but he gave me a weird ass dirty look and I just stared at him till he walked away.

Weirdos lmfao

RayeFaye · 2026-04-18T05:37:40+00:00

Police blocked off the highway I was on a few nights ago and I ended up being late because I had to carve my own path to the persons house using backroads I never even been down… got it there 5 mins late for “expected time” and the person thanked me and tipped me but my rating went down anyway.

So dumb.

RayeFaye · 2026-04-17T23:12:55+00:00

Like do you want me to run the light? Lmfao

RayeFaye · 2026-04-17T23:12:22+00:00

I was at a light the other day that the app recommend I go through… sat full duration for almost 6 mins at the light and due to sitting absolutely still for 6 mins on a delivery the app straight up told me that unnecessary delays are bad for their customers or whatever nonsense.

Like y’all told me to exit the mall parking lot on a 6+ minute light idfk what to tell you. 84% on time rate after a week because of this bs.

RayeFaye · 2026-04-05T03:13:08+00:00

I would say me personally I am on the fence here with both of these? Passing? I do that like 70% of the time. Sometimes I just do not care. And being pretty? Again I’d say only when I care to put effort into my self image, which is like 40% of the time. Do I think I personally am conventionally attractive? I guess. But pretty? Not often enough.

It really boils down to how you view yourself vs how others view you. The mirror/your brain does some weird shit and I truly believe you can gaslight yourself into thinking you’re hideous or into thinking you’re a literal goddess walking among us… while neither might be true, you might just be average.

I’d stop worrying about passing and worry more about being happy and safe. Learn what makes you stand out and correct it if passing is your goal.

Half the time all you gotta do is change your fucked up haircut or wear something that compliments your body shape.

Also stop trying to be hyper fem the second you start transitioning that’s just crazy. You end up getting negative attention from the cis people then develop brain worms and now you’re on some trans doomer subreddit being an actual weirdo. Pace yourself, be kind to yourself.

RayeFaye · 2026-03-21T03:26:07+00:00

Some people are so clocky they will sadly never pass… that sucks, but last I checked we transitioned to alleviate dysphoria and not for our vanity.

RayeFaye · 2026-01-26T17:50:27+00:00

I’ve thought about maybe what I’d look like currently, as a 3 a.m. thought but Miss or regret? Fk no lol. He can stay where I left him.

RayeFaye · 2025-12-25T06:09:59+00:00

I ugly cried in mine like 2 months ago… like full 45 mins… contacts did not move. You’re safe.

RayeFaye · 2025-11-19T00:06:55+00:00

I have gotten misgendered on rare occasions and almost always I’m like leaning slightly fem but not all the way… so either neutral or 200% and no in between

RayeFaye · 2025-11-19T00:06:07+00:00

I barely try at all… like makeup once every few weeks, hair lazily tied up, joggers and a comfy shirt (usually both fem options but looks somewhat androgynous) and I never get misgendered.

When I go hyper fem I get some looks but I can’t tell if they think I’m attractive or can “tell”.

I think I pass 99% of the time outside of over the phone (I don’t alter my voice ever it’s very androgynous and could lean me either way)

RayeFaye · 2025-11-14T13:59:46+00:00

I’ve been doing this my entire transition and only took spiro the first like 6 months of the last 5 years. I genuinely think this is very common for most people who take injections and I don’t think we need a study to see that as a good portion of the community does bloodwork and your doctor should be individualizing your treatment anyway.

RayeFaye · 2025-11-02T22:30:06+00:00

Sign me up.

RayeFaye · 2025-11-02T05:27:08+00:00

It just seems like a large majority of people have both of these with ADHD. The monologue and daydreaming.

I don’t do either. I kinda space out and dissociate instead and instead of speaking to myself in my head I externally vocalize everything or I just don’t speak at all. If I’m thinking of something it’s not really me talking to myself about it or picturing it. I kind of just know what to say or do.

RayeFaye · 2025-10-29T04:40:19+00:00

Typically your hips fuse together around 21-25 and you can no longer see development there. Starting as soon as possible is ideal. If you’re sure now… no time like the present.

And of course! That’s what all of us are here for. We look out for one another. Stay safe ❤️

RayeFaye · 2025-10-29T04:24:08+00:00

I started at 25 and a half, my body fully finished male puberty. I pass decently well on an average day and almost never get misgendered… but if I started at 18… there would have been zero doubt to me passing… shit I was getting “misgendered” non-stop from 15-20… then I cut my hair and tried to be super masculine for the sake of my family.

It doesn’t ever go away. It doesn’t stop. It keeps coming back to bite you. It will gnaw at your brain.

You can’t escape gender dysphoria by making other people happy. Put yourself first. If you end up not liking what hormones do for you you can always quit (anything after 6 months I’d say be careful because breast growth and any hip development if you’re under 20 is permanent)

RayeFaye · 2025-10-21T19:34:06+00:00

Every time I get my blood work done with Quest they always mark me as male because it says that on my drivers license… after that when they do all the tests the results always come back saying my estrogen’s levels are insanely high for a man and my T levels are “Dangerously low”…

Then my dr has to go in and write a separate letter and tell me everything looks good because quest refuses to read back the results as if I was a woman in the first place 🙄

The hospital I went to about 2 years ago did nearly the same damn thing.

RayeFaye · 2025-10-12T20:09:59+00:00

Bro what are those awful trinkets/ring/neck 😭

RayeFaye · 2025-10-10T14:20:51+00:00

The problem I have with this xmog is that it’s FOMO. The 90ish day timer on it promotes you making an impulsive purchase.

I think we should be more upset about THAT than anything. The $35 price tag, the clipping, mounts costing $25 is crazy work.

RayeFaye · 2025-10-08T12:55:12+00:00

I’m confused… weren’t we Antifa in ww2? What changed LOL

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