Breast Pain In This Short Ammount Of Time?

[Guest AJ17]

Hi everyone.

So, I've been on hormones for 3 weeks now. 1 week and 5 days into it, the breast pain began, and it hasn't stopped since then. I wasn't expecting it so early. Has anyone else expierenced it this quickly? I'm 18 years old, maybe that's a factor of me getting the pain this early?

[Guest Elizabeth K]

It can - especially if you had been on illegal hormones before. You may not be balanced.

Lizzy

[Guest AJ17]

Well, 3 weeks ago was the first time I've ever taken any hormones of any kind. & I got them through my doctor, so no worries about illegal hormones. (:

[Guest Elizabeth K]

Good. I would suggest that you just wait it out, unless it gets very painful and then you should call your doctor. Breast pain at first is usually caused by the milk glands and duct-ways developing and is behind the nipples.

Lizzy

[Guest]

As you're aware, being younger most often means that HRT is effective more quickly.

I didn't mark the dates on my calendar, but can say that my breasts were almost instantly stimulated by HRT. (Have wierd chemistry though - this is my third time having grown breasts????) Bah! It didn't translate into rapid growth, but defo something is happening!

One thing that relieves the pain for me is exercise, which massages the breast tissue gently from the back. Straight-out massage can help too if you're gentle. But I think exercise is a pretty good thing too: Having a few pectoral muscles under those little bumps helps!

As Lizzy says, If the pain becomes too much, please do talk to your doctor.

Love, Kat