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Fox E.

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Started a new dose of HRT and I feel rather tired and sore. My thighs and arms seem to feel the brunt. Does anyone else experience a lot of sore muscles? I've been on HRT for about 7 months now. Can't really complain but I'm getting a little tired of the constant feeling that I've lifted too heavy of weight or something. lol ^_^

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Guest Donna Jean

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Welcome to the Playground.....

I really can't answer your question because I can't tell if you're talking about E or T....

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Donna Jean

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Welcome to the Playground.....

I really can't answer your question because I can't tell if you're talking about E or T....

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Donna Jean

Lol! I knew I forgot something! I'm Male To Female. ^_^

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Lol! I knew I forgot something! I'm Male To Female. ^_^

LOL.....OK, thanks, Honey!

I've been on Estrogen for 31 months and I really don't have sore muscles too often..(just all the time....)

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Fox

Well I hope it wasn't too painful. You know we are not physicians so you need to talk with your doctor, but it might just be a cumulative effect of the regimen. You lose a lot of muscle mass and any exertion will really hurt later.

I would also suspect the Spiro. You might want to look up the side effects, by Goggling it.

Julie

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The soreness comes from my muscles being rebuilt I guess. It's always sore for a few weeks after the new dose and then it seems to taper off. But my boobs have been sore since day three of HRT. ^_^;;

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Guest Donna Jean

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How long have you been on HRT?

Do you take by shot?

If you take Spiro...that can give you muscle cramps....

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Fox

You made me laugh a bit. Sore muscles? That's not fun. Sore breasts? That is really good, hee hee.

Julie

Well they're coming in rather well, I just keep on hitting them on accident. I don't have the muscle cramps, just the feeling that I've run a marathon or something. It seems to level out in about 3 weeks. I've lost a significant portion of my upper body muscle and lately it seems that my arms are getting the brunt. Growing pains lol

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Guest Alexandra89

I'll come up on five months soon, and I have finally noticed that doors are obstacles. Granted I've been actively avoiding building muscle on my upper body, but still.

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Hi Fox E,

My doctor told me that sore muscles were a symptom of too much potassium in your bloodstream, which can be a side effect of Spiro.

One thing that can help lower potassium is to lower your salt intake as much as possible: With Spiro, salty food stimulates your kidneys to eliminate the salt, leaving your body dehydrated and with too much potassium. Drinking plenty of water should help as well.

But, having too much potassium is not something to play games with. Please talk to your doctor, okay?

Love, Kat

I've spoken to my doctor and my potassium levels are just fine. The muscle soreness seems to coincide with muscle loss. I've lost quite a bit of muscle in the last 6 months. Things are much heavier to lift these days. As for my diet, I watch everything closely and drink plenty of water. I've had to set quotas to make sure I drink enough. I've actually have had the issue of not enough potassium too. The doc says I'm ok and is actively looking after me. Its just the muscle loss has been rather quick.

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Hi Fox E,

My doctor told me that sore muscles were a symptom of too much potassium in your bloodstream, which can be a side effect of Spiro.

One thing that can help lower potassium is to lower your salt intake as much as possible: With Spiro, salty food stimulates your kidneys to eliminate the salt, leaving your body dehydrated and with too much potassium. Drinking plenty of water should help as well.

You've got it backwards.

When you're on Spiro you can actually have more salt.

Potassium and sodium (salt) counter-balance each other in the body. Spiro causes you to pee because it causes the body to get rid of sodium. The water follows the sodium out of the body. Yes, drinking more water helps, but salt is not the culprit, the Spiro is.

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