What happens if you stop taking hormones cold turkey?

[Guest Aniya]

Will there be any complications? If you lost the ability to stay construct will it stay that way? Of you achieved a feminine body will the form go back to the way it was?

[Guest spunky monkey]

hi,

depends on how long you have been taking hormones for.....i have stopped taking them myself and i hope there is no complications.

love rachelle

[Guest LauraAlice]

Well have you seen a woman going through menopause? Same thing. If you stop taking testostorone blockers fat will redistrobute.

[VickySGV]

Cold turkey is NOT a recommended way to quit hormones. They should be tapered off under a doctor's care. The chance of a DVT or other damage goes up with drastic fluctuations in the hormone levels, having hot flashes is very rough when it is a major loss of hormone.

[Guest Raging Shadow]

yup. i did Lupron (horomone blocker) and BAM! major hot flashes for months. and months and months. I have utmost respect for menopausal ladies now.

[Guest jennahtx]

Stopping hormones is something that I hope NEVER to experience!

[Guest Maria_B]

Hot flashes that makes everything drenched in sweat, changing sheets in the middle of the night, washing blankets and covers and pillows, constantly oily hair. Yeah, don't do cold turkey. If you're under medical supervision and want to stop, talk to your doctors about it, they'll have the best idea for you.

[MackenzieB]

And some things don't change. If you've experienced brest development, a major portion of that is there to stay. If you were on hrt long enough to sterilize yourself that may be permanent .

[Guest Aniya]

I really need to proof read everything before I post lol I meant to type construct not construct

[Guest Aniya]

OMG What the heck?! I did it again! Okay I need to go to sleep! I meant construct not CONSTRUCT! lol oh jeez!

[Guest Robin Winter]

LOL, that one is apparently in the automatic word filter. I know what you're trying to say, if that helps

I strongly suspect that if I stopped taking hormones the world would end.

From a medical standpoint I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question. You can certainly regain lost libido, but I don't know if you would be able to get a "construction" *chuckles*.

[Guest KimberlyF]

I work construction and never had a libido to lose. But for sure this is a question for your doctor.

[Guest vtphoenix]

Most SRS surgeons have you stop taking hormones 2-3 weeks before surgery and as far as I know, it's "cold turkey", I was never advised otherwise. I've stopped hormones twice in my life without tapering off with no ill effects. I've been on them for years now and no hot flashes so far nor mood swings. But everyone is different and when it comes to medications, the best thing is to ask your doctor. I do know that you don't need to taper off from all medications though and it's not like you're body is going to instantly revert to its pre-hormone levels anyway, it takes time both ways - to see the effects of estrogen and blockers and to see your body re-masculinize.

And of course, there's always the CHANCE that certain things are irreversible: sterility, if blockers have made you sterile, breast tissue if you've started to grow that, and impotence, if blockers have made you impotent. On the last subject, again I want to emphasize that everyone is different. I've been on estrogen and an anti-androgen for years with no impairment of sexual function. My hormone levels are the same as a genetic female's and all I've noticed in that department is there is less of an "edge", meaning that thinking about sex takes up less space in my brain, however when I'm in the mood, things work fine.

Despite what some might have you believe, taking hormones and stopping hormones are both relatively safe for most people when under the supervision of a doctor. As with anything of this nature, it is somewhat dependent on your health to begin with: do you smoke, exercise, do drugs? are you older, overweight? do you have clotting or liver problems?

Even if some of this stuff is true for you, you can make lifestyle changes and/or take different hormone medications and/or different routes of administration: oral, sublingual, transdermal, and injectable. Injectables for example bypass the liver.

Anyway, this is just my perspective. Keep asking around, talk to a doctor or two, do some research online. I'm sure you can find a method that is safe and effective for you.

[Guest Jal Marie]

Many health issues are a result of constant body chemistry fluctuations over a long period of time, many years of unstable hormones, body PH and other necessary chemicals. The human body is quite resilient to changes in the short term. Talk with your doctor so they can assist you.

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

Some certain functions did return, yes, and I think in comparison to pics back in '07 I think I had some breast tissue decrease. Either that or I had some really good push up bras back then.