no results yet :-(

[Guest KathleenMarie27]

So I have been on E and progesterone for 3 months now with absolutley no results. I have a blood test coming up soon. I am not on T blockers. Just wondering if anyone else had a slow start.

[KathrynJulia]

Kathleen

3 months is not long enough to begin seeing much in the way of results. Also most physicians will start you out on a lower dose to begin with, do labs and go from there. The dose you are started out at will naturally reduce your testosterone levels as biofeedback to your brain occurs. Be patients and work with your doctor. You'll get there. I grew to a small B cup by a year. Now at a year and a half, I'm a full B cup. The rest of my growth is up to genetics, diet and my mileage may vary. Growth rates aren't set in stone, but rely on many variables from person to person. Good luck. Kathryn

[Guest KarenLyn]

It's been a while but I don't think I noticed anything in the first 6 months. And sometimes there are changes you just don't notice. You could talk to your doctor about what to expect and when.

Karen

[Guest Kaylee234]

If you look at the expected results in the WPATH SOC, most physical effects aren't listed as starting until the 3 month point. Like I've said before, these are listed as "expected results", which you can translate as "average results." As with any average, most people will actually fall on one side of that demarcation line or the other. I myself started noticing physical effects at around my 4-5 week point. You just might be on the other side of that 3 month line.

Give it time, you'll get there.

~ Kay

[Paula ult]

Kathleen, 3 months is not a long time when you consider it takes young girls years to fully develop, plus their E does not have to compete with testosterone.

Many doctors will start you off on either anti-androgen's or estrogen to make sure you don't have any reactions, then do blood tests to see what your levels are at then make changes.

Paula

[Carolyn Marie]

I agree with everyone else. Be patient, my dear. Good things will come.

HUGS

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Bellexia]

No tblockers? That might be why, T is so much stronger than E.

[Guest Deenah]

Seems odd to me that you're doc would put you on E before T blockers.. hmm But either way,ya 3 months is such a short time to think anything is going to happen. I think i started to see results after 6-7 months but i was on spiro with E.

Just wait,one day you will wake up,take a shower,and when the water hits your chest you will jump to the moon. lol

Patients... It does take some time for everything to kick in.

Deenah Rae

[Guest LizMarie]

Deenah, my doctor placed me on E without T to start. He's been helping transgender women since 1975. His reasoning is that he has found that in some cases, E alone is enough to suppress T production. So he introduces the estrogen, gets it to the target level, and if the T levels are still too high, then and only then does he introduce a t-blocker.

KathleenMarie, I had very limited response over the first 7 months before we added a t-blocker to my regimen. Again, this is a process that takes years in cisgender girls so be patient with yourself.

[Guest allygator]

i been on E-Injections & Sprio for 2 years now starting my 3rd year 4 months in, and i have to say the 1st year people where like is that a girl or girl, the end of the year people where like hi Ms, then out of no where 4 months into my 2nd year people started to see more male again, and now in the 3rd year people are tilling me all they see if a guy im not sure whats going on the Doctors all till me everything is fine the blood is fine but something is not right.. i stated at 26 few motnhs before 27 and last week turn 29?... im freaking out

[VickySGV]

6 hours ago, allygator said:

now in the 3rd year people are tilling me all they see if a guy im not sure whats going on the Doctors all till me everything is fine the blood is fine but something is not right.. i stated at 26 few motnhs before 27 and last week turn 29?... im freaking out

Hormones by themselves will not make or break a transition or cause us to be seen as one gender or another.  When people see male in me, it is by way of behaviors that I show, and visual cues that I send to them that are more subtle than just what I am wearing.  Also, it will depend on where I am and what I am doing.  If you are with a lot of people whom you have known for ages, they may not really be seeing a "male" per se, but they are seeing a continuation of your old self and their brains being as lazy as most are, are just accepting the makeup on your "male" face, and not seeing the inner you as well.  Look at what you are doing, and who you are doing it with.  That may be the problem.