Started Hormones Today.....yay

[Guest rivieragirl95]

hi i just took my first premarin and spiro. im 14 and was wandering if any of yall good give me some first hand changes ...mentally and physically

thanks,

sarah

[MaryEllen]

Hello sarah,

I'm amazed that you were prescribed hormones at such a young age. You ARE under a doctors supervision, aren't you?

MaryEllen

[Guest rivieragirl95]

yess im under a docs supervision .....i very much want to make it to 15...lol

[Paula ult]

Congrats Sarah, like MaryEllen i am also watching out for you. Normally Hormones are not prescribed until 18 unless a parent signs off.

I am 57 much older than you and have been on hormones 14 months and getting great results,

Physically - being young you should see results quicker than i have, skin sensitive to the touch, body odor changes, facial changes from fat redistribution, reduction in body hair, hormones probably won't change facial hair much if at all, and of course breast development.

Mentally - I'm still me only happier i think you will too, my senses seem to be off the charts, and a calmness i never had before.

Don't be disappointed or worried if these changes don't happen overnight, it may take many months but you will get there.

Paula

[Guest Elizabeth K]

Well - most at first is psychological. There are sites that explain what to expect. Google - Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Accurate information will tell you YMMV - your millage may vary.

The most significant, staying G-rated, is a general reshaping of your face and body - assuming a more feminine shape - but it takes about two years for most people, to get the maximum effect. You will notice you face getting softer probably right away..

It' not a magic thing. But you will feminize on HRT and lose some of the male body tendancies toward musculature and bulking up.

Hope this helps

Lizzy

To all you younger people - DO NOT USE illegal hormones - VERY DANGEROUS!

[Guest julia_d]

8+ years on.. the first few weeks were a bit funky.. mood swings and the like.. then it all settles down and after a while you wonder what all the fuss was about.. BUT .. take mine away and I turn into a bit of a monster.. it's normal.. maybe that was who I used to be?

See how you go.. remember to take them properly. I found that the best time is before I go to bed that way I'm not too hoppy and buzzing at the start of the day.

[Guest April63]

Nice. That is pretty young, so I think it should have pretty good results. Possibly faster than other since it's so early.

[Sally]

Congratulations on such an early start, you will get to live your life as you much longer than a few of us more mature matrons.

Love ya,

Seriously Senior Sally

[Guest S. Chrissie]

Congratz!! That's fast

Sherlyn

[Guest gwenthlian]

14 wow congrats

[Guest androgynous]

I was wondering, are those hormones just temporary to reach a certain level, or do you need to take them for the rest of your life? *just curious*

[Guest Angelgrlsue]

Wow! That is amazing that you are starting at such an early age. Congrats sweetie.

[Guest Melanieshaman]

well, i am starting my second month and i feel no different, look no different (although my wife swares shes sees a little differance) but again i will be slow to develop..as i am 36.

[Guest Jo-I-Dunno]

I was wondering, are those hormones just temporary to reach a certain level, or do you need to take them for the rest of your life? *just curious*

It's a rest of life thing. For the most part, if an MTF stops HRT, her body won't produce enough estrogen on its own, and some (not all) changes will revert. And with hormone imbalances like that, all sorts of problems can occur.

[Sally]

It's a rest of life thing. For the most part, if an MTF stops HRT, her body won't produce enough estrogen on its own, and some (not all) changes will revert. And with hormone imbalances like that, all sorts of problems can occur.

For a post op there are fewer changes in that there is virtually no T either so the body hair and softer skin don't change much but then come all of the no hormones at all problems because you will be at trace levels of both and that is not good for any organ in the body.

For pre ops the natual T levels try to come back but that depends on how long you were on them before you quit - the change might be next to nothing or over time all of the way back - YMMV!

In the case of full T levels, body hair, tougher skin and more fat around the stomach, but don't expect the breasts to disappear - that takes the similar kind of top surgery as the FTMs.

So be sure that's what you want to do before you start!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest AshleyRF]

Grats on starting HRT and so young as well. You will pretty much develop just like any other girl would at that age. The testosterone hasn't really had much time to do any real damage to your body. I wish I could have started that young.

[Guest Justine]

Well at 14 that is very young, the SOC is very against the use of HRT for under 18's....

I am almost at 9 weeks and I am starting to see small changes, this was after a rocky first few weeks, and then once I sorted out the regime for me, I am fine and able to function as I was before starting the hrt and AA blocker

Cheers

Justine

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

well Im 51 and like others have said YMMV

the first couple weeks were an emotional roller coaster PMS city and it started on day two.

Only one really bad mood swing as some of the sisters here can tell you

right now I get the sweats at about 4 am, how do I know, I work nights so Im awake then

im calmer, not as angry

physical

after nearly a month im getting some pain in the breasts especially where that lil nodule is forming

they have itched like crazy

not much growth yet

nothing left for orgasm now but I dont mind it shows the AA is working

hair on my body has slowed down to almost no growth

the hair on my head is growing nicely

the stuff on my face has slowed down but not enough, and it probly wont slow down all that much

thats bout it

[Guest Aurea]

It's a rest of life thing. For the most part, if an MTF stops HRT, her body won't produce enough estrogen on its own, and some (not all) changes will revert. And with hormone imbalances like that, all sorts of problems can occur.

I did my homework by now, and it is not true. I found out in my research that after a few years the cells in the body are complete re-programmed (estrogen dosages trick the brain into producing it's own later on), that means that any testosterone (all girls have that too) will aromatize into estrogen. (all estrogen starts out as testosterone) That means you can stop after a certain point and the body will produce on it's own. That being said, you can't go back after a certain point, even testosterone injections will aromatize into estrogen due to cholesterol process.

[Guest Kayliegh]

Congrats! I wish I could have started when I was 14 - but that was in the 1970's and things were a lot different then!

Kayleigh

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

(all estrogen starts out as testosterone) 

however to get to progestins is a much more complex process...

but as we knock down the T we also prevent the conversion, via the 5 Alpha reductase enzyme, of T into DHT

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

for a pictorial diagram of how each of the hormones is synthesized have a look at this pic from TransGenderCare

Synthesis of Sex Hormones from an acetate substrate