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I'm at 8 months on HRT as of a couple of days ago.
As for why, the short answer is to find that piece of myself that's been missing since puberty.
A hormonal transition always felt like something reserved for trans folks. I knew I wasn't a cis man or a trans woman, but those were my only options in pre-Internet Texas. I told myself I could put up with it because I didn't really have a choice, and for far too long, I didn't.
Learning that amab enbies given the choice to tailor their protocol actually do report benefits from HRT was part of a series of significant coincidences and happy accidents that finally got me out of Texas for good.
Once I knew it was an option, it was as if the reality itself conspired to lead me here. Seriously. It'd take me half an hour to type out just the chain of events that culminated in my partners' accidental adoption of a heat-stressed street husky which got them on board with moving north before I could even broach the subject. I find it's best to listen when the universe is giving such a clear signal. XD
Hey, so, umm. What are you talking about? What do you mean by
Learning that amab enbies given the choice to tailor their protocol
What makes your protocol different from that of a trans woman?
I'm not taking an anti-androgen, just estradiol, finasteride, and progesterone.
What's the intended effect? I guess I'm asking what changes are you interested in that makes you not take the anti androgen
I'm actively seeking a mixed gender presentation, so I don't want to suppress my testosterone entirely. I want to keep my moustache and masculine sexual function, but feminize my body hair, soften my skin, grow some itty bitty titties, and make my figure more curvaceous.
I'd say I'm getting there! =D
I'm looking this up now and it seems like estradiol can supress testosterone alone without an antiandrogen. Are the doses of your other meds lower than what someone fully mtf would take or something?
Progesterone too, but as of my last testing my T levels are still in the low end of the "normal" range for men.
My hormonal dosages are fairly close to the minimum, 2mg oral E and 100mg P. Though, I'm on 5mg of Finasteride and the typical dose for treating hirsutism with that is 2mg.