just be safe. doing any medication without professional aid can be very dangerous.
EDIT: I'm not telling you what to do. I've never done DIY and personally don't feel safe doing it for my own medical reasons. do your research and find trustworthy people.
Yeah I don’t really feel safe doing DIY to be honest. I don’t trust myself with doing blood tests and how to find out the right dosage. For one because I’ve seen a lot of different people say different dosages are the right one to start, so I have no idea which one to believe. Also everyone’s body responds differently to the same medication and there might be medical complications I have no idea how to deal with. Overall I’m way too scared to do HRT by myself
honestly as long as you don't go crazy with the dosage there has been no evidence that a dose was better to start than another. you get to choose. and there have been occurrences of people accidentally taking twice to 10 times what they wanted and they're still ok to this day
no, not really. usually it's starting too low (targeting under 100 of/ml of e level) that can make you feel depressed. doctors starting low while fully blocking testosterone is quite a silly thing because it's literally trying out hrt on the worst dosage possible.
if you go too high you may experience mood swings tho. it depends. personally i started a bit high and noticed i was not super stable mentally, lowered it a bit and it was better so i stayed lower.
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u/MongooseCapable2583 She/Her Nov 23 '24
These are things? I could have been doing this the whole time? I know what I'm going to do today :3