Alt text: Scene from Kung Fu Panda, depicting Oogwa as relieved, saying “Finally, inner peace”. End alt text.
Figured I’d ask a positive question. For me it was the first time I’d put on estrogen. The HUGE relief I felt… and a few months in when I no longer felt I’d needed a breast form.
I saw gals describe their first time on E as seeing everything in a much more vibrant tint, but I didn’t experience that. - is that really a thing, or is it more metaphorical? :3
I do oral E and the changes came on hard and fast for me. Libido tanked amost instantly, and when I finally experienced girl horny, it was so foreign, I didn’t eve realize I was horny 😆. I’m about 5 months in, and I’m starting to go out without my breast forms because my boobs are getting big enough to make my bras too tight with them. I’ve upped my dose twice from 2mg to 4 and then to 6 about a couple weeks ago and each increase has come with a massive emotional spike that lasted a few days. The only other change I’ve noticed that I’m definitley not imagining is muscle atrophy. Every week or two my thighs or shoulders will start screaming like I ran a 10k with no prep, but I’m just sitting around reading 😭
that’s so great - it’s entirely possible my bias against oral E is misguided; it’s the most common route of administration, and while most girls I see on oral E don’t have great feminization, there was one girl I knew who only took oral and she was passing and had decent breast-growth (I just tended to see her as the exception to the rule).
I wish I had muscle atrophy - I’m sure it’s happened to some extent in the past two years, but my forearms, calves, shoulders, neck, etc. all still look way too muscular to me. My partner says my arms aren’t muscular at all, but she admits my calves do look fit still (they’ve lost some muscle, but not nearly as much as I would prefer).
Anyway, so glad to hear oral E is working for you and having good effects!
I think the main reason I’m getting so much pain from it is because of the rate I’m losing muscle. I wasn’t ripped as a guy, but I lift appliances regularly at work, so my thighs and glutes were toned as hell if not bulky.
Only reason I went with oral over injections is because I can’t get it local, so it would still be covered by public heathcare, but I’d have to pay shipping, and I don’t with pills. Always comes down to money with people doesn’t it 😠