Okay so, it’s been almost two month on hrt and I’m happy genuinely. There are some moments when I’m down or not feeling well, some dysphoria but damn that worth it. I feel like my emotion are not as much bottled up.

I’ve been laughing more easily and didn’t know I could feel dizzy because of laughter.

I’ve had a euphoria moment that lasted hours and it felt like something I’ve never felt in a long long time like as a child or teenage year when I loved playing video games.

Even knowing that I cry more easily is a good thing. To let out my own feelings.

Just wanted to share some positivity. Since I tend to focus on the other side usually.

  • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    yes! I feel so randomly happy on estrogen, I never felt that way with testosterone dominance. I also can handle so much more stress / activity.

    Now I can go to the grocery store on Friday and have social plans Saturday and still feel OK Sunday, etc. - whereas before HRT, that schedule would ruin me for at least a week and I wouldn’t be able to have plans the whole next week and weekend to help me recover (sometimes it was longer, like a month).

    I also noticed I needed less sleep and felt more rested. Before estrogen, I needed to sleep a lot and most nights I slept 11 - 12 hours, but I always woke up tired and struggled to feel alert enough basically all day - and this was true even after I lost lots of weight and stopped having sleep apnea which I thought was the cause.

    After estrogen, I sleep 6 - 8 hours on a normal night and feel rested in the morning, and I struggle to sleep more than 10 hours now. I would describe estrogen as making me fairly “normal”.