#hormone support

[wellnesscd]

Understanding Premenopause: Symptoms and Testing

Navigating Premenopausal Symptoms: Understanding, Treatments, and Lab Tests Premenopause refers to the phase leading up to menopause, during which women may experience a variety of physical and emotional symptoms due to hormonal fluctuations. Understanding these symptoms, exploring treatment options, and knowing which laboratory tests to consider can empower women to manage this transitional…

[lucifer-is-a-bag-of-dicks]

being depressed emotionally but not mentally is. weird

my thoughts aren't dark, life doesn't feel hopeless, I know the mood will pass, I'm calm and at ease with that

but I still feel flat, tired, unenthusiastic about anything, I don't want to eat, I'm not drinking enough water, I didn't leave bed today until 6pm

but when I did I stood outside, I planted my bare feet in the wet grass, and for a moment I didn't feel so numb, for a moment it was nice. I enjoyed that. I was capable of enjoying that, even if briefly

it's like I'm stuck halfway, I feel like thunder without rain

just kinda weird

[kitsu-smiec]

More satoko and rika but happy because they deserve it.

Don't typically do lineart since it takes a lot of time and I find it frustrating but somehow I managed to do it without giving up and making it a digital painting.

Chapter thoughts under the cut because they might be a bit too depressing in contrast to the art.

So, I don't know if anyone else felt like this, but the murder part of the chapter was a lot easier to get through than the aftermath. I took a LOT of breaks through it, but it wasn't for satoko and her suffering, but Keiichi.

I tend to joke about not having to need drugs to hallucinate since I can do it on my own, but man. If I get stressed out enough, it happens and it's not fun. And after when you get thrown back into reality and having to face things that aren't real for what they are? And when things happen and just align in ways that feed off the thoughts I'm having, leading to unhealthy stupid beliefs that I might be causing it. Fuck. Out of everything, man. I know Keiichi wasn't fully there by end of chapter 1. But this was brutal for me.

Thankfully I'll be watching the vod instead of the stream tonight, so I can tap out as much as needed (I'll be on the minimum wage grind). I hope everyone is okay watching after this bombshell of an ending, and yeah. Mental health is in short supply in hinamizawa bc DAMN.

[sciderman]

hey how are your brain bees? Are you doing better?

god, you know, my brain bees are very quiet lately, thank you so much for asking!

really, actually, the surgery fixed most of the problems that i had - but - it did cause a few new ones, that i'm trying to work out.

i feel tired, all the time. i'm medically depressed, and - that isn't really very fun. i don't feel sad, necessarily - but really tired. too tired for drawing, and reading, and all the things i used to love to do. but i have friends to help me through it, and they've been distracting me as best as they can.

[veritas-scribblings]

illegal - @moonwater-microfic - words: 735 | trying my hand at a different pairing cos @deathnguts's moonwater posts keep appearing on my feed | apologies for the essay in the tags | writing this was more fun than I thought it would be | [warnings: self-loathing, some implied internalised homophobia, if teenage boys were werewolves]

In the days leading up to the full moon, Remus feels it in his bones like a thousand hair-thin needles boring into him. The scent that lingers in the hallways. That has invaded the library and spread through the potions lab and lives in the wood and the stone. The scent that beckons to something dark and perversely primal in Remus.

He feels it penetrating his skin. The itch of it travelling through his gut. And sometimes, shamefully, lower and lower. It grows and grows until he feels full, almost bloated with it.

“You right there, mate?”

Remus cringes and grabs his bag and clutches it to his chest with a grip he’s surprised hasn’t crushed it to dust. James, for all his teenage boy-ness, can be annoyingly perceptive. Sometimes he gives Remus this sad, concerned look that implies he knows Remus has been staring where he should damned well not be staring.

Across the Great Hall at the boy with the head of curly black hair who’s always buried in a book. The one that travels with a damned impenetrable attaché that includes one Bartemius Crouch Junior with the (according to Sirius Black) “perfectly punchable face”.

If Remus has learnt anything about Slytherins, it’s that they’re fiercely territorial (and occasionally violent). And none more so than the attaché Regulus comes with, like Regulus is some sort of diplomat. Or prince, even.

Remus knows territorial. He knows it, because the wolf in him feels it in its soul. For his books. For his clothes. For his dormitory. For his friends.

Remus has learnt to channel this. To, for the most part, redirect those unnatural urges that centre themselves around his friends the closer and closer he gets to the full moon.

But those Slytherins. They wear territorial with pride, and Remus just knows that he will never be able to cross the boundaries they’ve so meticulously carved out alive. Or, at least, in one piece with all of his limbs attached where they should be.

“Thought you were going to meet me at the library?” Lily dumps her bag onto the grass next to where James and Sirius are laid ‘soaking up the sun’, according to Sirius.

“The library?” Sirius scoffs. “The library for what?”

“Not you, Black. Not everything’s about you.” Lily rolls her eyes and kicks Remus in the shin when he doesn’t acknowledge her. “Remus. Our study date?”

“Nonsense. I am the gravitational centre of this Earth, I’ll have you know.” Sirius flashes Lily an easy grin that everyone knows will roll off her like water. “Just ask McGonagall. Everything’s about me.”

“You know she was being sardonic when she said that…”

Remus can smell it again coming from across the lake, stronger and more distinct than any other scent around them: vanilla-ish, cinnamon-y and a touch Earthy, nutty. It shoots straight through him and hits him so hard in his groin that he has to pull his bag into his lap with a flush of shame.

Of course it does.

Of course it does.

And of course Regulus is there again surrounded by his friends (he’s always surrounded by his friends). Remus recognises the smell before he recognises the outline of him and the movements of his body that have a decidedly “child of the House Black” beauty and grace to them.

Only, Remus reminds himself, he would never go there. He would never try; he doesn’t need the humiliation.

And he would never break Sirius’s trust, no matter the dreams that plague him around the full moon. The things he does to himself to stave off the hunger when he wakes with every nerve in his body feral and inflamed. Not only because Sirius is a friend—a friend that Remus never, in his wildest imagination, could have ever possibly thought he’d be able to dream into reality—but also because Sirius has a reckless, terrifying fierceness about him. Sirius Black does not bear darkness or traitors lightly. And he’s made that more than clear to the world.

Remus just doesn’t know what’s worse. That he likes a boy. That the coming of the full moon fills him with filthy, lustful thoughts and urges for said boy. That said boy is Regulus Black.

Or that it’s really just a matter of time before his friends find out that his condition is not just a fun rollick in the forest once a month…

…but is something darker and much, much worse…

…and Remus finds himself alone again.

[theicysneasel]

An urgent warning for all my queer homies: there are malicious, false ads circulating on social media for HRT supplements designed to gather a list of trans people and their addresses.

Along with just being useless sugar pill supplements. Fun all around, right?

A good reminder to be vigilant about where you seek out gender affirming care, especially if you live in a suppressive state like I do. Source your supplies and care from reputable queer support groups and always do your research before doing business with an unfamiliar supplier.

It sucks ass that anyone has to be this vigilant, but this is where we are unfortunately. Be aware, not scared. That’s always been my policy, and I will do my part to keep the community informed when something dangerous arises. Stay safe, y’all.

[goddessofroyalty]

i went through the zaun family au tag (plus a little of work/life balance but i prefer the former lol sorry!) and i dont think youve gotten into many details of how jayce and viktor cope with a newborn baby? clearly viktor wants to go back to the lab asap, and he does carry naph around in a sling, but it's not something he can do like. the next day after popping out that kid.

(admittedly i just want more of jayvik + their baby 😔 you manage to get them soooo right)

Glad you've enjoyed it.

I don't think I've rambled much about Jayce and Viktor with their newborn (more about once things have settled).

Because we are basing this in Zaun Family I'm going to stay with a comparison. I think where Silco during those early days after the birth kind of curls around the newborn to the point where even Vander has to convince him to be able to see them and that only getting more intense the worse the labor and delivery are, Viktor during those early days kind of dissociates and leaves the baby caring to Jayce and it goes on for longer/is more intense the worse the labor and delivery are. He's in a least a decent amount of pain, has gone through an intense experience, and hasn't been able to (and still can't) return to his lab to like 'ground' himself with his work. I've heard some people talk about feeling like their body wasn't their own in those very early hours/days after giving birth and I think Viktor falls into that camp.

I do think both Jayce and Viktor knew that Jayce would probably be doing the bulk of the baby caring in the days immediately following the birth. They didn't have a sit down conversation about it but they know Viktor will need to rest and recover and Jayce kind of needs to do it to help his own feelings of uselessness throughout the pregnancy. It does frustrate Viktor because they're meant to be partners and right now Jayce is doing most/all the work while he's basically stuck in bed recovering but also... Viktor did all(/most - Jayce was a very attentive support through the pregnancy) of the work to that point. Viktor doesn't do nothing but at the start all he can kind of do is hold Naph while Jayce organises things.

Obviously as Viktor heals and is able to do more (and return to his lab - that probably feels like a turning point day of being Himself again for him) the dissociation fades and they more find their rythm together and it does end up being that more equal split that I've talked about previously.

Ximena also probably basically moves in with them the last days before Naph is born and for that early period while they are adapting. But she is very much the Good example of a grandparent moving in when the baby's born. She's there if they need her but is mostly dealing with the day-to-day life stuff (you know organizing food, doing the dishes, emptying the bins) so they don't have to think about it while they adapt to life with a baby (and while Viktor is kind of out of action).

[jayfey-anime]

figured i should keep a log of my hrt journey, just for remembering and maybe informing people about testosterone! Getting on T has been the best thing for me, it has improved my mental state so much, and everyday im excited for what comes next! (Definitely not for everyone, talk to your healthcare provider lol)

[poisonwaterlily3]

Very personal post, but I feel the need to share my thoughts.

I could have started HRT at 16 years old. My state wouldn't let me.

Fair warning, this post will just be me ranting. Read if you'd like, I'd love any kind words you can spare.

I realized I was trans at 14 years old. I came out to my parents a few months later and they were supportive. Down the line, we approached my 16th birthday and I'd be able to start hrt. Just a few months before though, my state passed a bill preventing anyone under 18 from medically transitioning. It hurt then. It still hurts.

I'm approaching 18 now, so I will be able to start soon, but those are two years I won't be able to get back. I haven't gotten any good answers on the difference in effectiveness between now and then, but it doesn't look bright. My "full" transition won't be as complete as if I had started when I could have. It never will be.

Any comforting words or advice to maximize the effects when I do start will be greatly appreciated. I need to make up for as much lost time as I can. Fuck this godforsaken place.

[wlwitchofwhitestone]

I dunno man sometimes all the art and posts about queer sex as an act of rebellion against capitalism and heteronormativity start to feel overwhelmingly exclusionary or like it's the only way to "prove" you're queer. I'm aware the majority of the world is allo (believe me) and I've exerted a lot of mental energy reminding myself that I'm not contributing to the systems in place by being ace (and am in fact also subverting them) but it still starts to drag after a while.

Queer sex can absolutely be radical, or holy, or special and different between each person participating. There are as many meanings to it as there are people in the world. But queer sex is not inherently any of those things. It's another thing people can do for fun and for pleasure. The people who aren't doing it - not even just aces, because there are so many reasons people might not and a lot of them get into the intersection of disability, trauma and much more - are not doing less than allos for the community. The queerness is the radical bit. Existing is enough to make the systems in place afraid of and violent towards us. Sex is just something else a lot of us do that's frowned upon by the powers that be. So is not having sex. Because it's not the action it's the people.

[regal-bones]

HEY so I have just been told that my estrogen dose is being DOUBLED which for lots of reasons is absolutely amazing and really cool (i am so excited !!!!) but it does mean that I have to pay twice as much for it, if you have the money I would rlly appreciate if you could help out!

Here’s a link to my patreon!! £1 patrons genuinely help me out so so much AND youll get access to all of my exclusive content !!! Thank u sm ! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

[cultivating-wildflowers]

a summary of how my day is going

[beachyserasims]

Just a little life update for you all...

I've been struggling a lot lately with being motivated to work on my series, Geneva Island Legacy, because I've been really ill the past couple of months. Reason being, I'm pregnant in my second trimester!! So for now I'll keep posting my series as often as I can (i try to post every Monday and Friday but I've been failing bad at that) until my queue runs out. I've written up until Chapter 9, but after that, I don't really know for sure if GIL will be as consistent as it has been this year. Just thought I'd give a heads up to anyone who has been possibly scratching their heads at me lately and also I have so much love for this community, I don't want to slowly fade out ♡♡

[nessbunnie]

i feel so guilty liking anime/manga as a korean like yeah a lotta koreans like anime but like at the same time my dad REALLY doesn't like japan and japanese culture and stuff which is understandable but 😭😭 i'm asking him if i can go out and buy manga and like 😭😭

[puppyhal]

Hi, if you can, please help a disabled trans masc fellow to pay for his HRT ! My boyfriend got fired from work recently and because I can not work, we can not pay for my HRT.

I’ll do a sketch of any character ( s ) of your choosing if you donate. Simply put the request in the message box. The art will be posted both on Tumblr and Ko-fi.

( I would prefer all request go through Ko-fi, but if necessary please send an ask with your request here with your Ko-fi name at the bottom. I will screenshot the ask and crop your username out for the post. )

Thank you for even so much as considering to donate, let alone reading through this post.