#hormone support

[wellnesscd]

Understanding Premenopause: Symptoms and Testing

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[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

[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.

[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.

[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

[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)

[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 ♡♡

[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.

[aleixis]

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.

[jacarandaaaas]

I’ve noticed a shift in the fandom lately and I’m sure many of you have too and I think I’ve identified why it feels like the fandom is shrinking or dare I say “dying”. It’s interactions.more so the LACK of interactions. there are still so many people who post art and stuff on here but they don’t stick around, why? well because the fandom feels unwelcoming. And this isn’t some weird call out type thing I think we’re all guilty of it to an extent but the sense of community in this fandom is rare. people only reblog their mutuals and they don’t give new accounts a chance.

I feel like i can say I’ve noticed a huge difference as I’ve been here since mid 2022. but back then even if you weren’t mutuals with people you still reblogged and interacted even in 2023 the vibe still felt the same you still feel that support. tumblr as a platform is built on the sense of community and interaction. asks!! people barely use them anymore and I see people (including myself) basically asking people to interact because they don’t! so I guess what I’m trying to say is if we were more welcoming to new people maybe it wouldn’t feel like the fandom is just a void of its former self.

[try-and-try-and-try-again]

Aaargh

I reached a new highest weight since I got here. It’s scaring me so much. I have not changed my diet. Chronic pain and fatigue have been getting worse and worse so I guess I’m less active. But TW I used to lose weight easily on the amount of food I’m eating each day. Professionals have even commented on how little it takes me to gain weight.

It’s making me want to cease to exist.

I am supposed to have a blood test for thyroid hormones today. I don’t know if that will yield anything. I doubt it, my thyroid hormone levels were normal in August. I saw something that said you really need an antibody test for the thyroid issues associated with fibromyalgia as hormone levels don’t tend to come up as different but the GP I spoke to said for it to be anything clinically significant thyroid hormone levels would be effected. So maybe I am just looking for excuses for weight gain and it’s just my own fault.

[feckcops]

Tech bros are now obsessed with testosterone parties

“T Party was launched this past Pride month by Jeff Tang, a startup founder who recently worked on the open-source note-taking app Athens Research. Since then, Tang has hosted a number of ��T Parties’ during which men gather to discuss their health and test their testosterone levels.

“The tech bro obsession with testosterone is no new phenomenon: As a feature published earlier this month by The Information details, testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) startups have been enjoying a boom since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) relaxed its rules for prescribing controlled substances in 2020. Cis dude celebrities across the political and cultural spectrum — from Dax Shepard to Joe Rogan — have all sung the praises of TRT ...

“The T Parties themselves also sound weirdly wholesome, if a little deranged. According to The Information, topics of discussion at a recent San Francisco T Party included ‘where to buy the most efficacious supplements, why there’s no OB-GYN for men, why sperm counts are down globally, the difficulty of getting testosterone bloodwork, and how talking to hot people has been shown to be a T booster.’ Minus the sperm counts (and maybe the supplements), that easily sounds like any given conversation in a group of transmasculine individuals ...

“There is something darkly ironic about tech bros destroying San Francisco — a historic hub of American trans culture and activism — while inadvertently recreating the FTM support groups that originated in the city in the '80s. And I have to note the conspicuous lack of moral outrage over cis dudes taking T. When transmasculine people take testosterone to affirm their gender, conservative politicians panic; when cis tech bros do it for essentially the same reason, very few people bat an eye.”