These questions are actually for a friend, who is a holistic health practioner who is starting to work more w/the trans community, and does not have LJ.  I don't know this info as well because as I'm ftm I'm more familiar w/that side of things...

Could someone give me a good, standard link to general doses of hormones for mtfs, particularly ( Read more... )

I'm 18 years old, male bodied, and I identify as genderqueer/transgender. I recently started taking spiro that I ordered through inhouse pharmacy in hopes of stopping any furthur masculinization. I'm starting off taking 100mg a day, and I split the dose in half. Has anyone had a similar experience? I know 100mg is low, but has anyone found 100mg to ( Read more... )

So yeah, it's bad and dangerous and blah blah blahdiddyblah. That's great and all but I'm tired of waiting. So if anyone here could help, that'd be fantastic. For those of you who DO self-medicate estrogen and anti-androgens, where do you get yours? Roughly how much does it cost? Any other misc. advice that can't easily be found via a thorough ( Read more... )

I'm not on spiro yet, just estradiol, but I'll probably be starting when I see my endo again (in a few weeks). Anyway, what I need to know is how closely do you need to watch your potassium intake while on spiro? I know it's potassium-saving and you have to be careful not to take too much potassium while on it, but just how careful do you have to ( Read more... )

Hey yall ( Read more... )

Ever since I started Spironolactone a few weeks ago (50 mg twice daily) I have been unquenchably thirsty ( Read more... )