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I love sleeping, honk-shoo is so goated.
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Should be starting HRT soon but I’m kinda scared of the emotions. I’m already barely this side of okay.
you get to feel more but you also feel a lot less shit (in my experience) so it kinda balances out
This sounds great tbh. I think I’m mainly worried about the adjustment period between here and there.
was pretty much instant for me but obviously ymmv
just knowing i was on E was a significant improvement to my mental health
That’s very encouraging, thank you :)
Might have been a placebo but I felt something roughly 24 hours after starting. My brain felt all tingly in a good way and I felt it again whenever I upped my dose, kind of like when you first start feeling something after taking mushrooms. I will echo what pup said that just knowing I finally started down the path was a significant boost for me, as well.
Thank you :)
I’m scared but also excited!
Same I felt enormous mental relief hours after my first dose, almost certainly just psychological. But it was nice.
I'm just gonna hop on the pile here and agree with what everyone is saying. Starting HRT has made so many things make sense and it happened very quickly. Yes, you cry more, but it feels better. I actually feel like I've moved through my emotions when I'm done as opposed to still feeling down or strange. Also, there are tons of positive emotions that I feel now that I never felt before. I find myself smiling for no reason all the time and feeling this sense of lightness that I still can't really describe. It's not all bad, in fact, I would say it's mostly better! And you can always stop if it's too much right now!
You get good emotions, its not just crying. Theres a lot of crying but if you're anything like me theres a lot of years of held back tears that have to make their way out. You get the whole palette of emotions, crying is probably just the one that is the most embarassing and because of that the most notable. It shouldnt be embarassing but, you know how it is, even if we tell ourselves its normal if you have all those adults and kids still in your head telling you you shouldnt - anyway it takes a while.
I think I’m actually kinda looking forward to the crying, there’s a lot bottled up in there
The crying really helps me process my negative emotions in a more healthy way I've noticed. I get catharsis.
That’s great because this feeling like exploding + stress vomiting + stress eczema really isn’t doing it for me