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authorSteph Enders <steph@senders.io>2023-08-04 22:10:46 -0400
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+ <h1>Hormone Levels</h1>
+ <p>On Fedi I talk quite a bit about struggling to dial in my hormone
+ levels. Part of that involves getting tested and such. So this page is
+ going to be where I catalog everything so its easier for me to share more
+ clearly whats going on.</p>
+ <h2>The Problem</h2>
+ <p>I switched to injections from pills to injections in April of 2023.
+ After a few weeks of injections I start to notice that over the weekend I
+ am just wrecked. My emotions are all off, I feel like I did pre-HRT and I
+ start getting depressed. This has been happening every weekend since
+ starting injections.</p>
+ <h2>My dosages</h2>
+ <p>I currently (as of August 04, 2023) on 0.15mL of 20mg/mL Estrodiol
+ Valerate injecting weekly on Monday mornings.</p>
+ <p>My original dosage was 0.1mL of 40mg/mL of EV.</p>
+ <h2>The trials</h2>
+ <p>So my doctor tested my levels on a Thursday a week after my intial
+ message (due to my own error missing a call to get the next day locked
+ in). Since I wouldn’t be testing for a week she asked me to do 0.15mL of
+ the 40mg. I tested. And then tested again 1 week later. Both results were
+ in the mid 900s pg/nL which is insanely high. I was averaging in the high
+ 200-300 range on pills.</p>
+ <p>So she had me immediately return to 0.1mL and then actually dropped me
+ to 0.75mL of the 40mg and perscribed 20mg EV so I could take 0.15mL of
+ that instead.</p>
+ <p>Thus began a 6 week waiting period while I adjusted to the lesser
+ dosage. And the feelings only got worse.</p>
+ <h2>Where I am now</h2>
+ <p>I got my bloodwork done on the afternoon of Friday August 4th to
+ conclude the 6 week trial and am awaiting results.</p>
+ <h2>What Fedi has helped with</h2>
+ <p>Some possible things to note are:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li>What day are you testing? Ideally I should’ve been testing the day
+ before or morning of.</li>
+ <li>I am doing weekly dosages. Some girls do every 5 days.</li>
+ <li>I am generally stressed and anxious. But I can feel the hormonal
+ difference on the weekends. Especially on Sat/Sun.</li>
+ <li>I could switch to Friday injections since rarely do you test the
+ day after. So that would allow for any day at the latter half of my
+ injection cycle.</li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>But I suspect there is the possibility I am feeling the dip and not
+ the actual level itself. So I feel amazing on the peak but the end of the
+ cycle ramp down is so sever I just get depressed from it. In which case
+ increasing frequency or other medical intervention (maybe
+ anti-depressants) could combat this.</p>
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