From c7c09aa9e4df340f91f960d6431b1c373856edec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steph Enders Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 22:10:46 -0400 Subject: Add hormone level blog post To regenerate simple do ./compile-mds.sh blog "Hormone Levels" mds/blog/hormone-levels.md www/blog/hormone-levels.html --- mds/blog/hormone-levels.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 mds/blog/hormone-levels.md (limited to 'mds') diff --git a/mds/blog/hormone-levels.md b/mds/blog/hormone-levels.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4de7fa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/mds/blog/hormone-levels.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# Hormone Levels + +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. + +## The Problem + +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. + +## My dosages + +I currently (as of August 04, 2023) on 0.15mL of 20mg/mL Estrodiol Valerate injecting weekly on Monday mornings. + +My original dosage was 0.1mL of 40mg/mL of EV. + +## The trials + +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. + +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. + +Thus began a 6 week waiting period while I adjusted to the lesser dosage. And the feelings only got worse. + +## Where I am now + +I got my bloodwork done on the afternoon of Friday August 4th to conclude the 6 week trial and am awaiting results. + +## What Fedi has helped with + +Some possible things to note are: + +1. What day are you testing? Ideally I should've been testing the day before or morning of. +2. I am doing weekly dosages. Some girls do every 5 days. +3. I am generally stressed and anxious. But I can feel the hormonal difference on the weekends. Especially on Sat/Sun. +4. 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. + +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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf