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Negative symptoms of hrt (lemmy.zip)
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I transitioned 9 years ago and these symptoms started to me around 4 years in. Usually they're not talked about in trans spaces despite being documented.

  1. Lower body temp than people who aren't on HRT despite not feeling the cold. Sometimes I even feel hot despite my body being 36.5ยฐC

  2. Terrible blood pressure, my nails on my fingers and toes are always purple-ish and the nails grow thin and weak.

  3. Dry skin.

  4. Extreme dry eyes, they actually cause me vision loss.

  5. Bruising, random bruises appearing on my thighs out of nowhere. One day I fell on my knees and even tho it wasn't a hard fall I got a terrible black bruise on my knee.

  6. Dizziness, people report headaches more often but I don't get those as often as dizziness.

Some people say "wow HRT made me feel so good" and I'm here feeling like a corpse in recent rigor mortis ๐Ÿ’€

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[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago

For what it's worth, I started around the same time as you, and aside from dry skin, I don't experience these, so it's maybe not be as simple as HRT.

[-] choihanna@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

All the doctors I've talked to said it was because of HRT.

[-] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago

Doctors are notorious for blaming any issue on hormones. You could go in with a broken arm and somehow it is the hormone's fault...

[-] choihanna@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Even my brother who is a doctor thinks it's because of hormones, so at this point I don't care. If it's something else I'm not going to find anyone who knows what it is, so if I have to die of some condition so be it ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If you were a cis woman on hormonal birth control for years, i don't think a doctor would declare a 1:1 causative link between the hormones and these symptoms. They would recognize the hormones as a factor, but not the only cause.

[-] choihanna@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cis women get dismissed a lot more by doctors than anyone else... I feel like you're downplaying how many women die of medical malpractice because doctors dismiss women's pains.

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You're saying that cis women get dismissed more than trans women? Ok. That doesnt change that blaming every health problem on hormones is some misogynist bs

[-] choihanna@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on the country

[-] MissyBee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Trans broken arm syndrome. I am nearing 10 years HRT. I am the healthiest I have ever been.

Your doctors are stupid, sorry you had to experience that.

[-] Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I will say that not all doctors are familiar with trans medicine. And many are transphobic.

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