Even though I'm taking estrogen (and spironolactone) I'm still taking finasteride. I think just it's neat. I'm surprised it doesn't get used as much in gender affirming care.

Obviously it's can't be a sole anti-androgen as it only blocks DHT, but like women trans and cis are meant to have some testosterone if only for energy, libido etc. I think it makes sense to have the finasteride there to sweep in and block the DHT part that only have negative effects (hair loss on scalp, increased facial and body hair, prostate enlargement). It's actually prescribed to cis women who are losing hair or are hirsute, a demographic with a lot in common with some trans women.

The major side "negative" effects are reversible (1:100) and irreversible erectile dysfunction (1:10,000) which is a YMMV and breast growth

I pay 20 AUD for 30x5mg tablets, that I quarter, meaning I have 4 months supply at once and it costs me 5 dollar bucks a month.

Also seems like it has relevance for Trans Men who don't want hair loss from testosterone. IDK.

can it please just stop. it hurts so bad today.

how do i get unbroken

That "feel like you didn't really accomplish anything today and are going to bed lonely and feeling unaccomplished" kinda sad

Taken to saying to myself "I'm eating for two" and lifting my breasts up.

Oh, I have you booked for... 1 hour of unrestrained happiness and feelings of self worth. Alright, you may start

Hello

I got a tingly feeling inside when I started writing this message.

Still figuring myself out so not sure how much I'll post but wanted to say all of you are super inspiring and just reading your comments has helped me out

pic of 2/3 of my recovery team

I find it kind of wild that in the Altered Carbon books it basically says "Liberal democracy will inevitably become intrenched fascism to the point where people forget the concept of infranchisement, while unrestrained capitalism in the periphery will make a new feudalism that is hell on earth for the living, the only solution is an eternal peoples wars through the science of space Maoism" and "changing your body and gender like it's a piece of clothing is cool and good".

Then the author is a huge centrist UK labor supporter and a massive TERF (literally friends with Graham Lineham).

stop right there, scriminal cum

This girl on The Ultimatum (gay edition) is so annoying

Today I realized I'm a liberal individual so I'm rectifying this immediately

Oh also a friend asked about HRT

My winter girl rot era is over, my summer happy girl era is beginning.

Now that estrogen has made me pretty happy, I picked up another hobby I had before my constant depressions and spent 4 hours writing today. I expected to feel mentally tired and was ready to turn off my brain and scroll through slop afterwards, but somehow it had the opposite effect and I feel amazingly energized

WOKE up to my plushies all being warm from my body heat, it's cold this morning but goddamn my body is like a furnace. Only thing different is yesterday went hard (for me) on the rowing machine, if only for my plushies might keep doing that so I can be warm for them