HRT: First month
So, my hormone replacement therapy started four weeks and three days ago. The start was bit rocky as my migraine inhibitors interfered with it. I got something, which was most likely hyperkalemia. After that incident, I continued with lower dosage for one week, gradually getting dosage to the designated level, which will happen tomorrow.
The very start was interesting. I didn't have any expectations really what it would feel like. So it was quite a surprise that ten minutes after applying the patch I got any feelings. And those initial feelings are pretty much only thing I have felt after that. Those went away in between and they come back every now and then, especially after drinking alcohol. And only way to describe them is very mild tipsiness. Like what you get right after first beer, or bit milder than that.
I haven't noticed much physical or mental changes, yet. I think my boobs have either changed shape slightly or grown or both. I might be bit more emotional than month ago. I react more strongly to things like to some cute picture in my fb feed. I select heart reaction in fb more often as well. So my emotions might have opened slightly. And those are things which I have noticed within week and a half. Before that, nothing, other than those which I try to do knowingly like how I carry myself.
I'm not sure what has been culprit, but my intuition has grown more complex. Meaning that I have done even more complex things or came up even more complex plans with intuition. I rely heavily on my intuition so that kind of change affects to my daily life quite a much. I have started to analyze and over-analyze more things than before, partially with subconsciousness, which is bit scary. But I have a feeling that it has happened in longer timeframe than month, I have just realized it now. And my feeling is also that it has happened because I'm finally starting to get rid of my depression. Because that has gotten better within this month.
One more thing might have happened because of HRT though. My muscles are aching nowadays. That might be because my body has finally started to consume those. My stomach has gotten flatter as well even while I lost only half a kilogram within this month. And that is most likely due fat redistribution. But I don't know where that fat has gone from there.
I saw neurologist on wednesday. She did a plan to change my migraine inhibitors quite a much. Actually almost like I thought she would. The med which interferes with the spironolactone will be dropped on next wednesday, other inhibitor was lowered from 25mg to 10mg and after those, lamotrigine will be raised until I don't have auras in my vision, or to 200mg a day. And that would be as much as someone who has epilepsy would eat it, as it is originally antiepileptic drug. But that raise will be done quite slowly (25mg steps and at least two weeks between steps) so I can notice what kind of effect it did. So, becoming month might be filled with migraine attacks but if the medication change works like it should, the time after would be much easier after dust settles.
Becoming month would be HRT-wise mostly unchanged. Spironolactone will get to the 100mg dose tomorrow at last but estrogen will be at this level for bit over a month still.
The very start was interesting. I didn't have any expectations really what it would feel like. So it was quite a surprise that ten minutes after applying the patch I got any feelings. And those initial feelings are pretty much only thing I have felt after that. Those went away in between and they come back every now and then, especially after drinking alcohol. And only way to describe them is very mild tipsiness. Like what you get right after first beer, or bit milder than that.
I haven't noticed much physical or mental changes, yet. I think my boobs have either changed shape slightly or grown or both. I might be bit more emotional than month ago. I react more strongly to things like to some cute picture in my fb feed. I select heart reaction in fb more often as well. So my emotions might have opened slightly. And those are things which I have noticed within week and a half. Before that, nothing, other than those which I try to do knowingly like how I carry myself.
I'm not sure what has been culprit, but my intuition has grown more complex. Meaning that I have done even more complex things or came up even more complex plans with intuition. I rely heavily on my intuition so that kind of change affects to my daily life quite a much. I have started to analyze and over-analyze more things than before, partially with subconsciousness, which is bit scary. But I have a feeling that it has happened in longer timeframe than month, I have just realized it now. And my feeling is also that it has happened because I'm finally starting to get rid of my depression. Because that has gotten better within this month.
One more thing might have happened because of HRT though. My muscles are aching nowadays. That might be because my body has finally started to consume those. My stomach has gotten flatter as well even while I lost only half a kilogram within this month. And that is most likely due fat redistribution. But I don't know where that fat has gone from there.
I saw neurologist on wednesday. She did a plan to change my migraine inhibitors quite a much. Actually almost like I thought she would. The med which interferes with the spironolactone will be dropped on next wednesday, other inhibitor was lowered from 25mg to 10mg and after those, lamotrigine will be raised until I don't have auras in my vision, or to 200mg a day. And that would be as much as someone who has epilepsy would eat it, as it is originally antiepileptic drug. But that raise will be done quite slowly (25mg steps and at least two weeks between steps) so I can notice what kind of effect it did. So, becoming month might be filled with migraine attacks but if the medication change works like it should, the time after would be much easier after dust settles.
Becoming month would be HRT-wise mostly unchanged. Spironolactone will get to the 100mg dose tomorrow at last but estrogen will be at this level for bit over a month still.