unironically you should titrate up until you start getting headaches and then reduce back to where you were comfortable. Trans woman can unironically handle more estrogen than cis women for a variety of reasons. At my most I was injecting 15mg of estrogen a week without any major side effects.
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I am not going to degrade or demean any of my sister's hrt regimens but 100% we HAVE to discuss the fact that most doctors in the United States WILL try to start your HRT with pathetically low estrogen with pills and tons of Spiro.
WHICH IS HARMFUL TO ALL OF US WHEN WE'RE JUST STARTING AND SCARED
WHICH IS HARMFUL TO ALL OF US WHEN WE'RE JUST STARTING AND SCARED
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i had first done full rec. dosage (iirc 11mg EC, IM), it disabled me for ~4 days. after recovering & working over anxiety i did it again at half dose, & after abt 1.5 months was at full dosage no issues