hey all. ftm healthcare question here. I got a prescription (haven’t started it yet) for finasteride to prevent further hair loss on testosterone. I’m 30 and not 100% sure if I’m going to want to have kids, but I don’t want to shut that door completely yet. All the warnings I’m seeing are that it’s dangerous and can cause birth defects, but that it shouldn’t affect semen if you stop around 3 months before trying. Well, I’m curious about it as the potentially pregnant partner. I would like to know the potential risks and if it’s safe to plan to carry out a pregnancy after stopping finasteride for myself in the future. If anyone has info please share it my way!

Context: Ive been medically transitioning (FtM) and for 4 years was on estrogen blockers that eliminated my period. Due to insurance issues I dont have an appointment till December to see an endocrinologist (hormone doctor).

Since being off T and estrogen blockers I have had a period for a month straight (no signs of stopping insanely heavy flow and daily cramps).

I keep telling myself its just all catching up. I dont have an endocrinologist consultation till December, should I try to take this up with a gyno? Has anyone else experienced this?

I just opened this subreddit again as it got automatically banned from lack of moderation, I don't have time for this.

So Ive been on testosterone since 2021 so for 4 years now and I haven’t missed a dose until recently due to this medical issue Ive been having

Ive been having reoccurring group b strep for almost year now, it’s a loop of testing positive, getting treated, testing negative only to get symptoms and testing positive again.

My hygiene is good and my boyfriend has tested negative for it (since although it’s not considered an STI it was still possible for him to be a carrier) so my doctor and I guessed that it may be because so many years on testosterone without breaks may have effected my natural vaginal flora meaning my vagina may be more prone to issues due to there being the lack of androgens that help protect the vagina.

I’ve heard from other trans men before that they’ve also needed to take a break from testosterone due to them also getting vaginal issue from being on testosterone for roughly the same amount of time as me but I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue with group b specifically?? Did you miss a couple doses of Testosterone and if so did the group b strep become less frequent/go away??

Even if you haven’t personally dealt with reoccurring group b strep yourself but know some information that may be helpful I would greatly appreciate it!

Tagging this with NSFW for personal health reasons.

For context I'm a 25 yr old trans woman, been medically transitioning since 10/16/2021. I've gone to my family dr about this, been through several UTI tests, STI tests, blood tests, and ultrasounds by this point, and I'm the most physically healthy a person my age can possibly be.

Except I'm not, the doctors just can't find any cause for the following:

For the last roughly 18-20 months, I've had short periods of critical lower abdominal pain below my navel and ranging from the left to right, and occasionally in the area between my groin and backdoor. It's got no definitive pattern though. It never happens more than twice a month, never more than one month every 2-6 months, in timespans of 2-3 days at a time, and the pain throbs from a 5 to a 10 over the course of either a few minutes, or a few hours.

I've had a small left teste appendage/cist/growth (all terms used by various medical professionals over the last few years), examined multiple times over the last 3 years and it's determined to not be cancerous, as it hasn't grown or been painful at all.

Just finished an appointment today and this is the good news and bad news

The good:

They can't find anything wrong with anything. No infection markers, no STIs, no cancer, no appendicitis, nothing ruptured, no hernias, no bladder infections, no kidney stones, no diabetes, no intestinal blockages, nothing wrong with my blood in any way.. I'm the most healthy a person my age could be.

The bad:

There's no definitive answer as to why I go through these moments of critical abdominal pain.

Please please please... As unfortunate as this is to ask, is there anyone else that experiences this?

I've been on HRT for like 3 years now, and I suspect I'm on too low a dose.

4 mg injections of estradiol

200 mg of progesterone

50 mg of spirolactone, though I do have low T levels

I am going to informed consent through Planned Parenthood and it won't give me anything higher than these levels, so I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to go through DIY to up them. Would higher doses do anything good for me?

heya!! i have been considering some of my next step transition options since I want some things out of my transition that I'm not currently getting, so I'm curious about trying out a couple different options.

I've been on testosterone injections for over 3 years, I like being on T, but I don't really care much about continuing my transition for masculizating purposes. i don't want to detransition to being a cis woman, I'm just butch and not a binary trans man like I thought I was once.

if I lower my t dose (.25ml/200ml weekly, last blood test was in cis male range 800+), to .15ml/weekly to do that "low T dose". would my testosterone become less effective or would I get higher estrogen levels? would I suffer from "low testosterone" and get worse acne or something? i think I want to revert my levels down to something in the really high female range.

right now, I'm just continuing T until I can get a hysterectomy. i would like to work on getting a more feminine build back with estrogenized fat deposits while benefiting from the quick muscle growth & appetite enhancement lol. preferably I don't want to have any periods. I live in a state where I do not worry about my doctors denying my healthcare for being GNC. eventually i think I want to stop T but it's something I've been dragging my feet on since I DO like being on it & I want to continue receiving masculinizing effects, just less intense/slower and I would like to be able to stop looking exclusively like a queer man, and maybe a little more like a lesbian.

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Hello, I'm ftm(5 yrs) and have been struggling lately with the separation between dysmorphia and dysphoria my weight is prominently around my stomach and lower obliques "love handles"

In a shirt I look great my arms and legs are really toned I'm pretty happy- out of a shirt my midline and under my top surgery scars I feel very frustrated. The sensation of not liking my torso/body feels very akin to pre-transition so I feel like I'm sliding backwards. Does anyone have tips?

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• This is NSFW so I want to preface this with that.

I'm MTF, 20, and started estrogen and t-blockers a month and a half ago. A week ago, I woke up to a pain in my right breast and thought I might've slept on it weird. I still have it, but it doesn't hurt unless I apply pressure to my breast. If I push down on it, I can feel something hard stop me from pushing down the same distance I can with my left breast. I thought I was just feeling things or making it up in my head, but there is definitely something there that hurts. Is this normal?

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Hello, I’m a trans guy, about 13 years on T and needing to lose some weight. Looking at moujarno but it’s a hormone based weight loss option. Is this safe for trans folk to take? Anyone else used it? Is it likely to interfere with my HRT? Thanks.

Looking for a trans accepting doctor in New Brunswick Fredricton area. Looking for someone who can possibly prescribe me birth control and get my testosterone prescription moved from Ontario to NB

Hello, I’m 19 (MtF) and I recently started HRT near the end of April of this year.

After about 1 month in, I began to experience a series of intrusive thoughts that just don’t go away no matter what I do. I’ve tried taking supplements for anxiety, exercising in the sun, a couple deep breathing things, and the only break I seem to get is when I’m focused really hard on something else I’m doing (working, drawing, etc).

After some googling and YouTube videos, I’ve determined these thoughts could be stemming from a few different factors.

1. Hormone imbalance. My hormone levels as of a few weeks ago are Estradiol: 49 pg/ml and my Testosterone is 597.7 ng/dL. I think that’s normal for where I’m at but I’m unsure if that could be considered “imbalanced”. It seemed like a likely scenario to me though because of the timing of everything, but I just don’t know.

2. Medication. I’m currently on .025 mg/day Estradiol patches and 25mg Spironolactone orally once a day. I saw one article that went over some pretty nasty side effects people were experiencing on spiro, but I’m on a pretty low dose so I’m unsure whether or not that could be a leading factor.

3. Undiagnosed OCD. I have ADHD, but never in my life would I have thought I had OCD. I watched some videos and a lot of what’s happening to me seems to match very well to what people who have OCD were experiencing. I also noticed people had mentioned increased OCD like symptoms when they were depressed, and I’m not gonna deny the possibility that I might have been depressed before starting HRT. It’s seems possible to me that my hormone levels may be contributing to increased depression thus resulting in OCD like symptoms.

I’m really manifesting that it’s not OCD because to my understanding it’s a lifelong struggle. I have told my parents and my friends about what I’ve been going through and that helped a lot, I’m also actively seeking out a therapist. I have an appointment with my endocrinologist later this month and you can bet I will be telling her all this.

Any support, suggestions, reassurance is greatly appreciated. I really don’t know what to do and I just want my life back.

Hey y’all, I’m a 23-year-old Black trans guy on HRT. I’ve been on T for 5 years now and just got some labs back that kind of freaked me out. My creatinine is 1.11 and my eGFR is 72. It’s been like this for a while, but I noticed it’s slowly creeping up and now I’m getting nervous.

I know T can raise creatinine and affect eGFR because of increased muscle mass and all that, but I guess I’m wondering how worried should I be about this? Is this a normal range for trans masc folks or is this something I need to seriously be concerned about long-term? I don’t have symptoms of kidney disease or anything but the number being so close to 60 is messing with my head. I do know I need to get better at drinking more water and eating better foods though. EDIT forgot to mention that my HCT and RBC levels are high. This has happened before but my doc says it’s normal because cis men go through the same thing??

I’m also scheduled for surgery (hysto) soon, and now I’m wondering if these numbers could affect that or if my doc might ask me to pause or stop T. That’s not something I want to do unless it’s absolutely necessary.

Any FTM folks had similar labs while on T? Or anyone with a medical background know what this actually means in context? Trying to figure out if I should chill or advocate harder for more testing.

FYI: already spoke to my doc about this, waiting for a response but docs don’t always know everything in this country.

Appreciate anybody who responds!

I already posted this in a medical advice subreddit but I also kinda wanted to post it here in order to see if anyone has had a similar experience to me since I find it a bit hard finding medical answers as a trans man and I’m hoping it’s alright to post this as I don’t see any rules specifying against it

So I’m a 19 FTM and I take T and have taken it since October 2021, my T shots are every 5-6 months and my last one was around 2-3 month ago and due to reoccurring vaginal health issues that are testosterone related I plan to take a break from testosterone and miss my next appointment, I was also referred by my doctor to see a specialist in order to get possibly get vaginal estrogen.

Today while wiping after using the bathroom I noticed a tiny bit of blood which hasn’t happened to me, I don’t recall accidentally scratching or hurting myself there so I doubt theres like a cut causing it and I was wondering if it may be leading to a period at some point, has any other trans ppl taking testosterone taken a break and noticed spotting blood and know if it’s anything to be worried about?

My insurance in Pharmacy are fighting me and making it impossible to get my meds, to make things worse I will be away for 2 weeks starting Sunday so even if they get things figured out next week I will be unable to get my medication. I found a old bottle of progesterone in my medicine cabinet from when I switched doses at one point and I'm wondering if it will be safe to take it. I'm currently taking my progesterone a rectally.

I'm in Japan for two months with only a vial of estradiol valerate but no syringes. As it turns out it's near impossible to get syringes in this country as a tourist. If I take it orally will I still get some amount of efficacy?