I’m curious, how much of a danger is it in terms of health for someone to have lower than normal or no hormones at all.
I was wondering that because I was looking things up and I recently came across a thread on r/Asktransgender where the OP said if they didn’t have hormones they would physically die in a year and several other people said similar things. Is this true? I’m not an expert in medicine but it seems like misinformation to me. I know Osteoporosis is a long term risk.
I also know that personally that I have not taken Testosterone (or Estrogen) in 15 years, and I’m mostly fine. These people said it was fatal to not take it for a year or two.
What are your thoughts on what they said? Does this sound plausible or does it sound like misinformation or exaggeration?
i think the post wasnt about people claiming that trans people need to take hrt or they will die, but that supressing both estrogen and testosterone has dangerous health effects. that is not trans medicalism but at worst an exaggeration of the importance of e/t on the human body.
i know that average humans make it a while without much of either, during prepuberty and post menopause, so ig its probably not deadly(?) but i know that there are negative health effects like osteoporosis, low energy, meno pausal symptoms when comming off e…