I feel like I am at a point in my transition where I might benefit from adding progesterone into the equation. However, I have heard wildly different opinions on whether it has any impact at all, and criticism of generally available creams on amazon for not being the same as human progesterone, since they are often derived from plants.

What do you girls think? Are they junk, or are there some out there worth trying?

  • LadyAutumnMEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    I’d definitely be skeptical of Amazon products. I take prog in pill form and have had great results. I’ve never heard of it in cream form, honestly.

    • KrrygonOPEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Gotcha gotcha. Did you have an easy time getting a prescription for it? I have heard some health workers are hesitant to prescribe it because of the lack of clinical studies regarding it

      • LadyAutumnMEnglish
        10·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, I had some pushback, but I mentioned it a few times and accepted any possible risks. I think it’s going to depend a lot on your doctor but I mentioned breast growth, hip size, and sex drive as motivating factors for taking it. I’ve been on it for around 4 years now.

          • LadyAutumnMEnglish
            10·
            10 months ago

            I take tablets. I had already been on HRT for around 4 years when I first mentioned it to my doctor. My doctor is young and pretty progressive, even in a progressive area, but she showed a lot of hesitancy towards changing my medications. She was also misinformed and concerned about cancer risks.

            I will probably take it forever, yeah. I am post op and have unmeasurable T levels, so the prog keeps my energy and libido heightened and stable. I don’t cycle it and never have either, I just take it at night with half my daily E and half my daily Spiro.

              • LadyAutumnMEnglish
                9·
                10 months ago

                Of course, happy to share my experience ❤️

                My doctor actually gatekept me from referring me for bottom surgery for 6 years. Having had it now I realize I should have gotten it many years ago, but my family doctor kept telling me that I wasn’t ready yet. I think in some way she thought she was trying to protect me, but those were some very long, very hard years of waiting. I live in a very progressive community with many laws that advocate for me but gatekeeping is still a very prevalent very real problem here.