So I started oral estradiol 2mg and bicalutimide 50mg about 2 weeks ago. A week in, I started feeling these weird pains in my body. They felt like small stabbing pains that immediately dulled - almost like the pain of getting an injection, and were always in my legs, arms, or chest.

I asked my doctor about it, and he had no idea. He just said they weren’t a reported side effect of either med, and the only way to tell if it was the meds was to stop them.

I’m really paranoid about, like, fucking dying, so I stopped my medication 3 days ago and the pains have subsided. I was just wondering if anyone here has shared my experience. I’d like to know what the hell that was, and if it’s safe to continue treatment.

  • VerilyFemmeOPEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I was thinking about that but like, growing pains come from actual growing… I doubt I’m getting twller than my current 6+ ft on estrogen.

    • dandelionEnglish
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      3 days ago

      we don’t actually know that it comes from growing or the lengthening of the legs, though

      from that mayo website:

      Growing pains don’t usually happen where growth is occurring or during times of rapid growth. It’s been suggested that growing pains may be linked to restless legs syndrome.

      It could just be that like in first puberty, the change in hormones is causing some other physiological changes we don’t understand, resulting in these pains; could be vascular or other causes, but either way I think the phenomenology seems rather similar and the onset in both cases are caused by the start of puberty.