major_jellyfish

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Dopamine levels on HRT in c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] major_jellyfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for explaining it. That makes good sense!

Dopamine levels on HRT in c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] major_jellyfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

If I'm honest I'm not sure what shots they take or whether they are getting tested. But they do see an endo regularly, so I do believe the situation is being managed/monitored.

Dopamine levels on HRT in c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] major_jellyfish@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

You may well be right. People do like to do a bit of armchair neuroscience now and then. I suppose im not too bothered on whether it's due to dopamine or something else. Just the mood swings are a concern for fear.

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Dopamine levels on HRT (lemmy.ca)
 

I'm an enby and soon to start HRT.

I just had a strange conversation with a friend is saying that estrogen is messing up their dopamine levels.

They said on the pills, they felt ok, but the dose was too low. And then switching to weekly injections, they get a high for 4 days and then they have like a depressive crash on the last 3 days.

It's started a little bit of a spiral for me as god knows I've struggled with brain chemicals all my life. From drepression to anxiety and back and forth, but I've been doing much better the past year.

And so I'm kind of freaking out that estrogen will make me spin out.

Has anyone else had issues like this with the injections. I know its very subjective what people feel.