Thank you first of all for all of the information! I do have a few questions though. When I'd been browsing on the forums, I'd read that phytoestrogens can actually cause "set backs" during puberty (which for all intents and purposes this is what I'm going through due to HRT) this being that they compete with the natural estrogens in the system. As a result would I not want to avoid raising the level of plant based estrogens in my system at least initially? This being so that the my depro-estrodiol can do it's thing?
That being said, I will definitely start looking more into fenugreek seed as well, because at this time when I do have children in the future (have already taken steps to insure that this is a possibility) with whomever I end up spending my life with, I want to have the facilities in place to be able to breast feed my child. Plus, the added development certainly will not hurt things
Also katie don't stress about it! You'd done some reading and you tried to help, which I do greatly appreciate. Furthermore you did also benefit from this since you also got some information out of it
Thank you for your information as well Abidrew, and I'll keep doing more research on the effects of phytoestrogens and how Hops and PM would affect this.
Also as far as the anti-T thing; I know. Bunches of pathways, and theories about how things really work (they don't even know how saw palmetto affects things, rather there is just a bunch of theory crafting about it) which is fun because I'm used to following up theories and doing research (biology major with plans for med school xD). That being said, though it does it still does affect the conversion of T to DHT which is a good thing. The downside being that in larger quantities just like many other AA's it can stress or even damage the liver so caution must be taken.
Also as my HRT goes, I'm currently on the following regimen.
.5 ml of 5mg/mL Depro-estrodiol injected weekly
200mg of Spironolacton taken daily, one in the morning and one at night.
10mg medroxy-progesterone taken every night.
*edit*
Also on some further reading other's seem to indicate this is not the case and I'm getting slightly confused. So which is it? As it is, I'm starting to think that it doesn't really hinder given some of the shown results but I am now slightly hesitant, but definitely wanting to Pursue both PM, and fenugreek, in addition to the SP for anti-T. In addition to my other meds.
That being said, I will definitely start looking more into fenugreek seed as well, because at this time when I do have children in the future (have already taken steps to insure that this is a possibility) with whomever I end up spending my life with, I want to have the facilities in place to be able to breast feed my child. Plus, the added development certainly will not hurt things
Also katie don't stress about it! You'd done some reading and you tried to help, which I do greatly appreciate. Furthermore you did also benefit from this since you also got some information out of it
Thank you for your information as well Abidrew, and I'll keep doing more research on the effects of phytoestrogens and how Hops and PM would affect this.
Also as far as the anti-T thing; I know. Bunches of pathways, and theories about how things really work (they don't even know how saw palmetto affects things, rather there is just a bunch of theory crafting about it) which is fun because I'm used to following up theories and doing research (biology major with plans for med school xD). That being said, though it does it still does affect the conversion of T to DHT which is a good thing. The downside being that in larger quantities just like many other AA's it can stress or even damage the liver so caution must be taken.
Also as my HRT goes, I'm currently on the following regimen.
.5 ml of 5mg/mL Depro-estrodiol injected weekly
200mg of Spironolacton taken daily, one in the morning and one at night.
10mg medroxy-progesterone taken every night.
*edit*
Also on some further reading other's seem to indicate this is not the case and I'm getting slightly confused. So which is it? As it is, I'm starting to think that it doesn't really hinder given some of the shown results but I am now slightly hesitant, but definitely wanting to Pursue both PM, and fenugreek, in addition to the SP for anti-T. In addition to my other meds.