Hi Missmadscientist (and all)
I just wanted to add my experience to your thread.
About 15 months ago I decided to start hrt to begin my transition.
I didnt have access to any healthcare at the time and the only alternative to
hormones I could find was flaxseed, so I started taking 30 grams a day,
ground up in a smoothie.
I felt like my breasts started growing but looking at the pictures now
I'm not so sure.
What happened to me was more internal really.
I started feeling a strong urge to be attractive to men, which had never happened to
me before.
This feeling grew stronger over time and it was quite bizarre to me but impossible to ignore.
Anyhow, I had a severe case of giardia 5 years ago and my stomach
has been ultra sensitive ever since. I had to give up any kind of excess, including sugar,
oil and alcohol.
My experiments with flax seed were no different and ended up with my stomach in a lot of
pain so I had to stop.
Somewhat unrelated but since then I've tried to use spiro three times and each time I had to give up
because my stomach just couldnt handle it.