As a general rule, one should not stop taking prescription medicine without consulting one's doctor. If the medicine was causing problems, she should have talked it over with her doctor.
Maybe she changed her mind?
As a general rule, one should not stop taking prescription medicine without consulting one's doctor. If the medicine was causing problems, she should have talked it over with her doctor.
Maybe she changed her mind?
I have heard of people stop taking Progesterone because it's been associated with depression / anxiety, but they would continue Estrogen.
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Or maybe the reason she gave was the truth rather than what other people would want it to be.Originally Posted by Krisi
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If the hormones are driving her crazy, then stopping at least temporarily may not be a bad idea. My recommendation would be for her to discuss this with her endocrinologist.
I have literally sat down crying because I was so overwhelmed try to choose a bra early in my transition and the sales assistant was a twenty something who looked more interested in her Facebook than helping me. And I've broken down crying over a clients dog being hit by a car and dying before I could do anything to save it (not that I could have saved it anyway the injuries were so severe). And I've been astonishingly and ecstatically happy just sitting down having dinner with my partner and our kids. And I have also had intense waves and marked pleasure just at the thought of my partner holding me.
I don't know if I would call them mood swings as opposed to just everything is now so much more intense and less dull. Those things would have given me the same feelings before just not as intensely.
All that being said I absolutely love it. I love the intensity of it. Even the sad stuff. I would never give up my HRT voluntarily. I think as others have suggested if HRT is affecting your friend that badly then perhaps they should get reassessed by their doctor + / - psych to make sure this is the best pathway to make them happy.
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