HRT

Note: after around a month on HRT some of your ranges in your geniki ematos should be in the ranges of the sex you are transitioning into.

If you are a transfem: no, its not anemia

MTF

THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO TAKE ONLY PUBERTY BLOCKERS (gnrh agonists, eg: arvekap) OR ANY ANTIANDROGEN WITHOUT ESTROGEN (i say this about youth transitioners, not nb ppl)

Medications

For cyclacur, take ONLY THE WHITE PILLS THE YELLOW PILLS CONTAINS ??? WHICH Estrogen: Cyclacur: 1.69 Vials: 40-100 | 40-100 link to diy thing

Estrogen:

Εμπορικό Όνομα	Ουσία	Κόστος	Κόστος με ασφάλιση	Δοσολογία	Safety	Notes
Cyclacur	Estradiol	1.69/per 11 pills ~111-277 euro/year (depending on the dosage) ~9.3-23.1 euro/month (depending on the dosage)	-	6mg-10mg/day (per Dr. Will Powers) 4mg-8mg/day (Greek average)	A	ONLY THE WHITE PILLS Needs an anti-androgen or a gnrh agonist if not undergone orchy
					A+
					A+

Anti-androgens and GNRH Agonists

Εμπορικό Όνομα	Ουσία	Κόστος	Κόστος με ασφάλιση	Δοσολογία	Safety	Method	Type	Notes
Androcur	Cyproterone acetate (aka: CPA, cypro)	29.10euro/50mgx50 pills 23.10-46.2/year	?	6mg/2days - 12.5mg/day !MAX! !!!HIGHER DOSAGES MAY CAUSE BRAIN TUMORS AND LIVER FAILURE!!!	C	Pill	Progestin (Steroidal antiandrogen) Stops testosterone production	Prolonged use of dosages higher than 12.5mg/day may cause brain tumors. IF YOUR DOCTOR PRESCRIBES YOU 50mg/day SWITCH DOCTORS IMMEDIATELY Very rare chance for liver damage.
Bicalutamide/Rafarm	Bicalutamide (aka: bica)	29.10 euro/30 pills 29.10/month ~350/year	?	50mg/day	B	Pill	Androgen receptor antagonist (Nonsteroidal antiandrogen) Blocks absorption of all androgens (including testosterone)	Serious negative interactions can be noted if combined with other anti-androgens and GNRH agonists (except progesterone) Very rare chance for recoverable and non-fatal liver damage for people with a certain rare mutation. Most of the effects listen in the instruction manual are scaremongering. (it lists a very high chance of liver issues when they are actually very rare, and also lists photosensitivity, which if it even occurs at all, it should be quite rare. We are aware of nobody who had a negative interction between alexandrite laser hair removal and bicalutamide)
Progesterone				200mg daily, rectally	A		Stops testosterone production	Shouldn't be taken until after 1 year on estrogen. Should never be taken orally. May have androgenic or other (non-serious, recoverable) effects for some people - specifically it can be converted to DHT by your body. Often combined with dutasteride or bicalutamide as other anti-androgens will not stop it. Is supposed to help with feminization (including breast growth)
	Arvekap	-	~200/year?		A	Injection	GNRH Agonist (indirectly) Stops testosterone AND estrogen production	Also a puberty blocker

Other anti-androgens (optional)

These are used to block conversion of other androgens to DHT (which causes hair loss (hair) and body hair growth). They aren't general use anti-androgens.

Name			Effectiveness
Dutasteride			High
Finasteride			None to Medium (Please just take duta - will not stop conversion of progesterone to DHT)

Blood Levels

PLEASE make sure that you are using the right measures

Careful: biotin can mess with blood tests and make everything seem much higher

Grapefruit fucks everything

Do the test JUST BEFORE your next dosage

E2: - pg/ml

Some doctors claim that it should be 100-200 pg/ml, this is not scientifically supported.

T: <1.5nmol/L (ng/??)

DHT: <10? (High values signify an issue but low values don't signify lack of an issue, DHT is often created inside of tissues and doesn't leak to blood)

If taking Androcur (Cyproterone acetate), also check: Prolactin

If taking either Androcur (Cyproterone acetate) or Bicalutamide, also check: ALT, AST. As an extra if you feel like wasting money: Bilirubin, ???

Legal

It is legal to buy anything without a diagnosis or a prescription (off the counter - OTC) EXCEPT testosterone

There is no minimum or maximum legal age for someone to start HRT.

It is not legally mandatory for someone to have a diagnosis by a psychiatrist in order to medically transition.

There is no legally mandatory time restriction for a psychiatrist to monitor you before diagnosing you.

You don't legally need to be on HRT in order to be exempt from the army, change your legal sex, or to have a surgery.

Other resources

• Simulator: https://www.estrannai.se/
• https://transfemscience.org/ (note, the authors of this site disagree with a lot of what they are saying, regardless, it is still interesting)
  • Introduction to Hormone Therapy for Transfeminine People: https://transfemscience.org/articles/transfem-intro/
  • Older simulator: https://transfemscience.org/misc/injectable-e2-simulator/
  • Dosage calculator: https://transfemscience.org/misc/injectable-dose-vol-conc-conv/
• https://diyhrt.wiki/
• https://hrtcafe.net/
• ?? https://hrt.coffee/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/TransDIY/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/TransfemScience/