1 Year Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Transgender MTF update
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1 Year on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Transgender MTF update
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Erin, this video was so wonderful. Especially that timeline at the beginning. You have come such an amazingly long way, and you just look so incredibly gorgeous! So much of your experience rings so close to home for me. The physical changes, the emotional changes, the mental changes, everything. But I think especially what you spoke about at the start, that whole new feeling in life. The confidence you have to just be yourself, and how that changes the way you interact with other people and the world around you. I feel like I am just so much more outgoing and fun and comfortable than I ever was before, and life is so much more enjoyable because of it. I am so happy you are experiencing all of this joy and euphoria too!
Now don't mind me, just gonna run off and re-apply my mascara real quick after all these tears. 😅💜💜💜
Ashleigh, thanks girl! I'm glad you liked it and I'm so happy you are relating to all the things I am going through! We are finally able to express ourselves without judging ourselves. It's a decision you should make in order to move forward as a transgender person in my opinion. And I have realized this....its all about embracing the little experiences you never had before (as a girl). They are the ones that add up and make the whole picture beautiful 🌈💜 I hope you didn't get any in your eyes!!! 🥰
I’m so happy you made this mile stone. Happy to see you happier. Keep staying positive and looking forwards as your journey continues. Wish I was where you are now. 10 months and I will be as you close in on 2 years.
thanks Brianna! i hope you are doing okay :) You will get to where you need to be, don't worry!!!
Congratulations on year 1!! HRT is truly amazing and an absolute real life cure. I'm on 1 year and 2 months in and it has solved so many issues I had that I had nonidea were connected to a hormone imbalance. My consciousness seriously went from Lo-Fi to HD.
Omg I love that! I would say black and white to 4k 😊we found the cure!! I’m so happy for us both ❤
Erin so Beautiful and Empowering Soul! Love You! Inspirational Femme Trans Gal! Thank-You ❤❤❤
Thanks :) :) :) I will always be here to help others!
The best part of being you is always looking forward and not back . 👉🏻😎💖
Yes no point in looking back!!! 💕
Looking spectacular Erin, I love your new found confidence❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much!!
Congratulations Erin! Great video.. you’re so beautiful!!😘💕
Hope you’re having a great day beautiful 😍
@@JC-te9ok thanks JC! you are always the sweetest!
You’re always welcome!! I wish you were mine 😘💕
congrats. I have been on and off hormones so many times. glad you stuck with it.
thanks! Just go with your instincts and things will fall into place. I wish you the very best!!
@@aNewDayWithErin I wish you the best too sweetie!
Congratulations on finding your self, you are an inspiration
🥰🥰🥰 Thanks its been a long time coming! I appreciate hearing that!
Super uplifting video. 🎉 I like that you covered the mental aspect. I think allot of people can focus way too much on the physical. The mental can be harder to explain. I have heard it explained like running on the wrong fuel. Anyways, congrats again on your first year.
Thanks Ally!! Yes, people tend to focus on the physical but mental is where the big change happens ❤ and I haven’t heard that one before. I’d say it’s more like putting oil in the gas tank 😂
I finally get to watch your post. It always seems to pop up while I'm at work and don't dare to follow up because I know my co workers are trans phobic by overhearing their conversations and jokes that make me cringe. Pretty sure it's not going to go as well as yours when I come out. Please keep us posted, you're literally a lifeline and hope along with others to many of us still in the closet and fearful.❤❤
I'm sorry your are restricted to when you can watch and I am sorry you are surrounded by coworkers like that. That has to be so hard :( Find the people you think will be okay with it and even test the waters with trans topics etc. I really appreciate your comment and I'm glad I am helping
Congratulations Erin, your eyes are sparkling again ❤❤❤❤💋💋💋💋💋
You have come a long way in the last year. I am 6 month HRT at the end of the month and the emotions are starting to hit like a brick wall. Keep up this wonderful journey and continue to share it with us. This video was great timing as I had a rough day emotionally and I had something to look forward to. I hope you have many more wonderful days and continue your journey strong. Your interactions are so nice and great reasons to smile :) I love you girl and you could be thot sister I always wish I had. I have to continue to focus on planning my next step as I am trying to make sure my letters of support were received so I can go thru my next step early next year. Have a wonderful rest of your week and a wonderful weekend. Until next time!
Aww I’m sorry you are having a rough day! 6 months is intense as well. I remember it being very strong around that time. Just take it day by day and try not to get to low or to high about things. I’m glad my video helped your day get a little better ❤
@@aNewDayWithErin thanks Erin. I am trying and doing well at it so far. I appreciate everything you do and all your kind words you always have.
Congratulations👏🏾Thank you so so much for these really informative videos on the process!
Thanks!! I hope it is helping people ❤
Thank you for sharing!
Congratulations on your first year of HRT, girl! So happy for you! You keep being the best you that you can be, you're completely rocking this!
Thanks so much girl! I’ve really enjoyed our side convos, you are an inspiration to me!!! You keep being the best you that you can be as well ❤❤❤
You sound so confident. I love how good your outlook is. Just think how good the next year is going to be. What you said about being programed by society is true. I consider myself to be a straight cisgender guy, but I'm more open to gender fluidity. Showing emotions does not make you a pussy. I never bought into the hard guy masculinity thing. Keep posting, I'll be looking forward to it.
thanks so much and I cant wait for the upcoming year! Like i said before, you are so sweet and such a good person! I completely love your outlook on emotions as well. We need more people like you in this world
You should feel good because you look it, and deserve it ❤! I have found your videos to be so inspirational as I am just a few months behind you on my journey as well. You have helped me along through some speed bumps. Happy Anniversary 🎉
I’m so glad they helped. That’s what it’s all about!!!! Thanks 😊
Thanks Heather 😊😊😊 It goes fast and it will be here very soon!! I’m beyond excited for you to finally be free and be happy 🥰 Thanks for always being there for me ❤
Another beautiful and heartfelt video girl. Keep up the good work❤❤❤❤
you are a wonderful soul, being genuine on this level.. sharing, thinking about anyone who has put it off for too long.. you're a doll 💋
Thanks for this wonderful comment, you are sweet 😊🌈♥️
I'm so excited for you! Congratulations 🫶🏾
i’ve followed almost a year. i’m so excited for the journey you’re on as i i watch my girl and hers.
I am so happy you keep coming back, that makes me feel so good :) I'm so excited for her journey as well!! 💜
@@aNewDayWithErin big hugs Erin. oxo
Hi you’re great, I wonder if you would consider doing a clothing segment ie how to wear jeans and other clothing? Because our every day clothing changes , cheers.
Thanks so much! I will keep that in mind when I do an update on dressing for work. I’ve learned a lot of fashion do’s and don’t in the past few months ❤
You seem to be so happy. I'm glad for you doing so well. It's so comforting to see this. Be safe and well. 😊
Erin, congratulations🎉 on your 1yr milestone, it has been wonderful watching the changes you've been through in achieving your goal. You are always so honest and sincere. Parts of this video really hit home for me, when you talked about watching tons of trans vids and always wishing to be a girl 😢 So happy you have made it through, love💖
Thanks Chelsea, I was that girl too …watching all of those videos and wondering if that was me!
@@aNewDayWithErin Erin, I know I am that girl, just like you, I knew it my whole life.
Congratulations! I was on HRT for five months. My doctor started me out on a low dose of spiro, and the patch, two months later, went from the patch to estrogen tablet. By month five, I got put on progesterone and never saw a difference. Wished I would've started on all three at once and not one by one. I saw no change, so I stopped taking it 😞
Thank you, and I'm sorry it did not feel like you had any difference. I have heard the "timeline" of HRT effects everyone differently and also it depends on strength etc. i wish you the very best ♥
Thank you for sharing Erin 😊
always
Amazing transformation !
TY. i really needed these words. I am starting GAHT at 48!
Aww good 🥰🥰🥰
Beautiful at 1 month to gorgeous at 12 🎉
Congrats on hitting your 1 year mark on HRT! It has been super euphoric to watch this entire video because of your constant positive attitude! I also love the subtle (well clearly obvious 😅) encouragement for all still closeted trans-people to start on HRT! Like countless others I watched this video late at night because im so filled with anxiety all day of struggling with my gender identity thet this is the only time I have to watch these videos. I'm also glad you mentioned how youve also taken anti-depressants in addition to HRT. Is it normal for most trans-people to also be perscribed that before &/or starting HRT? I know I need therapy first, but is there a certain point when you know you need to take those anti-depressants to try and cure your depression first though?
Erin-
You look great! Every time I see you ,you look so much more like the young woman you are, it comes out ( and you look a lot younger than you are). You are looking more and more like a pretty, intelligent young woman, it comes out from your entire being, I really see no sign of your old self in Erin, that was there in the early videos
HRT does a lot of things as you point out. It was weird, besides feeling calm, the way I thought changed. I was always intuitive, but after HRT it was heightened. What was really weird was my sense of smell was heightened, when I smelled things it was like I could smell the components.
I was fortunate, I didn't have the roller coaster from hormones. Injectables used to be horrible with that kind of thing. In a sense hormonally HRT kind of subjects you to what pregnancy seems to do.
As the women that taught our lamaze class told the women, you will cry at anything:). The swings also tend to level out over time.
Depression is common with trans ppl. Me personally I couldn't stand being on anti depressants, the effect was worse than what it was curing, on a pediatric dose I was a zombie, tried them all. I have a suggestion, I am not an MD and by all means ask your doctor if there is any contra indicating with HRT, but I would suggest trying St.Johns wort. In Europe they use that before they use the pharm stuff, it helped me bc it wasn't so strong.
One thing I did want to say with HRT is that it isn't a cure all..I understand the feelings,and how much it brings, but it also is only part of the puzzle. The reason I am careful with this ( and I am by no way,shape or form criticizing you,Erin, you know I am cheering you on!) Is that not surprisingly a good percent of trans ppl have baggage, comes with the territory, and like with depression HRT may not make it go away. A lot of girls go into it thinking HRT is the magic bullet, it is gonna make them look femme, it is going to bring out the real them, etc and get disappointed when it isn't. The problem is HRT can only do so much, it isn't a magic bullet& ppl end up depressed bc it isn't totally magic. HRT can also make things worse,the emotional surges and the like can compound existing issues like depression or hopelessness or the like. HRT is an amazing thing, ,some of it is physical ,some of it is joy at making that step. It is also why HRT is a great test of sorts, for someone who isn't really trans, who has some sort of fantasy or is otherwise not in that space, it will rub the wrong way. Especially those where it is a sort of sexualized thing, when HRT cuts the libido, where they no longer have the huge sex drive T gives you, it weeds out people,makes them realize what they are not..
Again, the feeling on HRT can be amazing as are the physical changes, just saying it isn't a magic bullet for everything. It is why I recommend to ppl work on the whole package, work on the emotions with a trained person, that and hrt together will do a lot more:)
Thanks for sharing your journey, every voice out there is a voice helping others to find themselves and hopefully help non trans ppl understand us.
Thanks so much
@@aNewDayWithErin
Erin-
Hopefully I didn't come across as an old grump. Your obvious happiness and joy is really a good thing to see, you have faced a lot of challenges and the work shows. My perspective is my own, too.
It isn't really limited to being trans either. There are people who say 'i will be happy when I am making more money', 'I'll be happier when I move to x', then find out they aren't, that they were pushing the happiness of on something else. I saw girls who were full time, been on HRT for years, who put their happiness on getting GRS..then found out that wasn't it.
HRT is a huge step and don't let me minimize it, it can and does do a lot..body shape, facial features, body hair going pfft, the emotional stuff, it is amazing. Even things (to me) like orgasms or the ability to fully experience sex was a huge effect of HRT ( and everyone with that is different too)
I hope you continue to be this happy and enjoy it, this really is an opportunity for you to be the teenage girl you weren't allowed to be, have fun with it. Nice part is you also have adult wisdom so you won't do the more questionable things teens do:)
congratulations :)
Thanks 🌈🥰
OMG you are so pretty. Hard to believe only one year???
Thank you 😊
You look gorgeous Erin
This girl is so cute ❤❤❤❤
You are sweet, thanks 😊
Erin you are so beautiful. 💘💘
Thanks!!! 😊
Thanks for the updates!! Where do you see your transistion going from here?
I think you’re very lucky! You have a beautiful body and a wonderful personality. You are young. I’d be proud to have you as a friend, but that is probably not going to happen. I live in Europe and besides, I could be your father. My tragedy at my age is that I am too old to come out now. I have to say, though, that this urge did not start until a few years ago, although I started wearing pantyhoses that I secretly borrowed from my mom at the age of 11. But let me be clear, this is not just about me cross dressing. I am questioning my sexual orientation as well.
Anyway! I hope you find someone special (if you haven’t already). I hope you find love and your soulmate.
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Hey , so I'm reaching my 3rd month like next month and I'm still looking the same like am I doing something wrong? I am on the 1mg hrt atm so idk if that's what it is, I'm hoping I get my increase
Hrt effects everyone differently so just be patient. I didn’t notice a lot until 6 months. You should be getting your estrogen and testosterone levels checked with your doctor from time to time as well. You will feel some changes soon ❤️
@@aNewDayWithErin I have an appointment next month.
It takes a while for most ppl. 1mg is a pretty low dose IME, when I started it was 2.5, and they then jumped it to 5 ( these were oral doses, it would be different for pstches or injectables since they are direct). It also varies by the kind of estrogen they are using.
The other thing is are you on an Androgen blocker,like spironoaldactone? Hormones dont work well alone.
HRT is hormone replacement therapy, if you didnt have the hormones to start with, you can't replace them. The term HRT is for women going through menopause who are struggling with the symptoms of their naturally declining hormones.
I was about to say
You are replacing the testosterone with estrogen. And males and females produce and have both testosterone and estrogen in their body (but the percentages are obviously much different)
Endocrinologists use the term with trans ppl to. It indicates in a trans person that you are replacing what they had with something new. With a trans women and a woman in menopause the goal is the same, to get the estrogen levels back to what a woman has pre menopause. In a trans woman it is basically flipping the testosterone to estrogen balance from make to female
Hi Erin Congratulations things seem to be falling in the right way for you huge step however you seems to be on the right track best of luck Donna xo
Thank you, things finally are 💕 It took long enough 😆