Basically, how long would you have to be on estrogen before you could start getting some of the mental and emotional effects, but before you would start having any irreversible physical effects?

I am pretty interested in starting HRT, but I don’t necessarily want to go through the whole hassle of freezing sperm first if I end up not liking how HRT makes me feel. Nor do I want to wait a long time before starting HRT just to find out that it me feel like garbage. So I’m thinking about potentially taking it for like two or three months as a “trial run”?

Would that be enough time to get some clarity on whether or not I like how it works on me? And then I could stop it for long enough to freeze some sperm and then go back on, or just stop entirely, depending on if I like it or not.

Thanks friends 🙏💜

  • Sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Because you specifically asked about sperm, the effects of HRT are (mostly) reversible in that regard, particularly if you haven’t taken HRT for long.

    While this is true I want to reiterate that if you want children it’s best to assume that HRT makes you permanently infertile and take precautions accordingly. And if you don’t want children you should assume it doesn’t affect your fertility and still use contraception.

    This way you’ll be safe either way.