1: needles not available (even if they were, I don’t like them, and i’d personally feel a bit like a junkie),
2: pellet not available
3: patches wouldn’t work on my sensitive ass skin
4: oral seemed so convenient but i decided not to. wanted to avoid the minor risks of either pill method (tbf, the newer ones have neglible risks and you def could do some years with them, but still).
5: that leaves gel and spray. hormone levels are easier to keep constant, and i can vary, so i can simulate a period, feels kinda affirming.
and especially: spray dries quickier, so, that’s it!
still pretty convenient. it’s also kinda fun, i like to imagine it as a lil’ gun you shoot on your skin. pew pew :3
The problem with pellets is that they can release the hormones at uneven rates as they dissolve because they aren’t perfectly homogeneous. There’s also a chance that your body rejects it and forms a fibrous capsule around it that prevents it from releasing the hormones at all.
It’s really hard to pin down because of inconsistencies between manufacturers. I’ve had patients that got pellets and had no effects whatsoever, and some that got way too much because it dissolved too quickly. It also kind of matters who is implanting them and if they know what they’re doing. (Pro tip, chiropractors and naturopaths do not know what the fuck they are doing.)
Yeah I don’t like needles but injections are goat. Anecdotally, it’s common to get additional development after switching to injections from pills.
Pellets sound good, but they’re often not prescribed.
Also boof your P
Yup, for me the choice was basically:
1: needles not available (even if they were, I don’t like them, and i’d personally feel a bit like a junkie),
2: pellet not available
3: patches wouldn’t work on my sensitive ass skin
4: oral seemed so convenient but i decided not to. wanted to avoid the minor risks of either pill method (tbf, the newer ones have neglible risks and you def could do some years with them, but still).
5: that leaves gel and spray. hormone levels are easier to keep constant, and i can vary, so i can simulate a period, feels kinda affirming.
and especially: spray dries quickier, so, that’s it!
still pretty convenient. it’s also kinda fun, i like to imagine it as a lil’ gun you shoot on your skin. pew pew :3
People report this all the time regardless of what switch they make. It’s indeed very anecdotal
Yeah, the biggest benefit was that sublingual was more of an inconvenience to my daily life than shots
The problem with pellets is that they can release the hormones at uneven rates as they dissolve because they aren’t perfectly homogeneous. There’s also a chance that your body rejects it and forms a fibrous capsule around it that prevents it from releasing the hormones at all.
Interesting, TIL, didn’t know that. How common is it?
It’s really hard to pin down because of inconsistencies between manufacturers. I’ve had patients that got pellets and had no effects whatsoever, and some that got way too much because it dissolved too quickly. It also kind of matters who is implanting them and if they know what they’re doing. (Pro tip, chiropractors and naturopaths do not know what the fuck they are doing.)
Really? What about switching from spray to injections?
Boof your P?
No Idea about spray
Rectally administer your progesterone