1 week on estrogen monotherapy: reflections

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:04:43 +0100

I started on 3x1mg/day Progynova (buccal) monotherapy last Saturday morning: 1mg every ~8 hours.

I’d known about HRT for probably a decade, conceptually, and started developing a real understanding of things (what to take, how to take it, effects, risks, what’s (ir)reversible, etc.) around 3 years ago. I passed it all off as academic curiosity at first, but last year realised I’d been looking into this (whether reading or just looking at timeline photos) almost daily for years at this point; and then I realised that I actually wanted to take it myself. Having done my research, I saw firstly how oddly easy it was to acquire the materials — I’d blindly assumed for so long that this was something only others could do, how was I ever to get access — and secondly that I could pretty much just stop if things weren’t going the way I’d intended, and testosterone would probably resume its dominance.

hrt on realæther's æthereality

1 week on estrogen monotherapy: reflections