• @Venator@lemmy.nz
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    4 months ago

    Sounds like the euphoria could also be from feeling relief that you finally have access to it?

    • @eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      that’s definitely part of it, but sex hormones interact with* neurotransmitters and the mental/emotional stuff tends to hit first, before any physical effects take place.

      • @Dewe@lemmy.world
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        Not countering what you experienced, but sex hormones are not neurotransmitters. There may be some interactions with the neurotransmitter system but it they are not themselves.

      • Norah - She/They
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        104 months ago

        I think that part of it, for me at least, was that it felt like everything shifted and all of a sudden my brain was finally running right for the first time in my life. It’s like it was already wired to run on estrogen and I was finally giving it what it needed.

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      That aspect of it was most definitely present, indeed.

    • You absolutely can get some emotional benefits from the first dose before the physical ones start. I felt much more calm and less heightened emotions after my first dose of T. A welcome change having dealt with PMDD for years.