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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/index.css"> <title>Zyllian / Estradiol Delivery Methods</title> <header class="main-header"> <span> <a class="name" href="/">Zyllian's Website</a> | <span class="pronouns">she/they</span> </span> <span class="spacer"></span> <a href="/images/">Images</a> | <a href="https://github.com/Zyllian/zyllian.github.io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Source</a> </header> <main class="page"> <div class="blog-post"> <h1 class="title">Estradiol Delivery Methods</h1> <span class="timestamp">Published Sunday, May 28, 2023</span> <h2>DRAFT</h2> <div class="header-image-wrapper"> <p class="short-desc">A comparison of the various ways I&#x27;ve taken estradiol since starting HRT.</p> <img class="header-image" src="https://i.zyl.gay/cat.jpeg" alt="placeholder" style="object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;"> </div> <div class="content"> <p>I thought it might be useful to write out my experiences with the four methods of taking estradiol Ive tried.</p> <ul> <li>patches <ul> <li>wouldnt consistently stay on me <li>could feel the effects wearing off 3-4 days after application <li>insurance sucks </ul> <li>sublingual pills <ul> <li>worked alright, except: <li>could feel them wearing off ~5-6 hours after taking a dose <li>apparently hard to measure levels? had one test at ~200 mg/ml and another at 400+ mg/ml at same dosage </ul> <li>swallowed pills <ul> <li>could not get ideal levels with a reasonable number of pills, but: <li>couldnt actually feel them wearing off even at 12 hours between doses </ul> <li>injections <ul> <li>holy shit these are great <li>was kinda nervous the first few times I injected myself, but I got used to it <li>cannot feel it wearing off between doses <li>levels are actually good?? <li>insurance sucks pt. 2 </ul> </ul> </div> <hr /> <h3 class="tags-title">Tags</h3> <div class="post-tags"> <a class="tag" href="/blog/tag/trans">trans</a>, <a class="tag" href="/blog/tag/hrt">hrt</a> </div> </div> </main>