5 years on E and bica here, I used to have a few PMS-like symptoms when I was a few months after starting. But they stopped recurring, especially as I upped my dosage over the years, and nowadays I have absolutely no discernible cycle of anything. Hormonally this also makes sense, since I take the same amount of E every day, and don't have any of the other hormones or anatomy that interact in menstruation (progesterone, lutenizing hormone, etc.). The women in my family can have pretty intense menstrual symptoms too so I'm honestly happy to not have a period.

my transfemme friend apparently started getting period symptoms. very cool and interesting. i theorise i gave her mine because i havent dad a period since (trans man) /silly

I go through the stuff chronologically, my cycle is about 24 days long:
Since it starts with the bleeding for cis-women, I'm gonna start at this time too.
And while I do not bleed, I do get cramps sometimes, with a burning sensation in my lower abdomen starting 1 day after the cramps started (but also not always happening, also fairly recent since starting prog to take at certain times), that can linger for a week or two.
Nothing really happens the following 12 days, I just feel pretty good if everything else is alright ofc... Except for the previously mentioned pains of course. I am pretty productive during that time aswell! ^^
Then my libido kinda increases over time for ~6 days or so, with me being pretty trigger-happy and constantly exhausted after that for 3 days aswell.
Then I get a migrane attack that can range from a simple headache to multiple neurologic outages. (I'm talking amnestic aphasia, numb body parts, slurred speech, aura, etc. ) The outages last for 2 hours, with the headache setting in after the outages for 3 days, but decreasing in intensity over time.
And then we are at the beginning again! Yay!

I really am confused about the burning part and so are the medical personnell that know about this. But it isn't really limiting me QoL-wise, so I'm just watching it I guess.
I take the prog, once I know about where I'm at, since different things like heat (like the heatwave this summer), psychological stress, infections, etc can throw my cycle off completely and taking the prog literally at any different time then when I'd have PMS & PMDD, makes me have PMDD-symptoms again! And being trigger-happy is not fun!
I mainly take it, because it completely solves my migrane-attack if I take it at the right time (basically before and during the time where it would happen).

So yeah, those are my experiences. The migrane attacks and their frequency are the reason why the doctors actually believe me, because that made it apperant enough that this ain't some kind of placebo/nocebo happening here.

What app do you use?

My cycle is unstable but it's ALWAYS like PMS. Extreme Mood swings, craving for sweets, that kind of stuff

My cycle is unstable but it's ALWAYS like PMS. Extreme Mood swings, craving for sweets, that kind of stuff

No they cant

The bleeding is unrelated but affirming ;3

44tf i get them too

I've also been on E about 6-7 months, and I notice the change in my mood! Sometimes I just get /really/ upset about something, for no discernible reason; usually around the same time I feel like I've always gotta use the bathroom, even when I just went, and it lasts about a week before I feel more normal again

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The increased emotions would probably be what I want most from estrogen, but honest as of right now? I'm fine not being on HRT.

Wtf?😭

im 10 months on oral e2 + bica and i get monthly period symptoms. i get stomach cramps, pelvic cramps, diarrhea and (not sure if this is placebo or if it's from the hormones) going "in heat" (maybe my body trying to simulate ovulation?)

it really affects different people differently. I'm still waiting on my prog, it's literally just the e2/bica doing me in like this

very gender affirming though :3

just keep ur e levels stable and u won't get it

No: you do NOT have a period and to say so is delusional and misogynistic

trans women cant have periods, its physically impossible. idk what uterus you're shedding and having contractions to prepare for birth for.

I've heard you only bleed when you're trans and taking hormones but hearing you say you have tender breasts and all of those symptoms, that is definitely a period 💯💯💯, now, idk what the pelvis situation is but feeling like your body is stretched out below in the zone is also a symptom since the vajayjay walls part, preparing for ovulation during this time. Fun and interesting, hope you have fun being stuck in bed on the first day or two, depends how the bleeding is, if any. I'm not good at paying attention to vids 😅

probably because you have estrogen levels on the same level as a pregnant woman, which is normal, its what you want to have, which is what causes puffy nipples and all that

I also have a cycle (roughly lasting 28 days). Been on hrt for over a year now and I get quite bad pms. So bad that I mostly stay in bed when I am home. It's not fun to say the least