MrZardoz said:
SoCalGirl said:
MrZardoz said:
I use HRT too, along with Tirz. My start was with the patch, but after several months I got fed up with shelling out just over $100 each time for only x4 patches, so I switched to estradiol from vials and haven't gone back since.
Throughout this, I've taken Tirz on a consistent basis, and I gave Reta a shot (sadly, it did nothing for me). No issues ever came up between HRT and Tirz, nor with the various other peptides I've sampled over time. One thing I'll mention: based on what I've come across on Reddit, I'm aiming to hold off on progesterone until I've got roughly a year of HRT behind me. (Right now I'm just about 5 months in.) That's my 2 cents
@MrZardoz, what's the method for converting transdermal estradiol into injectable estradiol dosing? Are you getting the estradiol from a compounding pharmacy? Does it get administered every week or every day? It's SO INTERESTING that this could be done! Appreciate any info you can give
At the start, I turned to Claude.ai whenever I had beginner questions, such as asking it to sort a given set of patches from least to most 'serious' in dosage. That's how I settled on starting with 0.0375mg.
And it cost me a hefty sum.
After a few months of that, I pushed up to 0.1mg, though Claude resisted me at every turn.
Eventually I felt the pace was far too sluggish, and I needed to move to injections plus the much lower cost of eeN (Estradiol enanthate) in vial form - (somewhere in the $35 - $60 range). So, leaning on Claude once more, I worked my way into crypto step by step: figuring out how to get money into the app or apps I picked, swapping it into BTC, pushing that to a wallet, and from there being walked through each stage of sending the crypto to the Vendor.
As for estradiol, I'm on Estradiol enanthate - a once-per-week routine - and no, I've never gone through a compounding pharmacy for it (nor for the Tirz I use). My doctor knows I obtain HRT/estradiol through 'other' routes, and just recommends blood work every few months. That's the DIY approach. I know other estradiol forms exist - Undecylate, Valerate, and Cypionate - and each calls for a different injection schedule than mine. I'm lazy, so once a week is simple to remember and stick to, same as with the Tirz.
(One user called Claude 'the one single adult in the room,' and that's accurate. You frequently have to nudge him gently toward what you're after, and get him to help you reach it. Total honesty is the best approach with this AI.
Still, once you provide the name, the milligram amount on the vial, and every other detail printed on it, you ought to be able to get a list of standard doses. Estradiol typically arrives pre-made, with a carrier oil included in the package... that, plus a correctly sized syringe and following the directions to keep the vial somewhere dark and cool-ish (not a fridge!), out of the light. Depending on the milligrams you purchased, that should last anywhere from 6-8 months up to a couple of years.
Hope this helps..
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