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r/PMDD•

testosterone

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does anyone have experience with starting testosterone and it's impact on their pmdd? i've been considering starting for awhile (for gender affirming reasons) and have been doing a lot of research into the effects of starting t. higher doses tend to stop periods after some time but i'm considering doing a low dose for a shorter period of time. i currently have a mirena iud (with the hope my period was going to wane more - it didn't as much as i'd like) and am also considering switching to progesterone pills when i start t. pmdd research is relatively limited, as is research on testosterone for trans people and the venn diagram of both is quite small. so! are there any trans folx here who hav

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r/prose•

blood trickles from my broken lip, jaw unclenching, teeth releasing skin as my fingers, my nails, constricted against the flesh of my tender shoulder, dig deeper before i can register my few waking moments. the scratches bleed, having begun to scab over from the hours, minutes, unknown time of terrified gripping, unconscious, searching, begging, pleading for something missing, something gone. a weary breath, a withheld gasp is let out, my body uncurls, unclenches, unfolds from its confines, a crumpled thing lost in form. these night terrors, these nightmares fill my dreams and mar my body. i wake and witness the scratches, now scarring, on my shoulders, my hips, my back. i miss the soft morn

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r/queer•

i've recently revamped my love of reading and have been burning through my current reads. although i mostly read fiction, i want to start reading more books written by queer people about queer people! i'm almost done with greedy by jen winston and wanted to know if y'all had any cool recommendations

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