Rapid feminization on HRT. Is this normal?
(Marked as NSFW as I will be discussing things involving genitalia and such) For context I'm 20 years old and started HRT 2 months ago on the 14th of March with a dose of 5mg of estradiol cypionate every 7 days. It's a high dose yeah but since I'm doing monotherapy I do need my levels to be on the higher side since I am not taking any anti androgens.
Now I knew what to expect in the first couple of months, I did my research for many years and refrained from starting my treatment due to living in a transphobic household even though I would've loved to start E as a teenager. My plan was to just start 3-4 months before moving out after finishing college and whatnot. Here's the thing though, my body is feminizing crazy fast.
3 days after my first injection I had already felt my chest hurt and developed breast buds before the 2 week mark. Fast forward to where I am right now and my skin has gotten much softer and sensitive (anything hurts now lol), my body hair grows much slower after shaving, my breasts are a quite big A cup, even my senses like taste and smell have heightened a lot more and I was already sensitive with both. I also have some form of sexual dysfunction, my testes have considerably shrunk, takes a while more for me to gain an erection and whenever I orgasm only a few drops of a clear slick fluid comes out. And since last month I've been experiencing mild pseudo cramps, despite not being on progesterone yet. Hell some people in public have referred to me as ma'am now.
This has been nothing short of surprising, makes me wonder if I gotta do any adjustments but my endocrinologist told me to wait until the 3 month mark after an upcoming blood test to check my levels and whatnot. Mostly since I'm not experiencing any undesirable side effects like mood swings.
Even before HRT I already had some feminine features, always had a big butt and thighs and my chest was squishy yet I didn't have moobs. My hair and skin have also always been smooth which made me have an androgynous face but maybe that's just cause I always practiced skincare. I had a few but prominent Montgomery glands on my nipples and I'm starting to develop more, and many people describe me to have a femme or even motherly personality. I do however have some masculine features, for example I have a high muscle mass even if I don't really try. I used to take swimming classes and my upper body was quite strong looking cause of it people asked me if I hit the gym, so I stopped for a while and I did lose some muscle but still look muscular on my back, and despite having a large bottom body, plenty of my glutes and thighs are muscle too. Other than that I was mostly on the androgynous side until I had to present as male cause of my transphobic family.
I guess I'm mostly concerned cause I'm experiencing so many changes all at once that it's already tricky to hide from my family, I don't even move out til next month. I don't know if it's normal, my first blood test showed nothing out of the ordinary, my testosterone was on the lower side but still acceptable for males my age. My prog levels were quite elevated though for some reason, yet my DHT levels were below average which I find super odd, I even had the laboratory confirm my results just to make sure they didn't just input random numbers. I'm just wondering if I should freak out or not. Does my body just like E that much? Is this some sort of genetic intersex feature that I never knew about or some sort of androgen insensitivity? I guess I'm just confused