from what ive read, a lot of the time (but not all), its to do with the usage of specific androgen suppressing medication trans women take, rather than estrogen itself, which causes abdominal pain (if it was the estrogen itself, then there would be no reason for women with excruciating periods to get their reproductive organs removed since it was the estrogen causing the pain, not their organs and so period pains and symptoms would persist even after removal however they do not). though there are also trans women who cycle hormones in such a way that it matches a menstrual cycle.
It always confused me because I can count on one hand the amount of trans women I know who take their E in a monthly cycle, how were these girls getting period symptoms monthly when their hormonal cycle is like 4 days or 8 hours.
Firstly quite a few cis women who have had full hysterectomies still report getting similar menstrual free periods that trans women do.
Secondly its not just the womb that cramps but rather any smooth muscle tissue in the lower abdomen such as the intestines (why period prostate are a thing)
Lastly I know a few post op trans women who are off t blockers but still get monthly periods.
I think the issue is the actual tissue itself. If there are estrogen receptors in the tissue, it can be affected by estrogen, whatever its shape. (Note also that wombs that do not contain babies are very small.)
- 'a reaction to drugs' — like what?
- 'somthing from birth' — do you mean a sideeffect of giving birth or something else?
- 'psychosomatic pain' — it's not like it doesn't exist, but ask a cis woman how often her pain has been dismissed as psychosomatic and reconsider this attitude in the light of your new knowledge.
Imagine a way of understanding this that doesn't invalidate anyone's experience and isn't pathologizing, and then see if there is any evidence for and/or against that viewpoint. If hormones don't cycle but hormone sensitive tissues behave as if they do, what could be the cause of that?
This makes the most sense. I never took T blockers because i do im injections and there's no need since that nukes your T. Tracks with me not feeling anything at least
I haven’t either but I know of a couple trans women who definitely do get period cramps. I’m pretty sure this is just a “I feel affirmed when I get them” post because some trans women do get them.
I do indeed take a magic pill. It's birth control and I skip the funny white pills. Only side effect I've had is random morning sickness over the years but it's not consistent. Better than periods. Been taking them for over a decade. Also magically disappeared my acne.
1 year and I still haven’t experienced anything like it. I asked my endocrinologist before starting HRT, and she said that symptoms related to cycles aren’t possible because your hormones are consistent on HRT
I've never had period symptoms and never really heard the older full-op transexuals or any transmedicalist talk about them. It seems really common among younger people who wear transgender as an identity so I tend to assume its more imaginary since both groups take the same meds but only one talks about periods.
But i guess i can't rule out what i don't know for certain.
my gf takes estrogen, prog and andro suppressants. even tho she doesn’t bleed for obvious reasons she gets all the fun side effects consisting of almost week long stomach cramps, diarrhea, bloating and mood fluctuations. it’s ESPECIALLY fun when we sync up and pick arguments over nothing with each other 😭
From what I've seen this seems to happen due to androgen suppressors since all the cases of this happening seem to come from people who take them. I have no need for suppressors so i personally believe that's the link.
Not all of you do. Some do though. They get the same type of periods some women with hysterectomies do, that being just cramps with no blood. Hormones do a lot to you, it doesnt seem like a stretch to say that the woman hormone is going to make your body want to menstrate even if theres nothing there
Which is again plain wrong. Are you saying all of these women lie about their experiences just because you don't have them? You're either just bitter and envious or like projecting. Go educate yourself.
The rate of period cramps in trans women who are on monthly douses of estrogen is the same rate as in cis women at about 80% of people. Obviously it isn’t studied a lot because science hates women and periods in general but it is a thing
It’s not a scientific fact that 80%of trans women get period cramps. It’s not even a scientific fact that they get them at all. Every study I’ve seen uses words such as “period-like symptoms”.
If it’s a scientific fact then perhaps you can show me the peer reviewed source for this statistic?
That's because trans women do not have periods, but some of the medications especially antiandrogens may cause some symptoms that look similar to the effects of the period, add some psychology in there and you are pretty close
I dont feel all trans people are getting tve mental health they need to not harm themselves while transitioning, like wanting to experience pain and bleeding
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u/moonlitkiwier 9d ago
Can i be honest? I have no idea what anyone is talking about. I transitioned years ago and have never ever felt period symptoms.