Spray has low half life so levels tend to fall quickly. If you’re doing three spritzes a day you’re avoiding the half life issue at least. Do you have access to blood tests? That’s the best way of measuring.
There are these little home test kits you can get so you could do multiple over some stretch of time to see. They’re less precise than a proper blood test, but if blood tests are hard to get then this is an option to consider.
Make sure you’re measuring at the point when your E levels would be at their lowest (this will be right before you take your next dose), and don’t get any spray/gel on the arm or hand you will be taking the test from. It can impact the results from the test.
Edit: I would love a little pressure dial but for estradiol on my arm or my thigh or something :P
i do have blood tests, but they’re unfortunately pretty infrequent. my next one is scheduled in two months or so…
also, i’ve been reading on transfem science but a strange thing i noticed, is that at the recommended dosages, sprays are not recommended, due to their low dosages (especially lenzetto). which surprises me. should i consider switching?
I don’t know if they mean all sprays or not. Transfem science is a good resource and I would trust them, but not blindly. If you feel like you can hold out until you have more data then do so, otherwise I suppose you would have to look into alternatives. I don’t know much about sprays unfortunately.
Spray has low half life so levels tend to fall quickly. If you’re doing three spritzes a day you’re avoiding the half life issue at least. Do you have access to blood tests? That’s the best way of measuring.
There are these little home test kits you can get so you could do multiple over some stretch of time to see. They’re less precise than a proper blood test, but if blood tests are hard to get then this is an option to consider.
Make sure you’re measuring at the point when your E levels would be at their lowest (this will be right before you take your next dose), and don’t get any spray/gel on the arm or hand you will be taking the test from. It can impact the results from the test.
Edit: I would love a little pressure dial but for estradiol on my arm or my thigh or something :P
i do have blood tests, but they’re unfortunately pretty infrequent. my next one is scheduled in two months or so…
also, i’ve been reading on transfem science but a strange thing i noticed, is that at the recommended dosages, sprays are not recommended, due to their low dosages (especially lenzetto). which surprises me. should i consider switching?
I don’t know if they mean all sprays or not. Transfem science is a good resource and I would trust them, but not blindly. If you feel like you can hold out until you have more data then do so, otherwise I suppose you would have to look into alternatives. I don’t know much about sprays unfortunately.
Wdym with holding out?