13-01-2012, 14:14
Thank you Pansy-Mae,
For both the tips on the goat's rue tea (it will steep longer too, that's another advantage of your method) and for the relation between the dose and the uncertainty. I saw you wrote it before, and I recognize it. I was working on identity with my therapist this morning, and so far I have to bring three essential effects of my program into that discussion: it decreases the need to cross dress, stopping it brings some masculine traits back, at least for a couple of weeks, and the determination decreases and the worrying increases at higher doses.
As for hops, the only documented replacements are PM, licorice, and red clover. But both licorice and red clover contain as much phyto-progestins as phyto-estrogens, and red clover doesn't contain an anti-androgen, so the rest of the program would have to be adjusted.
I listed my phyto-estrogen herbs a few times, and although the list has grown longer over time, other than the above, there is no phyto-estrogen herb that I would really consider a tried and tested NBE option. Maybe soy, but then you have to monitor your diet every day to adjust your dose.
I just stopped worrying about the calories and the carbs: I add quite a bit of honey, raisins, and sweetened cereals to quench the bitterness of the hops, but my weight is under control, and my waist is slimming. The fenugreek in the program just takes care of that.
For both the tips on the goat's rue tea (it will steep longer too, that's another advantage of your method) and for the relation between the dose and the uncertainty. I saw you wrote it before, and I recognize it. I was working on identity with my therapist this morning, and so far I have to bring three essential effects of my program into that discussion: it decreases the need to cross dress, stopping it brings some masculine traits back, at least for a couple of weeks, and the determination decreases and the worrying increases at higher doses.
As for hops, the only documented replacements are PM, licorice, and red clover. But both licorice and red clover contain as much phyto-progestins as phyto-estrogens, and red clover doesn't contain an anti-androgen, so the rest of the program would have to be adjusted.
I listed my phyto-estrogen herbs a few times, and although the list has grown longer over time, other than the above, there is no phyto-estrogen herb that I would really consider a tried and tested NBE option. Maybe soy, but then you have to monitor your diet every day to adjust your dose.
I just stopped worrying about the calories and the carbs: I add quite a bit of honey, raisins, and sweetened cereals to quench the bitterness of the hops, but my weight is under control, and my waist is slimming. The fenugreek in the program just takes care of that.