Trans Megathread for the Week of 10/21 to 10/27
Trans Megathread for the Week of 10/21 to 10/27
Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XI is the eleventh numbered installment in the… Okay, you know what it is, I’m just going to tell you about one of the storylines!
During the Wings of the Goddess expansion, adventurers will be sent back in time to experience the events of the Crystal War, a cataclysmic event that is the foundation for conflicts of the modern-day timeline. Should an adventurer choose to serve the Kingdom of San d’Oria, they will be immersed in the story of the Young Griffons—a group of children who would see themselves knights, many of whom grow into prominent characters later in life.
Among the Young Griffons, the player will find Bistillot, a shy boy who doesn’t like to be seen. With his penchant for engineering, shy demeanor, and lack of combat potential, Bistillot prefers to spend his time inside of an orcish war machine that he was able to repair to working condition.
He is often seen before he is heard, with his signature phrase, “HAAAALLOOOOOOOOO” being used to hail the adventurer. Through the course of the story, Bistillot finds his way, even contributing to the war effort with his engineering skills.
However, when another member of the Young Griffons is kidnapped and taken to the present day, the adventurer must return to the present day and reunite with the Young Griffons’ present selves! The adventurer’s first contact in the present day is Bistillot. When the adventurer hears the signature “HAAAALLOOOOOOO,” Bistillot approaches the player, but what the player sees is… a woman?? She introduces herself as Bostilette, a “friend of Bistillot.”
After the rescue mission, Bostilette comes clean. She is, of course, the very same Bistillot who was a little boy twenty years earlier. She explains that she was very sick as a baby, so her parents gave her a boy’s name so that she would be stronger and survive the illness. Once she overcame the illness, she was comfortable to reclaim her name and gender. Well, that closes the book on that story, except… I’ve decided that’s bullshit!
I have unilaterally decided that Bostilette is trans, the sickness she had was dysphoria, she stayed in the orcish war machine because she was an egg, and I hope you all agree!
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Checking my lab results, somehow my T got back to male levels (14.2 nmol despite my increased spiro dose, last test (with the lower dose) gave me 4, first one at that same dose gave me 1, pre-E I was at 14.1). Midterms have been throwing my sleep into a mess though so I haven't been able to take them at a consistent time lately so I assume that's the issue rn, and I only took it an hour before the test, but I wouldn't have expected it to outright be back at male levels from that. Gonna have to figure out a time that I can stay more consistent on.
My E shifted a ton too, maybe because of the T being higher today and suppressing it? Last time it was 225 pmol, this time it's 184. No dosage change.
My E shifted a ton too, maybe because of the T being higher today and suppressing it? Last time it was 225 pmol, this time it’s 184. No dosage change.
Wouldn't it be the other way around: your T increased because your E decreased?
https://transfemscience.org/articles/transfem-intro/#antiandrogens
Androgen receptor antagonists include steroidal antiandrogens (SAAs) like spironolactone (Aldactone) and cyproterone acetate (CPA; Androcur) and nonsteroidal antiandrogens (NSAAs) like bicalutamide (Casodex).
Antigonadotropins suppress the gonadal production of androgens by inhibiting the GnRH-mediated secretion of gonadotropins from the pituitary gland. They include estrogens and progestogens. In addition, GnRH agonists such as leuprorelin (Lupron) and GnRH antagonists such as elagolix (Orilissa) act similarly and could likewise be described as antigonadotropins.
Further down in the table it mentioned spiro is a weak synthesis inhibitor as well, but its basically just a receptor inhibitor to prevent T from having effects. Since CPA is also a progestin, its much more effective at actually reducing T levels, not just preventing T from having an effect:
Spironolactone shows limited and highly inconsistent effects on testosterone levels in clinical studies in cisgender men, cisgender women, and transfeminine people, with most studies finding no change in levels, some studies finding a decrease in levels, and a small number even finding an increase in levels
Wouldn’t it be the other way around: your T increased because your E decreased?
Probably, and that's how I usually understand it, but my E dosage being the exact same, and it being the more consistent thing which I was taking (since I use patches, my midterms poor sleep didn't mess up when I'd switch them) means that there's not really any reason for it to have decreased. Other than body weirdness, which is always a possibility and is probably the actual case here now that I've thought about it more. Either way I'm getting both my E and spiro upped now in response to this.