Can’t go through the depressing effects of estrogen AGAIN, is there any hope?
I’ll keep it super brief. my life partner is trans MTF. she was on hormones for several years, shots, and we eventually together realized that her atrocious mental health was a side effect of the peaks/troughs of estrogen each week, so she went off of them. now for a picture of her mental health during the estrogen, she was basically like a husk of herself, extremely depressed and so irritable, but had even worse effects from antidepressant so no help there.
the second she went off estrogen it was like immediate mental clarity, she was happy and capable again, I finally felt like I had my best friend back.
unfortunately however she does have gender dysphoria of course and started to feel the effects of being off estrogen. just went back to doctor and got prescribed pills this time, we were both optimistic it would help. she’s been on them for a week and. the moody depressed angsty ANGRY teenager is back. and I just…. i cant do it. I can’t see her this depressed again, what in the world is she supposed to do?? I can’t see her like this. it’s like the life has just drained from her eyes.
has anyone else dealt with this? it feels hopeless.