u/bl0ss0mut0nium

Nothing against fat people of course, just an interesting trend I’ve noticed.

I’m a “man” who has been questioning my gender on and off for about 7 years. Recently I’ve become increasingly confident about the idea of transitioning, but I’m also epileptic, and earlier today I thought to look up how HRT might affect that.

Well, as it turns out, HRT, feminizing hormones specifically, has the potential to cut my one of my medication’s (lamotrigine) effectiveness in half. I’m already on 600mg a day (300mg morning and evening), as well as a second anticonvulsant (clobazam) on top of it. This discovery has pretty much ruined my day, and I’m curious if anyone else here can relate to this situation.

Really, I’m looking to commiserate/find encouragement as much as I’m looking for advice. If any of you have personal experience with this same issue, I would really love to hear what it’s been.

EDIT: To clarify, when I say “man,” I mean I’m AMAB, theoretically MTF.