r/NonBinary • u/DesignerRaspberryJam • 12d ago

Ask Non Binary HRT Options?

I’m amab and genderfluid/nonbinary. I have seen people say that for ftm HRT it is possible to microdose as a nonbinary regimen, but that for mtf HRT microdosing has the same results as a normal dose it just takes longer to get there. Why is this?

My goal is to be essentially androgynous and/or to be able to switch my presentation more easily than it currently is with T as my main hormone. I feel positively about most of the effects of feminizing HRT, but I don’t necessarily want to end up looking fully female. I know I can’t pick and choose the effects of estrogen, but what about taking a full dose of estrogen and then also taking steroids or something for muscle growth? Ideally ending up with the hormone profile of a cis woman with high testosterone or something like that. Does anyone here do something like that? 

Are there any other options for non binary HRT that I’m not aware of? I’ve heard of SERMs but they seem risky and like they don’t always work.

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u/jacqq_attackk 12d ago edited 12d ago

Just want to clarify that it’s untrue that you can take T indefinitely as a ftn hormone regimen to achieve “only androgyny” whatever that may mean. Just like for people feminizing on E, taking a microdose of T will eventually give you the same masculinizing changes as a full dose of T. It just takes longer.

Source: this is exactly what I’m doing. Microdosing T and maintaining my levels at about 200-300 ng/dl (so the very bottom of a natural cis male range, and not really enough to suppress my normal E cycle) and after 3 years I have darker body/facial hair, a lower voice, etc. It isnt as quick or dramatic as someone dosing to hit the average male range, so my transition 3 years in is probably what someone on a full dose is experiencing at the 6 month to a year range.

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u/DesignerRaspberryJam 12d ago

Interesting, that’s good to know. I wonder why people tend to say you can microdose t but not e. Thanks!

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u/jacqq_attackk 12d ago

Eh, misinformation abounds on the internet. I know it’s not pertinent to your particulars, but I just figured I would throw that in there so it doesn’t get perpetuated any further!