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I've spoken to at least two in-person doctors about adding progesterone. The consensus seemed to be that there's simply inadequate amounts of data on using progesterone for trans women's HRT regimes. From conversing with other trans women on the topic, some swear by it as being very effective for physical/mental reasons, some say it didn't do anything for them, and others caution about waiting X number of months or years before adding progesterone to one's HRT regimes.

I started progesterone (100mg, orally) about 14ish months after I started oral E. However, at that point, I already had breast growth from being on PM for about 9 years previously. The doctor who wrote the initial prescription said it was up to me to decide if I needed to be on progesterone or not.

Yea I've heard a similar line, which is used here to deny presciribing it to anyone what so ever. Of course, how else. They cite "no evidence" even though there's massive amount of evidence, but not enough studies. I rather believe lived experience on this matter. Usefulness of prog is YMMV situation, like everything else. Balance, genetics, luck.

I have benefitted hugely. So has Lotus, Mel and Mia to mention some friends. Then there are others who didn't get much of it.

Only one way to really know and that is to try. Everything else is guesswork and preferences and some doctors following protocols which states "no evidence" which they repeat like a word of god even when the evidence stands right before them.

Planned Parenthood (they operate under the informed consent model) still prescribed me progesterone, but they refused to prescribe me bicalutamide. That was one of the reasons why I switched to the VA at the time for my HRT prescriptions. Perhaps ironically, the VA doctor said he could prescribe me bicalutamide, but recommended leuprolide injections as a better form to nuke my T levels (and so it could be tracked in my blood work).