07-03-2026, 09:42 PM
Hello Sullaria,
I never stopped taking E, so I can't comment on that. However, with PM, I did go on and off it over the years. When I stopped taking PM (perhaps for weeks or even months at a time), the mental benefits did go away. Sometimes this was much more apparent to my friends who knew I was on PM, as opposed to myself.
Ultimately, I think if you want to retain the benefits of being on E, you have to go back on it. How much E, or how frequent you have to be on E, I do not know. I imagine you would have to self-experiment a bit to find out what dosage/frequency works best for you if you want to go the minimalist route. If you choose to go back on E full-time, I think it's important to say that everyone's journey is different. If you want, you can still be in the category of males staying male. Likewise, if you decide to transition, that's okay as well. For me, when I decided to transition was shortly before I decided to go on HRT. But as I said, everyone's path is different.
I never stopped taking E, so I can't comment on that. However, with PM, I did go on and off it over the years. When I stopped taking PM (perhaps for weeks or even months at a time), the mental benefits did go away. Sometimes this was much more apparent to my friends who knew I was on PM, as opposed to myself.
Ultimately, I think if you want to retain the benefits of being on E, you have to go back on it. How much E, or how frequent you have to be on E, I do not know. I imagine you would have to self-experiment a bit to find out what dosage/frequency works best for you if you want to go the minimalist route. If you choose to go back on E full-time, I think it's important to say that everyone's journey is different. If you want, you can still be in the category of males staying male. Likewise, if you decide to transition, that's okay as well. For me, when I decided to transition was shortly before I decided to go on HRT. But as I said, everyone's path is different.