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Weird Pains on Estrogen? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So I started oral estradiol 2mg and bicalutimide 50mg about 2 weeks ago. A week in, I started feeling these weird pains in my body. They felt like small stabbing pains that immediately dulled - almost like the pain of getting an injection, and were always in my legs, arms, or chest.

I asked my doctor about it, and he had no idea. He just said they weren't a reported side effect of either med, and the only way to tell if it was the meds was to stop them.

I'm really paranoid about, like, fucking dying, so I stopped my medication 3 days ago and the pains have subsided. I was just wondering if anyone here has shared my experience. I'd like to know what the hell that was, and if it's safe to continue treatment.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

@[email protected] and @[email protected] I think I might have a guess as to what the pain is.

I was having some leg pain that sounded similar to the symptoms you both report, and it made me think about what it was most like. Then I realized I experienced this most when I was a teenager going through puberty!

I think they're growing pains!

Growing pains are often described as an ache or throb in the legs โ€” often in the front of the thighs, the calves or behind the knees.

from mayo clinic

Does that seem right?

It wouldn't be surprising to me that starting second puberty you might experience growing pains again ๐Ÿค” And like growing pains, they seem to subside over time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I was thinking about that but like, growing pains come from actual growing... I doubt I'm getting taller than my current 6+ ft on estrogen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

we don't actually know that it comes from growing or the lengthening of the legs, though

from that mayo website:

Growing pains don't usually happen where growth is occurring or during times of rapid growth. It's been suggested that growing pains may be linked to restless legs syndrome.

It could just be that like in first puberty, the change in hormones is causing some other physiological changes we don't understand, resulting in these pains; could be vascular or other causes, but either way I think the phenomenology seems rather similar and the onset in both cases are caused by the start of puberty.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Gosh you know that sounds likely. I did notice other pains which I wrote away as growing pains and such, I don't remember if I mentioned the day sometime a few weeks after first starting E where every single joint in my body hurt at the same time.

The only odd thing is that I only got those leg pains from injections, not from gel :S Still growing pains sound more likely than any other thing so far