Cycle in more detail

[the_fantastic_ms_fox]

I've had a few questions about the cycle plan, so I've posted it below.

Since a lot of people seem to link here for the queer content...

WARNING - IF YOU'RE THINKING OF DOING THIS YOURSELF, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I HAVE PROBABLY FUCKED UP ON A FEW DETAILS  HERE, AND IF YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT I DO WITHOUT CHECKING ALL YOUR FACTS AND SAFETIES, YOU WILL EXPLODE

Anyway.

Two ways to read the following
A: Ignore that the columns are all buggered up
B: Copy and paste it all into notepad



Guide to columns
1 ~ approxiamate day within a 28-day cycle (which will be a 19-30 day cycle)

2 ~ dates of events relative to lunar cycle. If there is a day 7 in a given quarter, it is the less extreme of the phase+6 day or the first day of the next

3 ~ doctory-type names of the respective part of the cycle

4 ~ (often blank) critical points on the curve representing estrogen levels - local and absolute maximums, minimums and inflection points
(i.e. the highest that Estorgen gets in a month, the highest that it gets in the lower spike in the month and the places where the rate of increase or decrease is constant)

5 ~ ++ inidcates that E concentration increases at an increasing rate (i.e. 3, 5, 10, 18, 28, 40)
~ + means that E is increasing at a decreasing rate (i.e. 10, 15, 19, 23, 25, 26)
~ -- means that E is decreasing at an increasing rate (i.e. 40, 28, 18, 10, 5, 3)
~ - means that E is decreasing at a decreasing rate (i.e. 2, 25)
~ a number indicates an absolute maximum or minimum (and I do mean absolute in both the mathematical and healthy sense)
(the inflection points are mislabelled in this column. I'm erring on the side of low volitlity)

6 ~ as per column four, but for progesterone

7 ~ as per column five, but for progesterone

[edit - osmie fixed the chart, thus destroying any satisfaction one might have had in decyphering it in its prior form]

1   NEW MOON     (Menstrual)      E A-Min  <100?              -
2   1            (Menstrual)               ++                 -
3   2            (Menstrual)               ++                 -
4   3            (Menstrual)               ++                 -
5   4            (Menstrual)               ++                 -
6   5            (Proliferatory)           ++     P A-Min     1.0
7   6            (Proliferatory)           ++     P A-Min     ++

8   1ST QUARTER  (Proliferatory)           ++     P A-Min     ++
9   1            (Proliferatory)           ++                 ++
10  2            (Proliferatory)           ++                 ++
11  3            (Proliferatory)           ++                 ++
12  4            (Proliferatory)  E IP     +      P IP        +
13  5            (Proliferatory)  E A-Max  1468   P L-Max,    3.8
14  6            (Proliferatory)  E A-Max  --     P L-Max/IP  -

15  FULL MOON    (Ovulation)      E IP     -                  -
16  1            (Luteal)                  -      P L-Min     2.3
17  2            (Luteal)         E L-Min  101                ++
18  3            (Luteal)                  ++                 ++
19  4            (Luteal)         E IP     +      P IP        +
20  5            (Luteal)                  +                  +
21  6            (Luteal)                  +                  +

22  3RD QUARTER  (Luteal)         E L-Max  905    P A-Max     56.6
23  1            (Luteal)         E L-Max  -                  --
24  2            (Luteal)                  -                  --
25  3            (Luteal)                  -                  --
26  4            (Luteal)                  -                  --
27  5            (Luteal)         E IP     -      P IP        -
28  6            (Ischemic)                -                  -

So how does this translate into medication?

I don't want to have the cycle from hell, nor do I want to go outside the safe ranges according to these guidelines for body-produced hormones, nor outside the ranges for synthetic hormones (not shown here).

I am keeping in mind that a lot of the perceived effects of hormones are not due to their levels, bu their oscillation, I am focusing on the value of the derivative (i.e. the change in hormonal levels) from day to day.

The goal is to look at both sets of hormones, and devise a regimen that should see a gentle change over the course of the moon, with a curve that is similar to the mean healthy curve (of which this link is not the best example as it claims that follicular progesterone is constant), but likely lower in amplitude. I'll take HRT slightly in advance of the above points to time it right.

I will start with progesterone, then go for blood-tests to remeasure T, E and P before doing this for E (which will likely involve an overall lower dose, as my levels seemed pretty high last time)

I still have to investigate monthly changes in testosterone.

WILL