Disapointed

[Guest Jo-Ann]

i got my results from my doctor today and it seems that after almost 3 months my testaterone level is still high.I believe it was almost 500 and now its 370 so now he wants me to take XX mg of estrodial not XX mg twice a day.Does anyone have a take on this or offer any feedback?

love Jo-Ann

Edited December 17, 2010 by Elizabeth K
Removed specific dosage amounts

[Guest JaniceW]

Jo-Ann,

An answer from my experience as a nurse and not personal experience. The physiology of the effect of hormones like estrogen on or bodies varies from person to person. Estrogen (of which estradiol is one varient, there are three) battle with testosterone in the body. The presense of estrogen cause a converstion of testosterone to other compounds (some of which are estrogens). The amount that this happens is effected by a number of different factors. The use of antiandrogens is to further surpress the effect of the testosterone and further lower the T level.

The fact that your T is falling from the presense of estrogen is a good sign. The fact that it hasn't yet fallen to where your doctor wants it to be is why the doctor is increasing your dose. The adjustment of dosages is not unusual as the only way to know how much these measurements will change is to take the estrogen and see what happens and then adjust dosage until the desired effect is reached.

So, in a nutshell, this is nothing to be concerned about, it is the normal process of getting your dosages right.

[Paula ult]

Jo-ann, are you taking a testosterone blocker in addition to the estradiol or are you just taking estradiol, since the dosages were edited out i can assume you were on a low starter dosage, does your doctor have experience with other trans patients.

A fairly common HRT regimen in the US includes Spironolactone to lower the testosterone so a lower dosage of estradiol can be given.

Paula

[Drea]

3 months isn't long. I suspect the advice from your doc is probably from more of an authority than you will find here.

[Guest Jo-Ann]

I am on just the estrodial of course im going to follow my doctors guide i wasnt looking for sugestions just was curious were others was at my stage of 3 months

[Guest JaniceW]

I am on just the estrodial of course im going to follow my doctors guide i wasnt looking for sugestions just was curious were others was at my stage of 3 months

3 Months is usually the first review of the effect of the hormone regime you are on so I would guess that your situation is following he usual process.

[Guest Donna Jean]

3 months isn't long. I suspect the advice from your doc is probably from more of an authority than you will find here.

Agreed....

But, many I see get lower T results over time and 3 months is a short time...

Donna Jean

[Guest Emily Ray]

Yes 3 months is a very short time and they usually like to go slow because your body is not used to estrogen at high levels he probably started you off at a lower level. I didn't reach my present dose until 7 months HRT. Now that my levels are stable and within guidelines I should be good with a checkup every six months with blood work unless something happens.

Huggs

Emily