Stomach pain and testosterone

[Flint]

Hello.

befre I stared T, my monthlies were extremely painful! More painful than the 'usual' amount for a woman on her period. I mean I literally would keel over with the pain..

I've not had a period for a while now, can't remember exactly how long.

I have stomach pain every day currently though. I went to the doctors finally, after months of having problems. It started off being that I felt stomach pains/nausea more frequently than usual. I get nausea with my chronic illness, so at first i put it down to a relapse. But then it was getting worse, and it doesn't feel the same as my chronic illness nausea, it feels deeper somehow. I dunno it's hard to explain. But i'm really sturggling.

THe doctor gave me some meds to help my stomach lining, he didn't do much. Just listsned to my symptoms, looked down my throat and then prescribed some meds. He said, and he was very certain about it too, that it's all my different meds affecting my stomach lining and these drugs will help my stomach lining. He was optimistic that by "tomorrow" this was yesterday, i'd probably feel better on these tablets.

But i have another theory in mind, my theory is.... It's my ovaries.

I'm really hoping the doctor is right and these meds will help. But I'm not convinced.

I've been on T since 2014. But I had a monthly last year when changing up hormones from gel to injection. My transition has been somewhat complicated and so I feel like i'm only just really tranisitioning hormone wise as before it was low doses with too much space inbetween, partically because of crappy communication between doctors and doctors not trusting me when I tell them things, telling me I've got my times confused and such. Which I didnt. Because I'm very ontop it all when it comes to my hormones and hormone results, I KNOW what i'm talking about.....

What I want to know is, have other trans men felt pain without having a period, that is because of their ovaries and being on T?

[JJ]

Since I was past that point in my life when I transitioned I can't offer direct experience but I have read different opinions about testosterone and a female reproductive system. One school of thought has held that testosterone can cause atrophy and lead to deterioration so that a hysterectomy is desirable for transmen but that seems to have been dis-proven or fallen out of favor as more and more of us are getting regular medical care. There is a possibility of endometriosis which Drs don't always think of in relation to us. May be something to ask him about anyway.

It can also be your body in essence remembering past hormone cycles. We do have body memory even when we are not conscious of it. Like the way you may get hungry in a place you usually eat even if you have recently eaten. A physiological conditioned response. Your body may be conditioned to react to hormone swings at periodic intervals even though those swings don't have a biological basis anymore..

Another possibility is that the stomach issues actually are causing a more diffused pain. It can be difficult to differentiate exactly where pain originates sometimes. You might give the medication a little more time to work and if it doesn't then see the Dr again.

To answer the original question-I have not heard of being on T causing ovary pain specifically though because it does affect so many body systems and impact the endocrine system there can be many many different reactions.

Johnny

[Ravin]

To be on the safe side, you should seriously consider going to get checked out by an OB/GYN. Not fun, but still necessary as long as you have the equipment they specialize in.

[Flint]

I'll see how these meds are. I guess it is hard to know where it originates from.

All are possibilities. It could be meds, I've been on medications all my life, which do intefere with stomach lining. And I'm also on more medications than most people my age. My grandma and my grandad when he was alive had to take these same meds due to all the meds he was on causing problems with stomach lining. So maybe.

Its just a worry of mine about ovaries and stuff..... for obvious reasons.

I guess time will tell.