is HRT more effective with age ?

[Steff7]

just a quick question, as i'm planning to start HRT soon...

 

since T-levels drop by orders  of magnitude as you get older, i am wondering if HRT will be more effective now in my later 40's with a measured Testosterone level that is already low for my age ?

[Elizabeth Star]

Maybe it will affect how much is needed in the way of T-blockers. I was started at mid-level doses and started to notice changes in about 6 weeks although my estrogen was considered "below a therapeutic level" and was later increased. I was told by my Endocrinologist and GP that the estrogen will, over time,  increase bone density and reduce the chances of Osteoporosis. The emotional changes are amazing too. Aside from being told what my T-levels are and what the goal level is,  not much has been said about it.

[VickySGV]

None of my resources show that post Andropausal HRT is any more or less effective than it is at younger adult stages. I did not get HRT until my 60's and I ended up slightly better in the boob and backend department than one sister, and the same as my second sister.  All of that happened over a 4 year period which is right in the overall range based on World Professional Association for Transgender Health collected data for Male to Female subjects.  The same has been true for my other friends in my age range.  I was not on T-blockers at first at age 61, and got on Aldactone (Spironolactone aka Spiro) eight months later for its "on label" use as a diuretic to treat high blood pressure, and not deliberately for HRT uses.  I had fully enjoyed the initial effects of the E alone and nothing really changed on the combination of drugs.  Onset times per WPATH are 3 to 6 months for changes, and 3 to 6 years for maximum development.

[Steff7]

thanks for the answers, helps settle my mind a bit...