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For those worried about testosterone (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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For those of you worried about testosterone levels, or who have been told that they aren't trans and "just have low testosterone" or something similar, I thought I would take the chance to show my pre transition T levels.

The image shows the average testosterone levels for cis men, by age. That upper red line is the 97.5% percentile line, meaning that 97.5% of cis men have T levels below this rate. And if you look, there I am, above that line!

Yet, I transitioned 7 years ago now, and I'm still here :)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My partner (jokingly) refers to themselves as a "recovering alpha male" because their testosterone levels were also super high

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

T aromatises to E so if you have high T you probably have high E also.

Coincidence? ๐Ÿง

There's antagonism though unless levels are bonkers high (e.g. people on gear for ages).

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

No such luck for me!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

So my egg has (very) recently cracked, and I just so happen to have fresh T levels results at hand. Kinda shocked to find I apparently have higher T levels than 95-ish percent of cis men lol, was fully expecting the opposite.

Thank you for sharing both the graph and your story too, that's cool as heck! :)

[โ€“] zynlyn 5 points 9 months ago

Thank you for sharing this! I don't see this type of discussion often and it's important information.

I have a similar background, I was measuring at ~40nmol/L (~1150ng/dL), and it was probably higher than that when I was younger. I knew from early childhood that I wasn't cis, but by my mid-teens I was struggling with a lot of internal dissonance between my internal ethos and identity and how my hormonal state affected by emotions and cognition. There were also physiological issues from excessive T that I needed medical intervention to address. I struggled through that for years, but when I finally started HRT I very quickly found an enormous relief and much calmer and happier state of being.

Our cases are good examples of how more of the wrong hormonal profile doesn't make you cis. It might just make someone's problems worse and create new problems along the way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

While I think 'low t levels' is totally bullshit, are you sure your testosterone levels aren't elevated by the type of anti androgen you're using? Even estrogen is supposed to have some t reducing effects so having a higher than average t is curious

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

This was before I started any form of HRT.