This is TMI and it involves trans stuff, so I'm putting it behind a cut.
I really, REALLY *REALLY* hate blaming things on hormones. It seems like such a cheap out, but let me give you the details here.
Well...lets give a run down of what's going on with my endocrine system lately.
There's much debate on what the ideal testosterone level is for a male. However, the test results I got the last time were supposed to be 175-781 ng/dL. What were the last two ones I pinged on tests?
First one was 812 ng/dl, the second one? 1532 ng/dl. This would be considered an incredibly dangerously high level for a male in the middle of puberty, it's dangerously high. See that 781 above? That's for being in the middle of puberty, I'm DOUBLE that. Keep in mind also, I'm supposed to be in the FEMALE range now! This is 14-76ng/dl. This means I am 20 to 100 TIMES too high.
It's like I'm doing 'roids or something. Despite this, my doctors won't up any of my medicines. They continue to actually dose me about the same as a post menopausal woman would take, if she needed HRT for hot flashes etc. What they do instead is keep trying different sorts of estrogens (I am on patches now instead of pills for example). However, the actual dose in this patch is even LOWER than the pil I had before.
Does this make ANY sense to any of you with some medical knowledge? My hair is starting to thin more, I'm losing it every day in the shower, my acne has returned, I'm having body and facial hair grow in where I never even had it before. I've had a cat scan and an MRI, there was nothing abnormal that would be making my body do that there. (Pituitary gland would do it).
What's particularly frightening is that GLBT is apparently their 'specialty'. I'm afraid my current doctors are just...clueless, they mean well or maybe I just have a really fucking weird body, which I totally admit could be true. Who do you go to, when there doesn't seem to be a name for what's going on?
My personal belief is nobody truely understand how these things work and we're just guinea pigs until something clicks. Which sort of sucks. If you can find out someone, let me know. I was advised to try a tropical medicine department which is a sort of catch all for weird things, but I'm suspecting your concerns are probably out of their league.
Like I'm telling you anything you don't already know. Sympathy and crossed digits for finding useful medical help..
Definitely 2nd opinion time. Good luck...
And here I was, trying to find a delicate way of saying that.
But then, considering the nature of the problem, I suppose there really isn't a delicate way of saying a person needs their balls cut off.
The body is a complicated system. A few months back I experimented with adding spirolactalone to my dosage mix (as an anti-testosterone); I shortly found myself unable to draw because of what it did to the balance of chemicals in my brain.
Large bottle of vodka and a car door. It'll work!
Keep in mind, that's just rumor, can't remember where I heard that; cannot cite my sources.
However, they should have an answer, I'd hope. If not, they should be looking for one, through peer resources or journal articles.
If it were me I'd be going to some different doctors.
For what it's worth
My -normal- testosterone before transition was 3-5 times the highest safe level for a natal male. the effects are subtle but strong. I hope you can get this addressed soon...good luck.