#testosterone levels

[transmascpolls]

Transmascs on T: do you get the rest results of your testosterone levels graphed out on expected male or expected female ranges?*

My testosterone level results don’t come with a graph showing an expected range

Expected male levels

Expected female levels

I don’t get or don’t check the blood results of my Testosterone levels

I’m transmasc but not on testosterone

See results / not transmasc button

Voting ended onFeb 22

*Expected as in the ranges expected by the medical establishment, though of course they can vary a lot with or without medical intervention

Brought to you by: my latest test results. My doctor’s message assures me this is what we want, so like… what is this????

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Utah trans girls now required to meet testosterone levels stricter than NCAA to compete in high school sports

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[ukftm]

WHat should peak and through levels be if you had an injection every 3 weeks at 0.8ml

On sustanon, peak testosterone levels should always be in the 25-30 nmol/l range, and trough no lower than 8-10 nmol/l. If you’re not achieving those levels with your current injection schedule, you might need your dose or injection frequency adjusting.

~ James

[transmascpolls]

Transmascs: has your T/testosterone level ever been too high?

Yes

No

Never had my testosterone levels checked

Other answer

See results / not transmasc

Voting ended onMay 20

[transmascpolls]

Your T is perfectly within male ranges, but if you're legally female still then they have to compare you to female ranges on the chart. For male ranges, it depends a bit on the lab but you want a minimum of about mid 300s up to around 850 (some labs go up to 1000). Anything in the 600s is pretty perfect

Yeah, I know, I’ve talked to my doctors about it, though I appreciate the reassurance.

I don’t think they have to compare me to female ranges, especially because my doctors ordered a male test (as I can tell from the test name). I don’t think it’s my doctors’ fault at all though, they’re honestly great. It’s MyChart.

I think the graphs are automatically generated by MyChart based on my sex in the system. It’s not really a problem, just annoying when the test is labeled “MALES 20 & OLDER” . It’s a dumb automated computer system.

[ukftm]

Hi, I was wondering about t levels over a prolonged period of time, do they keep increasing even on the same dose? Say for example after 3 months theyve jumped up, would they continue to do this at 6 months on the same dose of testosterone or stay in relatively the same place that they were at the 3 month stage? thanks!

It depends on the type of testosterone you’re on, but no, your levels would generally reach a plateau where you’re ‘using’ testosterone at about the same rate that you’re administering it - and dosages are calculated so that this plateau is more or less within ‘standard’ male testosterone ranges. Normally the hope is that you’d reach this steady state after 3-6 months (which is part of the reason clinics don’t tend to ask for blood tests until this point), but it can take a little longer to get steady levels for some people, so your levels at three months on a given preparation aren’t necessarily what they’ll be at the six month mark (especially if the doctors recommend adjusting your dose!)

There’s one notable exception to this - particularly on nebido, people sometimes end up in testosterone retention, which means their testosterone levels are not really lowering between each injection and so each successive injection is causing higher and higher testosterone levels. This is fairly unusual, but would be picked up in blood tests.

~ James

[ukftm]

Probably a stupid question but does it matter which way round you get your peak and trough levels done? As in does it have the be the peak and trough from the same shot or could you get the trough then peak for the next shot?

Ideally you should get the peak and trough from the same injection, in case of variance between injections.

~ James

[ukftm]

How bad is it to change my dose on my own? I am on sustanon every 4 weeks and my levels are very low. Dr Lorimer got my 3 month blood results in Dec. but hasnt contacted me about them, other than to say theyve been received. Would it be extremely unwise to change my dose to something like every 3 weeks? Its extremely frustrating to now be 6 months on T with almost no changes, and no Dr. Seal appt. until September.

It would be best not to do anything without the doctors at least knowing about it, but it might depend on how helpful your GP is - if they provide the prescriptions, you could ask them about it and they might agree that increasing the frequency of injections is a good idea pending further instructions from Gendercare. If both peak and trough testosterone levels are low, just increasing the frequency is the most likely course of action, but it does depend on whether there are any other flagged issues in your bloods.

You can also contact Gendercare to follow up and see if this prompts a response. In general though I’d hold off on doing anything until you’ve spoken to either your GP or Gendercare - apart from anything else, if you start needing to order your prescription more frequently than your prescription indicates, it might lead to problems with getting repeats sorted.

~ James