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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My partner (jokingly) refers to themselves as a “recovering alpha male” because their testosterone levels were also super high
T aromatises to E so if you have high T you probably have high E also.
Coincidence? 🧐
There’s antagonism though unless levels are bonkers high (e.g. people on gear for ages).
No such luck for me!
I’d also add that it’s okay if your testosterone is outside of cis women’s range as long as your estrogen is higher. I was extremely worried that I was ruining my transition, but it really didn’t and I still made excellent progress despite it. Certainly do all that you can to get it lower, but in the mean time don’t fret too much if it is.
Edit: Also if you’re on tablets, you can increase their testosterone suppression by evenly dividing them throughout the day as much as reasonably possible.
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! :)
