A graph showing my testosterone sitting at the bottom of the female range all year until it suddenly jumps into the middle this month.

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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 15:03:55 JST goatsarah

   I’ve been struggling with my HRT levels for a while after finding out I was effectively menopausal earlier this year. I noticed this by my FSH being high. Since then I switched from pills to gel and it got me back into the non menopausal range, but only just.

   I know this because I’ve been having regular blood tests. My metabolism is quite fast and clears stuff from my system quickly, so the longer release of gel (it builds a reservoir in the fat) works for me.

   Anyway, since starting lisdexamfetamine for ADHD, I’ve checked my FSH using urine tears and it got a lot lower still. I figured it was somehow calming down my liver and letting the oestrogen last longer in the body.

   Got a new blood test result yesterday. FSH is now MUCH lower, which is good.

   But it’s not from oestrogen.

   It’s from TESTOSTERONE!

   Elvanse seems to have kicked my adrenal glands up a notch. I guess this makes sense. It is a stimulant. It’s taken my T from the very bottom of the female range to the middle of it. Impressive, given I have no ovaries (in cis women, testosterone comes from both the ovaries and adrenals).

   Explains why my sex drive has been a bit higher of late, I guess.