Are you a post op trans woman? Are you on any form of oestrogen other than injectables? Test your FSH levels for menopause. You can get a cheap urine test from Amazon or a pharmacy. Trust me on this. - ThreadSky

goatsarah.org • 1 day ago

Are you a post op trans woman?

Are you on any form of oestrogen other than injectables?

Test your FSH levels for menopause. You can get a cheap urine test from Amazon or a pharmacy.

Trust me on this.

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missrobin.bsky.social•1 day ago

What's the fix? Higher doses of estrogen? I appreciate this notice and will definitely do a test

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

Higher doses or a different delivery mechanism.

ichigoshinagami.bsky.social•1 day ago

Me who has been on pills for almost 3 years now 😭

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

19 here.

Most of them chronically under dosed.

ichigoshinagami.bsky.social•1 day ago

You've been on HRT for almost as long as I've been alive

goatsarah.org•23 hours ago

I’m old as fuck

ichigoshinagami.bsky.social•22 hours ago

That's not what I meant ^^"

ichigoshinagami.bsky.social•1 day ago

*Hugs* I am on 6mg of E, tho I was on 2 and then 4 for a long time

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

It appears I need 8 to get my gonadotropins in range.

ichigoshinagami.bsky.social•1 day ago

*Hugs* It's good that you realized it, at least.

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

WPATH recommended maintenance doses for HRT are perimenopausal for most trans women.

And they _know_.

They’re doing this to us on purpose.

auroragirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

It seems like the urine tests at home are just qualitative — fsh detected or not. Is that what you are getting at?

(i’m a post-op who literally started injecting today after a very bad few months on sublingual, and an okay but suboptimal time on patches)

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

They have a bit of wiggle room in that if the T line is as dark as the C line then you are DEFINITELY menopausal. If it’s not visible at all, you’re fantastic! If it’s faint, you’re ok. If it’s almost as dark as the C line, you’re probably perimenopausal.

This one is positive for menopause.

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

That was on 6mg oral.

This one on 8mg sublingual is negative.

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

If the test is on the edge, in the UK you can get an actual female hormone blood test which includes FSH and others from Randox for £41

goatsarah.org•1 day ago

They won’t send the results to your GP, so you don’t need to cheat.

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