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I’ve been on HRT for 6 months, with 5mg weekly injections for the last 3 of those months.
3 months ago, my E was 22 pg/ml, now it is 333 pg/ml.
Doctor says that is too high and is going to to reduce me to a “maintenance dose”. Just wanted to check with other people if this is consistent with their experiences. Thanks!

  • Lily [she/her, pup/pup's]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 hours ago

    it’s really important to have your blood tests done right in the middle of your dosage schedule.

    id argue its more important to have blood testing done at the very end of the schedule when levels are lowest, but both values are useful to have. even if your peak is a little high, if your trough is too low you should up your dose anyway (though this is unlikely to be the case unless youre taking EV). plus if your peak is a high but your T level is too high and youre doing mono youll want to up your dose anyway. its nice to have but not nearly as valuable as trough levels in managing your dosage.