What sort of problems a woman with higher testosterone level may go through?
I’ve heard women with higher testosterone level are more likely to give birth to boys, is it true?
Btw, how do doctors determine your hormone level? by a blood test?
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they are hairier...and hornier........
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Yeah hairiness and anger are common symptoms, didn't know about the horniness though.
What sort of treatment options are available for a person suffering from it?
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wait for the daactars :@: (but not the students....they be half cooked :D)
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Acne, increased muscle mass, deepening of voice, hirsutism (excessive hairiness), increased perspiration, thinning of scalp hair, change in body shape, reduced breast size, anger and frustration, greater libido are all symptoms of high levels of testosterone in a woman's body. Women with greater levels of testosterone apparently produce smaller babies (according to one study).
Apparently regular exercise and a healthy balanced diet can improve the condition. Oral contraceptives and other sorts of medication might also be used as treatment.
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Yah, blood test, can also be saliva test I believe.
Higher testosterone - aggressiveness, irritability, excess hair and the stuff marmalade said. Depends on the individual.
I know you did not like St. John’s Wort because it made your period early but that’s all part of the process of balancing your hormones. I would advise trying it again because you really need to give it a few months and hopefully the periods will settle down amongst the other things.
However, if you want the hormone tests, do that first as you shouldn’t be on anything for them. If they do find your testosterone levels are elevated, usually they will just put you on an anti androgenic progesterone bcpill anyway. Which, I imagine you don’t want to go on. I know you complained that they give you headaches, but every pill is different in the way it will effect you, so the one your doctor recommends might not be the same one you tried last time.
So, other than the pill, your solution will come back to St. John’s Wort. Or you could try drinking spearmint tea daily but this has only been shown to reduce free testosterone but you do need to exercise caution.
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Thanks marmalade and stoppit.
stoppit, yes St. John’s Wort did worry me a bit but I think I’ll start taking it even more regularly. I think I should go for a test also, I do get some of these symptoms on temporary basis like for two weeks before the menstrual cycle.
The symptoms of high level testosterone are very scary, I love my voice and would never want a bloke’s voice. :no:
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I have heard that some females can develop extra body parts as a result of high testosterone.
Be careful.
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Provide a reference, otherwise I’ll delete your post.
It’s a serious topic for God’s sake. 
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I don’t have a reference. Just hearsay and could very well be wrong as it often is with hearsay.
If it is a serious condition, please get in touch with your doctor instead of GS.
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I don't have a reference. Just hearsay and could very well be wrong as it often is with hearsay.
If it is a serious condition, please get in touch with your doctor instead of GS.
There is nothing wrong in discussing a problem that I think I might have I might not have, doctors don't always have solutions to your problems, in fact I've found the advice given by some respectable members here very beneficial a number of times for various issues. That's the whole point of this forum buddy, to discuss your concerns without getting judged and to learn from each others' experiences.
What sounds to you funny might be a vital issue for someone else, seriously only a sicko will find something like that funny.
If you don't have anything valuable to add to the topic then don't bother posting at all. Next time you will get warning points.
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My dad's close friend is a doctor. He's Egyptian and he was telling my husband (also a doc) that in Egypt they have saying that if you want help with a condition, find someone who has has experience with that problem, not a doctor. He was trying to tell my husband that a doctor is only as good as his or her experiences. There are some things, especially hormone related that are not well understood and just have medication thrown at them that you will have to take for the rest of your life because other methods are too time consuming. Many with slightly elevated testosterone will not want to take contraceptive pills for the rest of their life to keep hormones in balance. In that case, people will naturally turn to alternative methods or just live with the consequences.
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^ agree, no Dr would consider my thyroid result as abnormal, until I went to one that not only suffers herself, but is a specialist in that area, and guess what? she said you have a problem, which a normal Dr would probably not prescribe, however I do not read this as within the perfect range.
I have to say I also fear the testosterone factor, (mostly due to my hairloss), however Doc said when Im not trying for a baby to come back and she would tests that would indicate if there was a elevated testoterone problem.
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^Yah, it's very common unfortunately. I'm glad you found a specialist. GP's cannot usually do the investigation needed unless someone's results are glaringly abnormality, so if one suspects something is not right, push for a specialist referral.
I had something which isn't even that uncommon but I was misdiagnosed for years. I eventually pushed for to see a specialist and was diagnosed and treated right away.
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There is nothing wrong in discussing a problem that I think I might have I might not have, doctors don't always have solutions to your problems, in fact I've found the advice given by some respectable members here very beneficial a number of times for various issues. That's the whole point of this forum buddy, to discuss your concerns without getting judged and to learn from each others' experiences.
What sounds to you funny might be a vital issue for someone else, seriously only a sicko will find something like that funny.
If you don't have anything valuable to add to the topic then don't bother posting at all. Next time you will get warning points.
I think what he meant to say was that excessive testosterone (like INSANE amounts, the amounts administered by a doctor only in sex-change procedures) can turn the clitoris into a penis.
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I think what he meant to say was that excessive testosterone (like INSANE amounts, the amounts administered by a doctor only in sex-change procedures) can turn the clitoris into a penis.
No, he didn't say that even if he did he was being weird by saying "be careful" and then "don't talk about it here, talk to your doctor etc".
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Thanks stoppit and clothesmade for sharing your knowledge.
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mm how would anyone have high testosterone? maybes theres an ovarian tumor?
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mm how would anyone have high testosterone? maybes theres an ovarian tumor?
Of course you can. Hormones are easily affected by things like weight gain, genetics and even diet and lifestyle. Also, there is a disorder by the name of PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) which messes up your hormones and can lower estrogen and increase testosterone and then things which are symptoms of high testosterone levels start happening, the ones mentioned way up there.