Just curious if anyone has any information or anecdotes about a potential link between the two, thoughts on the possibility that PCOS could be a kind of mild intersex condition, or anything else.
Earlier I was thinking about my natural T levels, and how my husband has said that since going off birth control several years ago I started smelling like a guy - my baseline body odor, my sweat, even my urine all smelled stronger to him. (A jarring turn-off for him and a source of embarrassment for me at the time.) He has a very sensitive nose while I can't smell very much at all, so the implications of this interest me. I have other indicators of elevated T levels: more body hair, acne around the jaw and chin that appears around ovulation - pretty sure the timing corresponded pre-hysto at any rate - and a few other things. My lower-than-average voice might be an effect, or it might be just the fact that I socialized as a guy through my childhood and teenage years and unconsciously trained my voice lower.
Any guys here deal with PCOS before transitioning or have some useful links about this? I was glancing at some studies but they all seemed to be about the effects of HRT on the ovaries AFTER the fact, not the rate of previously-diagnosed PCOS among transmen.
