I'm a 25 year old intersex woman. Born with partial androgen insensitivity. My genitals were more male than female so i was raised male. I changed my gender when I was 16. Still have testicles. Started hormone treatment at 19. Treatment was almost the same as for a transgender woman. Estrogen(pills) and an antiandrogen(Androcur).
6 months ago I quit the anti androgen and use estrogen(patches) only since then. The testosterone kept being stable (between 0.7-1.3 nmol/l) in female range for 5 months, Estrogen levels became a little too high and my gynaecologist lowered the estrogen dose.
The estrogen got down to a lower and better level and is now 240pmol/l but after 2 months of the lower dose estrogen and 6 months without antiandrogen testosterone level is now 4.1 nmol/l. Normal range for female is 0,3-3.0 nmol/l as far as I know.
I'm wondering how it can be elevated like that when it was 1.3nmol/l last month after 5 months without antiandrogens. I thought after 5 years of anti androgens and 5 months of being stable without antiandrogen it wouldn't really change again.
Before I started hormone treatment my testosterone level was 12 nmol/l but because of my partial insensitivity to androgens I didn't get into male puberty. Because an orchidectomy isn't possible for now I still have my testicles.
Even though partial insensitivity to androgens Is there any possibility of defeminization and masculinization of the body with a testosterone level of 4.1 nmol/l? If not, at what testosterone level it possibly will?
Would it be better to wait another month and see if it stabilizes, or would it be best to up the dose of estrogen to block the testosterone better,
or taking an anti androgen again?(Which I don't prefer because of the possible long term side effects)
