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Community Conversation => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Transsexual talk => Testosterone => Topic started by: nukemhi on August 14, 2016, 06:16:34 AM

Title: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: nukemhi on August 14, 2016, 06:16:34 AM
Hello. I was one day shy of 3  months on T when I started bleeding...now it's been 6 days and I'm still bleeding. Is this normal? Or do I need to get my levels checked?
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: alex10 on August 14, 2016, 06:11:07 PM
I experienced this too, and they became more and more spaced out til they stopped. My doctor told me menstrual cycles often dont stop completely until 6+ months on T
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: FTMax on August 14, 2016, 08:09:42 PM
You're probably fine. It can take up to 6 months for it to completely stop. This may be the "last hurrah" so to speak. If guys haven't stopped by 6 months and their levels otherwise look good, my doctor prescribes depo provera shots to knock it out.

You should be getting your levels checked quarterly, so if you haven't had them assessed recently I would maybe consider doing that just to see how things are looking.
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: nukemhi on August 15, 2016, 03:31:53 AM
Had my levels checked last month...Dr said they were perfect
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: nukemhi on August 18, 2016, 07:29:07 AM
Day ten of bleeding....got my levels checked yesterday...hoping I get the results today
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: mm on August 18, 2016, 12:16:23 PM
how much bleeding are you having, number of pads or tampons?  Most times it is more of an inconvience and bleeding is one thing we want done ASAP.
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: nukemhi on August 19, 2016, 04:18:03 AM
It's spotting actually...but still.
I won't get my full results until next week I found that out yesterday.
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: FTMax on August 19, 2016, 11:16:09 AM
Is ten days straight typical for how it was for you pre-T? That is more than double what I was averaging, and seems like a big red flag.
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: nukemhi on August 19, 2016, 04:38:00 PM
Pre t, I bled maybe 4-5 days. But I was on the repo shot in March.
Anyway the Dr called me this morning with the results. I was told to up my dose of androgel because my t levels were only in the 300s. So imma see how this works.
Title: Re: is it normal to start spotting and cramping AFTER 3 months on T?
Post by: FTMax on August 20, 2016, 10:02:18 AM
I hope that works for you!