the reasoning i’ve heard has nothing to do with conversion to T, but that excessively high E levels will cause your body to attempt to get rid of the excess sex hormones by ramping up SHBG production, and if this reaction is strong enough you end up with less free estradiol than if you were taking a smaller dose. that said, this is just something i’ve overheard from other transfems, i don’t know if this is backed up by research, nor what E levels would be necessary to achieve that.
I agree that higher E levels will lead to higher SHBG levels, but I’m very skeptical that this would on net result in lower free estradiol levels on net.
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Don’t confuse T and E. Excess T gets converted to E. There is no reverse mechanism.
the reasoning i’ve heard has nothing to do with conversion to T, but that excessively high E levels will cause your body to attempt to get rid of the excess sex hormones by ramping up SHBG production, and if this reaction is strong enough you end up with less free estradiol than if you were taking a smaller dose. that said, this is just something i’ve overheard from other transfems, i don’t know if this is backed up by research, nor what E levels would be necessary to achieve that.
I agree that higher E levels will lead to higher SHBG levels, but I’m very skeptical that this would on net result in lower free estradiol levels on net.