Is T why I'm getting worse?
I'm currently 19, I've been on a hormone blocker since I was 13, and started T a few years ago. I'm currently diagnosed with HSD, but my doctor is pretty confident that it's another connective tissue disorder, which I'm undergoing genetic testing for (I personally suspect clEDS).
I've always had signs of chronic illness, but it didn't start to get bad until the last few months.
I have a horrible memory (yay dissociation 😛) so I don't remember if increasing my T (I was on a really, really low dose until a year or two ago) lines up with my worsening symptoms. I do think I started to develop PoTS around the time that I increased my T dosage a year or two ago.
Has anyone experienced T making their symptoms worse? If so, has anything made it better?
Posted Sep 17, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC