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[Postmeno3]

Hi. Frequently, on reading through posts, I'm aware that many of you ladies seem to have precise readings of your hormone levels. Others are thrashing around in the dark, it seems! Preferring to be the former rather than the latter, how do you know your levels? Is this through specialists? My gp says it's not possible to test for levels.
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[CherrySG]

Same here, I've been on hrt for a year, but no idea what my levels are. GPS.don't seem to take them.

[KarineT]

I would like to be able to see what my hormones are doing without having an expensive blood test every time.  I would like to see if my hormones are continuing to drop.  I wouldn"t have thought that they are fluctuating that much because I am, hopefully, postmeno - I haven't had a period for 13 months.  If I can establish whether they are fluctuating or dropping, that might explain why I get symptoms or not.  BTW, I was told that we get symptoms when our hormones are low.

[KarineT]

I am not on HRT.

[sheila99]

It's NHS policy to treat the symptoms and not test levels. If you want to know you usually have to pay for it yourself. My new GP did test my testosterone levels even though I'd been on it for 2 years but oestrogen has never been tested.