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Originally Posted by Machka
The way yours is going is normal for women who do a lot of exercise, or more exercise than they are used to doing. The way mine is going is just weird ... and also very, very annoying.
Sounds like your endocrine system is producing more estrogen instead of flipping to androgen under heavy physical stress, and it's not that uncommon, Machka. The slower cycle though is caused by androgen production converting the estrogen to testosterone (Yes, women produce it too!). The gonadotropin cycle is strange sometimes, to say the least. The other alternative is that you produce lower levels of androgen than normal....or it could also be diet related if you eat a lot of processed soy products. (I was most of the way through a Nursing degree when I switched to psychology).
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