Hello, I’m wondering who here is on Testosterone but not Estrogen, or should I say who here has high Testosterone but low Estrogen….how do you feel? Are you getting adequate benefits from T alone, or do you feel like you need E too?
Ok so I have been on HRT journey for 2 years now. Ive been doing testosterone cream, estrogen cream, and oral progesterone. My estrogen and progesterone are at normal ish levels (could be better). But my testosterone has not improved even the slightest. My doctor recommended increasing to an extra click (sorry dont have doses memorized right now im not at home). And so its been several months later and im feeling like crap again. Day 8 of my cycle. Low mood zero sex drive massive fatigue nausea and no im not sick. This happened last month too. Luckily I have an appt with her in a couple weeks. Im wondering what method worked best for you? I honestly think at this point creams arent doing anything at least on the testosterone side. Should I ask my doctor about patches next??
My post was removed from the Menopause subreddit so I am hoping I am in the right place to discuss this.
When I first started T, it was a compound cream. It made me feel so much better! But after 3 months, things just kinda went back to my new (low libido) “normal”.
My OBGYN then had me try Biote. After 3 months, I really don’t feel like it did anything. A friend said she didn’t feel it start working until the 2nd round.
Can anyone using pellets confirm this?
I am thinking of going back on the cream at a higher dose. I hated the pellet insertion process. I bruise easily and am a bleeder so after insertion, I bled through the bandages, through my mattress pad all the way to my mattress. It was a lot. And now there is a lump where the pellet was injected.
Will the pellet ever get fully absorbed and the lump go away?
TIA!
As part of HRT:for low libido - I’ve been taking testogel for 2 weeks or so (pea size a day). It’s been brilliant for energy, helping with brain fog, sleep improvement (still waiting on the libido). I’m on 100 Evorel and have a Mirena. Thing is the rage that has subsided with a higher dose of E has returned. I’m due a blood test at week 12 to check my levels.
Is anger a sign that I’m absorbing too much? Should I cut back or is there a settling in period?
It would be such a shame to stop for the improvements in brain fog alone. It was so bad I thought I was loosing my mind.
Thank you.
TLDR: does anyone have mood swings on T?
I recently had tests from a urologist to explore potential for HRT and it was determined my testosterone level is very low. I had expected to most likely be put on Estrogen patch and progesterone but really didn't anticipate testosterone but the practitioner believes this will be helpful with some of the issues that I have been having.
The practitioner that I saw prescribed a testosterone gel 20.25mg/1.25 gram per pump act. (1.62%) that I can get from Walgreens and indicated one pump daily. Walgreens indicated this is a low dose as well.
Unfortunately I went down the dark scary road of googling and was told this dose is meant for a male and not suitable for a female. Can someone help me understand this discrepancy and whether it's an issue or not? I don't want to have androgenic side effects from too high dosing. I also am new to this practice and don't want to start off on the wrong foot by questioning their care protocol if there is actually no issue.
I just had my consult with Talon and was prescribed 6mg/week testosterone cyp. Waiting on the pharmacy to call me but my husband also takes testosterone so I was hoping I could use his to save money. His bottle is 200mg/ml which means I would have to actually do 3mg/week the person told me or I could do 1.5 twice weekly but he said that would be very hard to draw up in the needle. He’s asking they give me a bottle of 25 mg/ml and then I would draw up 2.5 twice a week. What does do most ladies start out on and how many use a 200mg/ml bottle or 25mg/ml? This is my first tine so I’m a little nervous.