Hello all!
I’m a 53 year old female counting months to see if I’m truly in menopause. I blew straight through peri, I believe, without realizing it because I was taking an oral birth control pill (which I have now discontinued). I have adrenal insufficiency and my adrenals don’t produce DHEA, therefore, my T is nonexistent.
I have been chasing after a resolution through T supplementation for a year and a half now. I started with cream, gradually increasing dose up to 10mg per day. Then, I went to sublingual troches, the equivalent of 10mg a day. Neither resolved lack of libido, muscle weakness, etc.
I changed providers to one who would prescribe injections, and she started me on test cyp 5mg, twice a week. No improvement in symptoms. We fiddled around with estrogen patches and progesterone pills, changing dose, etc, but still didn’t find resolution. My provider gave me free rein to experiment with upping my test cyp injection and just told me what signs to watch for in terms of over replacement. My blood levels looked much better on the injections vs cream or troches, but I still only had a T of 60 when she said I could go as high as 180 (ultimately, she cares less about numbers and more about results).
At first, I experimented with 6mg twice a week. Still no change. Then, I went to 7mg twice a week. Started to feel a little better, but still not there. Last week, I went to 8mg twice a week and BOOM, results. I was like a sex kitten last week with my libido and my muscles felt better and hot flashes better. But, I’m concerned to be injecting that high as it seems the average woman is good on 10mg per week. I also have one additional question.
Is 16mg a week just way too much for a woman? I have no acne, excess hair, etc. I’m just feeling better.
A second issue I’m having is that it takes about 12 hours to kick in after injection, I spend 2 days feeling great, then a day feeling like total crap again before I inject. Is it reasonable to take that 16mg and divide by 3 and inject 3 times a week instead of two,to keep the levels more stable in my bloodstream?
Thank you for any and all feedback! 🤗