u/Justkeeponliving

I can't take this anymore. I was on 36mg and hoped moving down to 27mg last week would fix this but I can't even handle the sound of my cat licking himself on the other side of the room. I can't handle my boyfriend opening the trash can or doing dishes or doing pretty much anything near me on this medication. I just feel rage and it is scaring me. Yes I am autistic and baseline noise sensitive but it has never been this awful. I don't feel like myself anymore.

Obviously concerta isn't working for me, but I have a final next week and I really can't afford to make changes or quit before I'm done because it is actually still helping my study habits, I just feel miserable and terrified I'm going to destroy my relationship. How do I survive this??

I was on 3 pumps daily with no issues before moving and prior to this I was on intramuscular injections.

My doctor from the US wrote a notarized letter stating how long she had been treating me for gender dysphoria and at what dosages for gel or shots. Once I got here I had to fight like HELL to get my GP to agree to a "bridging prescription" under the guidance of the local gender clinic (which I'll probably never get an actual appointment with) and guess what dose they gave me? 2 pumps daily.

I have endometriosis and having my period return has been hell on earth. It took MONTHS to convince them to raise my dosage back to 3 pumps. The GP is so clueless he said "look your levels are really high!!" in reference to the FEMALE range when in fact it was still lower than the bottom of average for cis men. I wasted so much time arguing with receptionists, spent hours on hold, two blood draws and my GP wanting me to wait for him to get further guidance from the gender clinic...

Once they finally agreed to raise the doseage, they screwed it up and actually only changed the instructions to "3 pumps daily" but wrote the prescription for only one bottle which lasts one month exactly at 2 daily, so they only wrote 3 weeks worth for 3 pumps...

I thought my nightmare was finally over once it was fixed, but my period has never stopped or slowed down even after months at the right dose (my period quit IMMEDIATELY back in the US) and I have no idea why since it is 3 pumps from the same 88g size bottle.

I'm at my wits end. It's not just spotting, it is a full blown cycle with me feeling myself ovulate and experience symptoms as if I wasn't on T at all. I have PMDD and I feel so unstable half the time and in excruciating pain on my periods. I don't tolerate any form of hormonal birth control, I've tried most and am not willing to try another.

Is something different about the way UK Testogel is formulated??

I am considering asking if I can switch to injections but I'm sure another change will be a horrendous experience (again), and I am concerned how I would react if they prescribed it to be injected monthly as I am used to weekly.

But hey, my GP is prescribing HRT, so I guess I am "one of the lucky ones".