I need help re: T and sleep
I did six months of T-gel. For the first two, I applied the gel at night, and I slept TERRIBLY. For the next two, I applied it in the early afternoon and had the best sleep of my life, even better than before I was on T. For the next two months, we increased my dose, and I had to move the gel application time a little earlier, but continued sleeping amazing.
Then I had to go off it for a month. When I restarted, I asked to try injections because I was always very neurotic about the gel (time of day, cleanliness/exfoliation of shoulders, fearing accidentally getting it on my cat, worrying about sweating it off). Within a week of injections, I am back to the worst sleep of my life.
I don’t understand; I know when I‘m on the gel it’s not like my body is metabolizing it all by nighttime, right? In fact when I went off the gel, it took a full week to notice the change in my energy level and mood. So why did the gel affect my sleep in a time-dependent way (worse if applied too late, better if applied early enough) but the shots just make it terrible?
Also, I’m pretty certain the poor sleep is due to apnea, so now I get to choose- injections plus CPAP, or gel and neuroticism. I‘m not really sure which is gonna be easier to handle. Advice is welcome.