Re: Testosterone Dosing

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Hi Jane,

It may be that your T cream does not absorb well for you. Maybe you

are not absorbing your full dose? If you ever switch pharmacies, I

would consider the possibility that your current T is " weak " and then

new T could be " strong " and be careful at the beginning of the switch.

I think it would be a good idea to get a blood test for your personal

reference just to make sure that you are not too high. I know in

Reiss's first book he mentions that some women can take too much T and

not have adverse side effects. It would probably be a good idea just

to make sure that you are not one of those women that he is talking

about. Also, if you get a lower number you will know that either you

are not absorbing well or your T is not very strong.

I would prefer you doctor who is not going by the numbers though. I

do not like the idea of a doctor micro managing me just because of

numbers on a blood test.

For the chin hairs you could try a home electrolysis unit! I have one

and it works although it is painful. Folica.com beauty supply used to

carry my unit but it has been discontinued, they have a new unit

though that may work.

My T does help with orgasm if applied directly on the C area. I am

certain it is not just the " rubbing " it on. I frequently forget to

apply it before sex and I can definitely tell the difference with and

without extra T. I can also tell the difference with O depending on

the time of day. I only apply my T once a day in the morning. If I

have sex in the morning before my application, the help it gives me

for O is much less than if I had sex in the afternoon a few hours

after application. I have tried spitting my dose into morning and

bedtime application but I have found that T wakes me up at night and

it is harder to sleep. Now than I am taking some Armour I may try

again and see if I still have the sleep issues.

I would like to take more T. I just wish I was not so sensitive to

acne. When I was younger and had my hormones, I used to have frequent

breakouts and had non-stop mild acne issues. I know that I must have

had more T then because of the acne thing. Also, when I was younger I

used to be able to have multiple Os during sex. Now one is the

number. I am thankful for the one though because without the T the

number is zero!

Kathy

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>

> Hi Kathy,

>

> Just to be sure we're on the same page, here's what I take:

>

> Testosterone Versabase 1.6% cream

> Insert 0.5 grams (8mg) vaginally daily

>

> I started out using it vaginally but now I actually am trying it

> topically; some I put on the usual spots (i.e. back of my ankles or

even

> my wrists) and a little I put directly on my " C " if I want more libido

> (it DOES seem to help my orgasmic ability, although how much is from

the

> T and how much is an effect of rubbing in a very excellent lubricating

> cream, I don't really know).

>

> Anyway, I started out, I think, with 4 mg, which I barely noticed. Then

> 6 mg, with only partial improvement (my main goal being to regain

> libido...and, also, to hopefully offset some of P's potentially

negative

> effects such as abdominal weight gain). I'm not really sure that the 8

> mg is affecting me much more than 6 mg, maybe because the vaginal cream

> doesn't absorb as well (vaginally OR topically) as the topical cream

> did, which was 6 mg.

>

> My side effects are minimal as far as I can tell. I don't get acne (and

> I used to have very bad cystic acne when I was in my teens, twenties

and

> even into my thirties). I have a few chin hairs that I pluck, but I

> started getting those five years ago before I was using T. But if these

> ARE a result of T, I'd rather just keep plucking than have no libido.

>

> Does it affect my anger or " violence " or " agression " tendencies? I

don't

> know....I don't THINK so...though maybe it could be in some subtle ways

> that I don't realize.... I don't think so, though.

>

> Of the two different doctors I've seen who have prescribed bioidentical

> hormones to me, one said: " I wouldn't want you to go higher than this

> without first having your T level tested (a blood test). " The other

> said, " The tests are irrelevant; you have to go by how you feel. "

>

> I'm giving it more time before I make any decisions about whether or

not

> to try going any higher (and I suppose I'd probably get tested, since I

> need to have some other blood tests, anyway).

>

> Jane

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> >

> > Kathy

> >

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > > A question:

> > >

> > > I'm 55, postmenopausal, and have been experimenting with different

> > > amounts of Prometrium and with how often I take it. Over the

course of

> > > the last nine months, I've tried, in this order:

> > >

> > > 1. 200 mg 14 days on/then off

> > > 2. 200 mg a day, continuously

> > > 3. 100 mg a day, continuously

> > > 4. 100 mg a day for 14 days, then off for 14 days

> > >

> > > The last combo (#4) was recent. When I went off of it for 14 days, I

> > > felt fine. When I started it up again, however, I experienced very

> > light

> > > spotting for about a week (by spotting, I mean that there would be

> > > brownish blood when I wiped after urinating...never enough to

require

> > > wearing a pad of any kind).

> > >

> > > My gut feeling and assumption is that this spotting was caused by

> > > hormonal shifting...from being on it then going off, then going

back on.

> > >

> > > However, I'm wondering if I'm being naive or not cautious

enough, re:

> > > concerns about cervical hyperplasia or worse....given that I AM

> > > definitely postmenopausal.

> > >

> > > Can anyone comment on this?

> > >

> > > Oh, I should add that I also do take estradiol (Vivelle patch

twice a

> > > week, 1.0 strength) and bioidentical T cream, 8 mg a day.

> > >

> > > Many thanks,

> > > Jane U.

> > >

> >

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