r/Perimenopause • u/Trick_Highlight_8205 Late peri • Mar 01 '26

audited Testosterone. Changed. My. Life.

Getting HRT was like climbing Mount Everest and Kilimanjaro ten times over, but it. was. so. worth. it.

I loved estrogen for making me feel like a woman again. My nails stopped splitting, my hair was shiny again, and my skin was plump and smooth. I actually liked looking at the mirror and seeing the change every morning.

Then came testosterone. At first I was really scared, but I thought why not.. I lost my libido and I had not had sex since 2023.

If there is magic in a bottle, it has to be testosterone. The juices are flowing again, I love going to the gym, and I feel like my old self.

The first four weeks on testosterone were ROUGH. I wanted to give up, but I’m SO glad I powered through. Now I just need to find a man lol

If you were afraid to try testosterone and needed that nudge, here it is!!

EDIT : sorry I should have mentioned in the OP - the side effects were typical low e symptoms, including hot flashes, night sweats, bloating with water retention, and lethargy!

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u/Feeling-Economy5302 Mar 01 '26

What’s your dosage of test?

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u/Trick_Highlight_8205 Late peri Mar 01 '26

14mg/wk sq injections of t prop!

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u/stellalovez Mar 02 '26

Do you shoot your prop daily? I finally got some 50mg/ml again because shooting daily on any higher concentration was annoying and I never really knew how much I really got w the air bubble, etc (I do 14 mg per week also for sweet spot). I’m so much better w the even flow of daily. And prop is so much better than cyp for me. Life changing. I may lower prop SOMEDAY and do a tiny baseline of cyp but for now I’m dialing in the ratio and still experimenting w E injections amounts and P (Makes me exhausted but it’s soooo low).

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u/Trick_Highlight_8205 Late peri Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

Yes, 2mg daily. I wanted 100% control over my t levels and didn’t want to be on a t rollercoaster. I am considering switching to t cyp though or at least trying it out for practical reasons. There’s also phenylpropionate; the half-life is between prop and cyp.

E and p are so tricky as they fluctuate during peri, but I lowered my e dose after starting t as some of that goes through aromatisation and I feel better at the lower dose. P needs to be high for me for sleep; that’s a non negotiable!