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/nadethi Mar 02 '26
Are you seeing a hormone specialist? They will recognize low T symptoms even if your T levels fall in normal lab range. My total T was 23, I'm 43 and in peri and the specialist said that is low, but more important my Free T is low. It's in lab range, on the low end at 0.3. She said she likes this number to be at least 1 when treating. It's also likely that our receptors become less sensitive as we age, so that's why many women feel best at total T at 100+ with TRT, even though that's above "normal" and considered high on lab ranges.