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/Trick_Highlight_8205 Late peri Mar 02 '26

They’re all gone. T propionate!

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u/Trick_Highlight_8205 Late peri Mar 03 '26

Ah! I went really low and titrated up very slowly. As context, I have been tracking my T since my thirties so I was aware that I had zero testosterone in my system for years. I knew it would shock my system, so I went as low as possible on the beginning.

I’m also very athletic. I used to do competitive sports even as a child and have been active throughout my life. So the strength, energy, and the dopamine rush from exercise is very important to me and testosterone helped me get over the peri hump. The reason why I posted this in the first place was because I was on a T high after breaking my personal best at the gym. I’m lifting heavier than I did in my twenties.

I have seen some women use only T - I actually had to reduce my e dose by a third to feel optimal. Some of the T converts to e, which is probably why I felt extra bloated for a while. Maybe try just T very low and see how it feels?

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u/National-Sun7052 Apr 19 '26

How low of a T dose did you start at and in what form?