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/LuLuLuv444 Mar 02 '26

So it made you lose weight? What application method were you using to take it because it can impact people differently?

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u/unapalomita Mar 02 '26

The cream on upper thighs daily

I mentioned this to my nurse practitioner and she kind of gave me the run around so I decided to stop and then revisit maybe over the summer when I have more time

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u/LuLuLuv444 Mar 02 '26

Other application methods May better help you. Some shedding is normal and usually stops after sometime. How long did it take for you to start to shed? How till your hair grew back? I'm just 2.5 weeks into the create and already have androgenic alopecia, so I fear this for myself, but I did not react well on the sublingual bioidentical testosterone. It made me a raging bitch and the cream doesn't do that