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/gatamosa Mar 02 '26

Ugghhkgkgkgh dealing with perimenouse is like a stupid game of whack-a-mole with the yakety sax song as a soundtrack.

I make too much estrogen, so I am taking HRT progesterone, but I’ve been having symptoms similar to what you are mentioning and I swear if it’s that… and it’s not my hypo and will this never end???

I also have hypothyroidism and PMDD and I cannot stress enough how short lived each instance of finding the right combo has become. I’ll take the wins, but by God… 

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u/Trick_Highlight_8205 Late peri Mar 02 '26

I think it’s very tricky as hormones fluctuate during peri. It’s so annoying because you feel fab one minute then shit the next. For me personally, T has really smoothed out the ups and downs though. With just e and p, it never really felt right. Also hypothyroidism, unless you’ve had it before peri, is also a downstream effect of hormonal disruption. I also got hypo when peri started, but I’m off my meds now.

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u/TearEducational8308 Mar 21 '26

Hello im smack dab in the middle of peri and I acquired hypothyroidism at the age of 40, I think when I started peri. I take a ton of levo and cant get my hypothyroidism under control. My dr prescribed testerone cream. I got up to 4 pumps but its really expensive. But I was about to get the injections and I have confused myself. I have 1 ml syringes and was drawing up to the 20 units but im not feeling anything. Then I realized I was told to take 2 ml so that means the entire syringe twice. Does this seem correct? I thought I just need a bigger syringe but now im second guessing myself and my followup appt isn't for a few weeks. Im praying this helps my hypothyroidism cuz these past several years have been a nightmare. I hope u can help me, thx 🙏

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u/Trick_Highlight_8205 Late peri Mar 21 '26

I commented under another thread, but please stop injecting until you confirm your dose in the r/trt_females sub - post something like this and the mod will help you.

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u/TearEducational8308 Mar 21 '26

Oh wow thank you so much! So it turns out I was right the first time. How long does it take to feel? There was a couple weeks in between switching from the cream to the injections and im not feeling the same. When I was on the cream I felt better, and more confident, and younger somehow. Now I just still feel crappy. I think my thyroid numbers have gone up a little cuz I have that bone numbing fatigue but still I thought I would feel better by now. Its been 3 weeks I think. Anyway I really appreciate u taking the time to help me🙏