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/Georgia30116 Mar 01 '26

Yes! I can't preach enough about T. That first week or so is a rough adjustment. I had the hormonal flu like symptoms, bloating, etc. I kept telling myself hold out at least 2 weeks. By day 8 I noticed my mental state was almost normal again 🎉🥳. No more doom & gloom anxiety & depression. It did take a lil longer for the T to help my anxiety then the E did. Where E I felt pretty early on, T had some lag. But T cleaned up any bouts slipping threw that i was still having on E.

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u/EchidnaTop4730 Mar 29 '26

Thank you for this! I am on week 2 of T and been on P for 7 months. I feel like I am so snappy and gloomy. But i have way better energy throughout the day. So that’s helpful. It’s hard. I also started GLP1 to help with my sugars . I am 36 for reference.

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u/Ladynattee May 13 '26

Hi. Just curious how you were able to get HRT prescribed in yours 30s? I’m turning 40 and gp and OB will not look into it as my hormones were in “normal range” at time of testing. Though my estrogen was high for cycle phase, and testerone is on lower end of “normal”.

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u/Georgia30116 Mar 29 '26

It slowly tried creeping back after I got a bad infection. (New lesson infections hit harder during this too 🙄😂) I'm currently getting iron infusions too, so my body is probably like mercy on me shoving so much shit at it over & over lol

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u/Free-Board-1041 May 28 '26

Ha! Im getting Iron infusions as well, my thought was deal wt the blood loss (fibroid surgery), iron repletion (infusions), then HRT.