Testosterone

I am menopausal.

I take oestrogen and progesterone.

I hear progesterone is a nightmare for us benzodiazepine heads to come off.

Would asking my GP for testosterone affect my taper and be a nightmare to come off?

Thanks

You need to get a hormone panel done if you think your low testosterone is low.

Women do produce testosterone but in very low quantities compared to a male. It is possible that your testosterone is low, but it's not highly likely. The only way to know is to get lab work done. You really can't diagnose these things by symptoms.

You need to get a hormone panel done if you think your low testosterone is low.

 

Women do produce testosterone but in very low quantities compared to a male. It is possible that your testosterone is low, but it's not highly likely. The only way to know is to get lab work done. You really can't diagnose these things by symptoms.

we don't do panels on the NHS, it's a one-size-fits-all thing and if your GP agrees you get testosterone, it's even a hassle for some to get HRT.

When I got it 13 years ago, it was a right hassle getting the right one, I did not absorb the oestrogen in the pills, then they would only give me 25mcg patches, my flushes were so bad I needed 100mcg back then.

I hear it's related to sex drive, I am not sexually active, mine was ok when I was seeing a bloke last year, not that we got round to sex as he forgot he to tell me a small detail about his home life, another woman

You need to get a hormone panel done if you think your low testosterone is low.

 

Women do produce testosterone but in very low quantities compared to a male. It is possible that your testosterone is low, but it's not highly likely. The only way to know is to get lab work done. You really can't diagnose these things by symptoms.

we don't do panels on the NHS, it's a one-size-fits-all thing and if your GP agrees you get testosterone, it's even a hassle for some to get HRT.

When I got it 13 years ago, it was a right hassle getting the right one, I did not absorb the oestrogen in the pills, then they would only give me 25mcg patches, my flushes were so bad I needed 100mcg back then.

I hear it's related to sex drive, I am not sexually active, mine was ok when I was seeing a bloke last year, not that we got round to sex as he forgot he to tell me a small detail about his home life, another woman

Are you saying that GPs write prescriptions for sex hormones without actually establishing what your hormone levels are? They just guess? That seems foolish and economically wasteful at the same time. These test are not expensive. And if you prevent putting someone on HRT (likely for the rest of their life) that they don't actually need you are saving far more money than you are spending on testing.

I really doubt you could diagnosis testosterone insufficiency in most women via symptoms alone. And if you just guessed that they were deficient in testosterone, you'd have no way to dial in the dose once you put them on it without testing.

Doesn't seem like any way to run a railroad.

You need to get a hormone panel done if you think your low testosterone is low.

 

Women do produce testosterone but in very low quantities compared to a male. It is possible that your testosterone is low, but it's not highly likely. The only way to know is to get lab work done. You really can't diagnose these things by symptoms.

we don't do panels on the NHS, it's a one-size-fits-all thing and if your GP agrees you get testosterone, it's even a hassle for some to get HRT.

When I got it 13 years ago, it was a right hassle getting the right one, I did not absorb the oestrogen in the pills, then they would only give me 25mcg patches, my flushes were so bad I needed 100mcg back then.

I hear it's related to sex drive, I am not sexually active, mine was ok when I was seeing a bloke last year, not that we got round to sex as he forgot he to tell me a small detail about his home life, another woman

 

Are you saying that GPs write prescriptions for sex hormones without actually establishing what your hormone levels are? They just guess? That seems foolish and economically wasteful at the same time. These test are not expensive. And if you prevent putting someone on HRT (likely for the rest of their life) that they don't actually need you are saving far more money than you are spending on testing.

 

I really doubt you could diagnosis testosterone insufficiency in most women via symptoms alone. And if you just guessed that they were deficient in testosterone, you'd have no way to dial in the dose once you put them on it without testing.

 

Doesn't seem like any way to run a railroad.

It's more one-size-fits-all in the UK NHS

I got bloods taken to determine if I was in peri in 2009.

I understand that the hormones fluctuate and mine showed the doctor equivocal, meaning, not sure.

She gave me HRT after feeling my sweaty neck.

I bleed on any estradiol over 50mcg, so I got reduced to 25mcg.

If I went back up to 50mcg, the bleeds would just come back.

Some doctors are still of the opinion HRT is risky, I had a hassle getting the hrt I needed right upto 2014/5

I know some women get testogel here, I don't know what they do to get it.

I don't think my libido is down, I am single right now, it didn't seem low when I was seeing a man last year.

I take avena sativa, which is supposed to raise testosterone.