Moving from testosterone pellets to inections?

[Grey Spartan]

Interesting. Good to know. My wife was at 20mg of Test C per week. In the last 6 weeks, we have been at 10 mg per week. At 10mg, she dosen't have the drive she use too. She especially feels it in her sex drive, which she has now lost. She want s to go back up, because at 54, she/we were having a blast in the bedroom.

What was the change in blood work?

 

[969C1]

What was the change in blood work?

We are leaving a week ahead of the American Thanksgiving Monday night to visit the inlaws. Once we get back, we are both booking our 6 months bloodwork with Teletest to check. For her, we wanted to give several weeks to let her system adjust and stabilize with the reduction in T before we go for bloodwork.
Again, if everything comes back decent, she will be increasing back to 20 mg per week.

 

[Grey Spartan]

We are leaving a week ahead of the American Thanksgiving Monday night to visit the inlaws. Once we get back, we are both booking our 6 months bloodwork with Teletest to check. For her, we wanted to give several weeks to let her system adjust and stabilize with the reduction in T before we go for bloodwork.
Again, if everything comes back decent, she will be increasing back to 20 mg per week.

Keep us posted. I am really interested what the difference between 10mg and 20mg is on her blood work since it caused such a drastic change in her. I guess it also begs the question, did she start at 20mg or work her way up to 20mg? If she started at 20mg, was it that her body got used to that dose so now less is sub slandered? Sorry for all the questions, I'm trying to accumulate as much data to help my wife navigate the live changing landscape know as menopause.

 

[969C1]

Keep us posted. I am really interested what the difference between 10mg and 20mg is on her blood work since it caused such a drastic change in her. I guess it also begs the question, did she start at 20mg or work her way up to 20mg? If she started at 20mg, was it that her body got used to that dose so now less is sub slandered? Sorry for all the questions, I'm trying to accumulate as much data to help my wife navigate the live changing landscape know as menopause.

We started her off at 10 mg per week and she cruised on that for at least 2-3 months. Each time we upped the dose, we did it in increments of 5 mg per week. So when we went up to 15 per week, we stayed at that for about a month and then finally another 5 mg for a total of 20mg. You are correct that there is a chance the less dose is now sub slandered. So staying at the 10 per week now for a couple of months is probably good. However, her being post menopause, every women hormones could be different. They all do respond differently. There are allot of women who are at 20mg per week for years and are doing great! For my wife, that really seems to be her sweet spot.

 

[Grey Spartan]

We started her off at 10 mg per week and she cruised on that for at least 2-3 months. Each time we upped the dose, we did it in increments of 5 mg per week. So when we went up to 15 per week, we stayed at that for about a month and then finally another 5 mg for a total of 20mg. You are correct that there is a chance the less dose is now sub slandered. So staying at the 10 per week now for a couple of months is probably good. However, her being post menopause, every women hormones could be different. They all do respond differently. There are allot of women who are at 20mg per week for years and are doing great! For my wife, that really seems to be her sweet spot.

Thanks! My wife is loving 10mg at the moment. I am very hesitant to raise the dose but this info has giving me the confidence to bump up the dose if she feels like she needs it. In my research, I found most clinics start at 20mg per week. Not that they would report issues but I have not found anything referencing virilization or any other "negative" side effects at 20mg. I know all ladies are different, and some can have negative side effects on low doses. I just don't want her to experience anything irreversible that she wont psychologically be able to handle. I could care less if she has a deeper voice, larger clit or hairy back but ladies tend to be super self critical no matter how much we tell them they are awesome.

 

[969C1]

Thanks! My wife is loving 10mg at the moment. I am very hesitant to raise the dose but this info has giving me the confidence to bump up the dose if she feels like she needs it. In my research, I found most clinics start at 20mg per week. Not that they would report issues but I have not found anything referencing virilization or any other "negative" side effects at 20mg. I know all ladies are different, and some can have negative side effects on low doses. I just don't want her to experience anything irreversible that she wont psychologically be able to handle. I could care less if she has a deeper voice, larger clit or hairy back but ladies tend to be super self critical no matter how much we tell them they are awesome.

Absolutely! My wife did have minor size change down below, but she loved the benefits from it! The sensitivity was great for her! Each time we did do an increase of 5mg, it would take approx. about 2-3 weeks to notice the change. Believe me, the enhancement and joy of what 20mg did for her, she really would like to push it up to 30mg and see. I just need to be prepared to be able to stay up with her NEEDS! If we do an increase for her, I will probably up my T and Mast! I usually add in 25mg of Proviron for the first 4-6 weeks when I increase. This does seem to help me give her a run for her money.

 

[Nunya]

Thanks! My wife is loving 10mg at the moment. I am very hesitant to raise the dose but this info has giving me the confidence to bump up the dose if she feels like she needs it. In my research, I found most clinics start at 20mg per week. Not that they would report issues but I have not found anything referencing virilization or any other "negative" side effects at 20mg. I know all ladies are different, and some can have negative side effects on low doses. I just don't want her to experience anything irreversible that she wont psychologically be able to handle. I could care less if she has a deeper voice, larger clit or hairy back but ladies tend to be super self critical no matter how much we tell them they are awesome.

As we age our clitoris and vagina tend to atrophy, so a bit of clitoral growth at this stage can be a benefit

Personally, I’ve found that the more active I am, the more testosterone seems to go toward good stuff and not stuff like chin hair, etc. Now that I’m on injections and not pellets, I feel confident about the idea of varying my dose to accommodate activity levels.

I’m looking forward to my next bloodwork. I suspect that it’ll be lower than the highest high on the pellets, but I definitely have more consistent “feels” on Test P ED.

 

[michelledsmith1969]

As we age our clitoris and vagina tend to atrophy, so a bit of clitoral growth at this stage can be a benefit

Personally, I’ve found that the more active I am, the more testosterone seems to go toward good stuff and not stuff like chin hair, etc. Now that I’m on injections and not pellets, I feel confident about the idea of varying my dose to accommodate activity levels.

I’m looking forward to my next bloodwork. I suspect that it’ll be lower than the highest high on the pellets, but I definitely have more consistent “feels” on Test P ED.

May I ask where you found the injections as I seem to be having the hardest time trying to locate injectable Estradiol

 

[Grey Spartan]

May I ask where you found the injections as I seem to be having the hardest time trying to locate injectable Estradiol

Has your Doc refused to give it to you?

 

[michelledsmith1969]

Has your Doc refused to give it to you?

Yes, he has me on Premarin orally and vaginally. I've been on it for about a year and it has done nothing. I cant find another doctor because we are Tricare and he is the only PCM within 2 hours.

 

[969C1]

As we age our clitoris and vagina tend to atrophy, so a bit of clitoral growth at this stage can be a benefit

Personally, I’ve found that the more active I am, the more testosterone seems to go toward good stuff and not stuff like chin hair, etc. Now that I’m on injections and not pellets, I feel confident about the idea of varying my dose to accommodate activity levels.

I’m looking forward to my next bloodwork. I suspect that it’ll be lower than the highest high on the pellets, but I definitely have more consistent “feels” on Test P ED.

Wife and I just got our bloodwork back. Hers is spot on! Her HDL and LDL are even in a perfect range!
WE are going to up her T slightly to 25mg per week and after 4-6 weeks add in a slight dose of Mast.

 

[Nunya]

Wife and I just got our bloodwork back. Hers is spot on! Her HDL and LDL are even in a perfect range!
WE are going to up her T slightly to 25mg per week and after 4-6 weeks add in a slight dose of Mast.

Congrats on those good lipids!

 

[Nunya]

May I ask where you found the injections as I seem to be having the hardest time trying to locate injectable Estradiol

I never found injectable Estradiol at a concentration I cared about, but you can find it pretty readily if you dig in to the mtf trans community on Reddit I chose instead to stock up on raws just in case, and for the moment am using transdermal patches.