Hi there all:) A couple of years back, I'd already been through menopause (I'm now 60) and was coping fine. Then a cyst was found on one of my ovaries and I was recommended to have them both removed, to avoid the 'danger of cancer' in the healthy ovary. I agreed to this and discovered six months later how very bad this was for my still healthy libido, which completely vanished! Because of this, I was put onto oestrogen to increase available testosterone but this didn't work and now I've been using Testogel to increase testosterone for ten months, even though my actual measured testosterone levels had been normal. Since starting I've had low-level itching in my scalp and especially the area around my anus. The latter is intense enough to wake me at night, when I've started to use ice cubes to soothe and calm the area down. I often find that having woken I can't get back to sleep and I'm feeling tired! I want to reduce my dose but worry this will affect my libido, which has improved since starting the testosterone. Does anyone recognise these particular symptoms?
