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[AlphabettiSpaghetti]

Are you taking testosterone? Do you think it's working and if so, what does it help with? And how long did it take to feel any benefits?

I've been on tostran for a month and apart from a few days at the beginning feeling a bit more energetic, I haven't seen any spectacular changes yet. I need a bit of encouragement...

[Hurdity]

Hi there - I started a now long-running thread about T in Private Lives and I've bumped it for you and another member: https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=13.0
. Hopefully somewhere in there I;ve said when I started to feel the benefits - I know it was very very gradual unlike when you add oestrogen which is almost immediate - within days.

Basically helps with libido (or rather,. response - the crucial part  ), fatigue/exhaustion and muscle pain especially after exercise  and general get-up-and-go although I am still unable to move with tiredness in the morning when I wake but once  I've had a pint of tea brought to me by my dear husband and I'm up and about - I have plenty of energy .  I;ve been taking it for over 3 years now....

A month is nothing - I hope you are keeping a diary and especially of the symptoms which led you to start taking it in the first place..... the gynae I saw said the full effects (which are due to genetic expression and cellular changes in target tissues etc) can take up to 4-5 months so just have faith and keep on with it - hopefully not too high a dose. Especially don't be tempted to increase due to lack of results as Tostran is much stronger than the Testim/Testogel sachets/tubes.

I can't remember how much you are you using and how much oestrogen?

Also is your doc agreeing to test your levels after a few months to check you are not overdosing? Although blood tests are not very accurate (especially for T in women) it is important to test once you start supplementing.

Is this encouraging enough?!

Hurdity x

[AlphabettiSpaghetti]

Thanks hurdity. I’m on 4 pumps oestrogel daily, plus 100mg utrogestan for ten days each month. I’m just so fed up with feeling achy and knackered, and I feel very isolated and lonely going thru this as none of my frietnds are anywhere near menopausal. I began peri in mid 30s and now fully menopausal at 45. I just feel too young to be feeling like an old lady. I’m clinging on to hope that tostran will help with all these things...

[Binks]

alphabetti - if you are fully meno whic are you still cycling  oestrgoen/prog??

the prog leaves me exhausted - could it be that ?

do you have to have a T blood test to get supplementation - i think i need it  - was going to try DHEA off internet othrwise

[Binks]

Sorry ALphabetti - another question, how did you get ot be on 100mg of utrogestan, I have to take 200 and I feel awful ( so take it every three months rather then 2 weeks a month)

[Annie0710]

Give it longer , review how you feel after @ 6 months and write a list of symptoms you're hoping will vanish and look at the list at monthly intervals.  I've been on Tostran since May last year and I can still ache, make sure you're getting vit D as that can help.  Tostran helped massively with my crashing fatigue but I still can get those days.  X