Wow, I am so sorry to hear your situation! Mine was no where near that bad. Obviously everyone reacts differently. I have actually been thinking of doing it again as the oral stuff isn't doing much and I am back to not sleeping, my skin is dry again, and not feeling the energy/strength at gym. However, I am still not sure about the prometrium as I could not stand that. I don't know it seems so unfair that they can't seem to get us balanced. I am really envious of those who go on about how well it works but I still wonder how much is a placebo effect--my dr. said there is no way anyone would feel anything immediately after the implants as they take a while to get into your body and build up so I have to laugh when I hear these women say they felt like a new person immediately. My skin was much better and I did like the increase in my muscle ability at gym--the sublingual testosterone is not giving me any of that although my libido is alittle increased--not like the pellets--still not sure whether I would want to go back to the roller coaster thing though. Asked the Dr. couldn't she just remove my uterus so I wouldn't have to take prometrium! Of course she didn't think that was a good idea. You obviously are having a bad reaction to the testosterone--my dr. likes to see it at around 80 so it's now like 49 is all that high so I think you are very sensitive to it and maybe the sublingual would have been better as it's much more gradual and you have more control. I don't know what to tell you--let me know if the progesterone cream helps--it's supposed to be calming
but just upset my stomach and made me bloating and crampy. It's too bad they have no way of seeing how people respond given the wide variation. What antidepressant are you on--is it helping--ativan is very addictive so you may want to see if there is anything else--some of the anitdepressants have a strong anti-anxiety component and they are not addictive (am a psychologist and work at mental hospital so know a lot about drugs plus have suffered low grade depression all my life so have a lot of personal experience too). ALso, it sounds like you have other physical problems that may be interacting with all hte hormones--how experienced is your hormone dr. I feel for you--my experience was not as intense a yours and only lasted a couple of weeks so I can imagine the hell you must be going through. Hang in there and tell yourself that it will eventually get better. I do hear you can't remove it--particulary once it's been in more than a couple of days. I would seriously think about finding a new Dr. Let me know how it goes. Take care.
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Wow, I am so sorry to hear your situation! Mine was no where near that bad. Obviously everyone reacts differently. I have actually been thinking of doing it again as the oral stuff isn't doing much and I am back to not sleeping, my skin is dry again, and not feeling the energy/strength at gym. However, I am still not sure about the prometrium as I could not stand that. I don't know it seems so unfair that they can't seem to get us balanced. I am really envious of those who go on about how well it works but I still wonder how much is a placebo effect--my dr. said there is no way anyone would feel anything immediately after the implants as they take a while to get into your body and build up so I have to laugh when I hear these women say they felt like a new person immediately. My skin was much better and I did like the increase in my muscle ability at gym--the sublingual testosterone is not giving me any of that although my libido is alittle increased--not like the pellets--still not sure whether I would want to go back to the roller coaster thing though. Asked the Dr. couldn't she just remove my uterus so I wouldn't have to take prometrium! Of course she didn't think that was a good idea. You obviously are having a bad reaction to the testosterone--my dr. likes to see it at around 80 so it's now like 49 is all that high so I think you are very sensitive to it and maybe the sublingual would have been better as it's much more gradual and you have more control. I don't know what to tell you--let me know if the progesterone cream helps--it's supposed to be calming
but just upset my stomach and made me bloating and crampy. It's too bad they have no way of seeing how people respond given the wide variation. What antidepressant are you on--is it helping--ativan is very addictive so you may want to see if there is anything else--some of the anitdepressants have a strong anti-anxiety component and they are not addictive (am a psychologist and work at mental hospital so know a lot about drugs plus have suffered low grade depression all my life so have a lot of personal experience too). ALso, it sounds like you have other physical problems that may be interacting with all hte hormones--how experienced is your hormone dr. I feel for you--my experience was not as intense a yours and only lasted a couple of weeks so I can imagine the hell you must be going through. Hang in there and tell yourself that it will eventually get better. I do hear you can't remove it--particulary once it's been in more than a couple of days. I would seriously think about finding a new Dr. Let me know how it goes. Take care.
Judith
December 6, 2009 - 4:32amThis Comment
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