Thank you Michelle for your story in Paradise Mag. I like you have been tearing my hair out wondering what is going on with me. I finally put my foot down and demanded answers. I am 49 yrs old and was just told I am in menopause! I am reseaching the product SottoPelle the Bio Equivalent Hormonal Replacement Therapy. If anyone has some insite to the use of SottoPelle I would love to hear about it.Thank you Barbara
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Renee, keep me posted on how you feel. I started taking the premecia today so I hope I don't regret it. I just want my hair to quit falling out.
October 28, 2011 - 2:43pmThis Comment
This is a follow up post to let you know I feel much better about my situation now. My hair has started coming back in and stopped shedding so much, I feel I've turned the corner on the adjustments. The Propecia seems to be helping. I was worried at first because I felt so funny after taking just one pill. I called the pharmacist and he said that perfectly normal. My body was reversing the effects of the testosterone. I am taking one every other day. I have no reaction now, so I guess my body is adjusting. I think I will continue the pellet therapy since I feel so much better while on it. I do know that the bloodwork is so important before each insertion to know how much you need. Obviously, I don't need much testosterone.
November 2, 2011 - 12:45pmThis Comment
Renee, yes I am the one you were replying to. I was so excited to go see Terri Suresh because of her videos and such but I am disappointed that she said the high testosterone wasn't causing the hair loss and didn't seem to care. I find out that it does and I let her get me the same dose. My hair means more to me than the libido. I just want her to be honest. I am contemplating on going to the doctor in Arlington named Dr Donovitz. His name is on all her prescriptiions so it makes me nervous that she writes these without any supervision of a doctor. I know he probably trained her but it seems they aren't sure of the proper dosage. I really don't know what to do. One thing I do know for sure is that need to do bloodwork regularly to keep tabs on your levels. They do that at Terri Suresh office. She is an RN by the way, not an MD. Let me know how your visit goes.
October 21, 2011 - 7:18amThis Comment
Forgot to mention that my libido kicked in almost overnight after the 6th week. I have been married 40 years ---since a baby---and haven't had that kind of thought for at least 20 years, but it also went away a month ago. Renee'
October 20, 2011 - 2:53pmThis Comment
Thanks Renee for telling me your story. I started taking sp in april this year. After my first pellet, I thought it was a miracle because I lost 20 lbs and felt so good. I started feeling the effects wearing off in 4 months and thought I should go get another one but I noticed my hair coming out more than usual and it scared me so I called the office and made an appointment. The hormone specialist I'm going to is Terri Suresh in Southlake, Texas. She said there was only a 1% chance that it was the testosterone an.d said she was going to up my Thyroid meds. I have since found out that it has to be more than 1% because I've read several women have the same problem. She also told me to take Biotin twice a day. I can't see that it helps. I just went in and did bloodwork so I am anxious to see my levels now. I am just scared that I am going to lose more hair. I wonder if it will come back if stop getting the pellet. I will keep you posted
October 20, 2011 - 6:05pmThis Comment
Hey--Anonymous replier,,,,,,
October 20, 2011 - 2:50pmI am 57 years of age. Had a hyst. back in 1986--have my ovaries but to tell you the truth.....I think they just die without the uterus. I have had NOOOO hormone replacement since 1986. Dont get me wrong, I have been told I need them but I do mammograms for a living and would never take them. Bio hormones are different--soy based, and I read one Dr. said he had only had one patient in 20 years who had had breast CA which beats the odds of EVERYTHING because one in 8 women get breast CA nowadays. Soooooo....if anything.....bio hormones are helping a whole lot.
Anyway, after the first pellets were inserted, I had almost immediate gratification in that my every day migraines ceased after the fourth day, energy out the roof, moodiness vanished, focus was spot on, dry skin went away, but the libido was still not there which was disappointing because I went to my second insertion appt. in June and I still had no libido. Let me just say that I had NOOOO hormones of any kind on my lab results and my FSH was skyrocketed. The Dr. said my brain was screaming for help which made me happy that I was not going crazy or going to die---that is how bad I was. I had no labwork prior to second insertion and still did well with a lot of T and 50 E--not sure right now of my numbers, but two weeks prior to my third insertion appt. (still had no labwork ordered), I was feeling a few of my symptoms come back...that is the depression, anxiety, no libido and irritability, and dry skin, but I just thought the insertion would help me. Also two weeks prior to insertion, I noticed a lot of hair coming out every day in my brush and never ran my fingers through my hair that hair did not come out so I mentioned this to this Dr. and he said he would lower the T to 87.5 mg and my E to 25mg. Well, the next two weeks were hell, every day getting worse and worse---did not even want to leave the house---so unhappy and anxiety ridden so I called them because on the second week after insertion I also got acne in and around everywhere--back of arms, thighs, face, breasts and still have that. They just had me get blood work again and wrote me a prescription for doxycycline for 10 days. I am on my 6th day and it is not helping. They called and said that my lab results showed I was low on E and my T was low but none of this was enough to warrant my symptoms that I had been having. They made me an appt. to come back in on this next Saturday to talk to the Dr. and possibly get re-inserted...... Mind you, I was just inserted last month. I think you cannot just estimate how much one person to the next needs in hormones---especially the first year---because you do not know how much one person does to use up hormones, stress level etc. compared to the general population. So I am going to ask for hi to order a blood test every time in the future because the insertion is not pleasant and this month has been horrid. Oh yes, after I told the doc on the third visit in sept. about my hair loss, he said to take biotin and saw palmetto daily ----duh. Well, that is not helping. so I'm down, but not to the point I am giving up because I had the best 6 months of last 15 years on these hormones, it just went away. Renee'
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Lizzibug, I am new here and I just commented a really long comment about my similar experience and I lost it. Don't have time to re do it now , but if you are interested in my story, please answer and I will comment later. I 57 years old and have gone through surgical hysterectomy and started SP back in March of this year.
October 20, 2011 - 12:52pmThis Comment
xray- Renee
October 20, 2011 - 1:34pmI am very interested in your story. I started the sp around the same time as you did. I need to hear if I should continue it or not. I am also the same age.
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i have heavy periods now, would it help with the heavy flow of my perriod?
September 29, 2011 - 6:56pmThis Comment
I have been reading comments on the pellet and just need some questions answered. I first received the pellet in April of 2011. I felt like a new person, full of energy and life that I haven't felt in a long time. I noticed my hair shedding more so than normal and told the doctors office and they upped my thyroid medicine. I just recieved my second pellet and now I read on different blogs that I may be experiencing too much testosterone. I am now so scared I am going bald. I am 58 years old and was wondering if anyone else had this problem. I called the office and they said not to worry about it. Did I make a mistake getting the pellet?
September 29, 2011 - 10:46amThis Comment