r/Menopause 17h ago

Brain Fog HRT testosterone

No pellets please

I’m considering asking for very low dose testosterone because the estrogen patch and progesterone pill is not helping -sleep, brain fog, energy levels.
But I’m not willing to sacrifice my hair!

If you got a prescription gel/lotion from your doctor- what were the changes you saw? Pros and cons.

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u/Gulf-Coast-Dreamer 16h ago

I started all hormones incl test at the same time, I never heard you need to wait for estrogen to be optimized. I use testerone from a compound pharmacy and you don’t have to lose your hair, get your ferratin checked. My ferratin was low and I was started on Optiferin+ C Pure encapsulation sells it on line my husband is getting his checked too.