Hi Mindfulmoomins
Sorry to hear you are still feeling rough some of the time but pleased that you are doing OK generally!
Thing is about testosterone - firstly the tests are not particularly accurate for women and the gynae I saw said she didn't do them - because the test is designed for men whose T levels are much higher and in women our values are at the lower end of this much larger range. She said she always looked at symptoms and then a trial treatment.
Low libido is the most obvious symptom and later combined with fatigue and general muscle weakness or pain after exercise or similar symptoms. I'm not sure whether low T is a contributing factor in anxiety?
However mixed in with this is the effect of other things on libido - eg depression but also certains medications and hormones. Oral HRT can depress libido as can some anti-depressants - so if you are taking ADs this may not be helping.
Because there is so little research on T in women, I'm not sure whether there is any info on the effect of T replacement in women who are on decent doses of oestrogen and ADs too ie whether the addition of T (at the low dose recommended for women) is sufficient to counter the depressive effect of the ADs on libido without giving androgenic sdie effects? Maybe ask if anyone on here is taking T who is also taking ADs and see if you get any responses? You have to give T several weeks/months to fully see the effect though.
There is some information here - and although there is a lot of emphasis on men, women are mentioned too and the suggestion is that testosterone can help men with libido problems who are also on SSRIs.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living/sexual-health/a28157/antidepressants-lost-sex-drive/As for the winter - I think it seems long because of this recent extreme spell - depending where you live of course but up until the persistent drop in temperatures a week or more ago - we hadn't really had any winter to speak of! Normally now we are experiencing spring days so let's hope these will soon appear
Hurdity x