Glad to hear you are feeling better Tc. Just to say I have had bad days in 6 months but none of my "hid under the duvet" days which had been so prevalent in the last 10 years!! to be honest I probably slept my way through 4 out of 10 years! Sounds terrible but it was terrible and perfectly true. I work on a scale of 1 to 10 to describe bad - in 10 years they never went below 7. Now we are at 4..... mostly - my goal is to get to what I would classify as an ok 0! lol!!
Now to answer your practical stuff...
So I taken Utrogestan it vaginally and I use 200 (2 capsules) each night. The cream you use is for VA yes? If you don't like it definitely ask for something else. I cant help there that is the one problem I have not had, thank god, suppose I made it up with all the rest! There are plenty of ladies who use the cream and the Utrogestan together though.
Using the utro vaginally means you push the capsules as far up the vagina with a finger or an applicator. It doesn't come with an applicator because it is not licensed to be used that way but it is ABSOLUTELY FINE to be used that way. Lots of consultants recommend it especially for progesterone intolerant women. I use an old applicator from Caneston thrush pessaries, and pop the capsules in there and push them up! Maybe go to a chemist and ask if they could give you an applicator if you don't have one or get one by buying some Caneston! Works a treat because I find the problem with using my finger is I can't get them far enough up and they start to melt! - there is definitely a technique!!
So using your Gel...I alternate between rubbing it into my thighs or my arms in the morning. I have learned that you rub the gel in vigorously..don't half rub and leave it to dry - rub it in until it is all gone - then you get no "stickiness".
Ref testosterone it is early days I only got it last Wednesday. I am building slowly. I got Tostran 2% gel which is in a small pump. I am using a pea size (possibly half a pump) blob on the end of my finger every other day and just putting it on the inside of my thigh (on thigh days for gel, I do it half hour after my gel). I would think it takes about a month to really get a good picture as to what is happening. To date my mind has been a bit clearer and I went out to the shops from Midday yesterday until 8pm because we ended up in B&Q who open late on Saturdays looking at some DIY stuff. Normally I couldn't have managed that, I would have had to have come home after about 3 hours!
I will let you know if I start getting a deep voice, hairs on my chin or want to punch someone on a regular basis
Get some rest!! and yes you did get through it and you will, if you persist get something that makes you feel better..
