Hello,
I'm 47 and essentially menopausal (well, 7 months post last period but regular blood tests- finger ****, private company-always show post meno levels of oestradiol)
I have been using 2 pumps oestrogel for a month and don't know my levels of oestradiol since starting this.
It has got me out of a very depressive hole, so it's clearly what I needed.
However, I find I'm slipping somewhat- nothing as bad as I was but difficulty falling asleep/ anxious dreams/ quite low, anxious and irritable in the mornings and always wake up with a gasp and my heart pounding!!
I'm pretty fatigued but I have had a bug so difficult to tell what's what.
Also, I've started more noticeably (to me) leaking urine during day!! (I know I can get oestrogen pessaries, but should I be considering a more global increase in oestradiol as well?)
My dilemma is that I know that my testosterone is on the floor and has been for at least a year.
Could some of my symptoms be attributable to this rather than low oestrogen?
Would it be worth trying some testosterone therapy before increasing oestrogel?
Seems daft not to address something that I know is deficient rather than adding to something that may or may not be.
No idea what my oestradiol levlels are now that I'm on oestrogel- could be at optimal level for all I know.
I did try increasing oestrogel recently but felt quite crappy quite quickly so discontinued (I realise, though, that things generally need time!)
There is then the hurdle of actually getting testosterone but I'll cross that bridge as and when! (and I may have an illicit sachet stashed away
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Thank you.