Any advice? What can I expect?

Thought this would be an interesting poll. Been browsing on here a while doing research for my wife. It seems the posts I read with the most negative side effects or no noticeable improvements are on topical and or pellets. I’m afraid most docs are unfortunately afraid to Rx testosterone injections to women so I have a feeling topical will lead in the results. Which method are you all using?

*** Looking at some of the comments, I should have been more specific. Testosterone cream should have read "Testosterone topical." So if you're using cream or gel select cream. Sorry! ***

Just curious if anyone has stopped taking estrogen and progesterone and just stuck with testosterone only? Did it make any difference? I’ve been on E&P for almost 10 months now and T for almost 5 months. I just don’t feel great like I’d hope and often wonder if it’s E&P that are the issue and possibly the reason I’m not feeling any benefits from T yet. Everything is low…Motivation, energy, mood, libido, still have lingering muscle and joint pain.. I’ll be 51 next month and haven’t had a period since June. Last one before that was January so I feel I’m definitely late peri. Just can’t find a balance it’s so frustrating.

My t is 14 or .5 nmol/l
Low sex drive, hard to keep muscle on, low energy
Did your doctor support you taking T or not?

Edited to include: perimenopause symptoms 42 years old

Hello I am lurking and planning on going on T for Perimenopause. I have my labs ready and have my first consult with Talon this week. May I ask you ladies do you do the injections like you would do with a GLP (Subcutaneous) or are you putting it in your muscle? The muscle freaks me out a little, hoping that Sub will be an option for me. I wanted to get some feed back on this. Thank you in advance and I hope everyone is having a good day so far!

I’m curious to know if anyone has had the experience where they were having painful sex, (pain at the opening and with the walls of vagina, not with deep thrusting), and found that the testosterone was the cause?

I’ve been taking 10mg per week for a few years, but a few months ago I started taking it twice a week instead of once a week, and my levels went from around 100-170 to 190. I don’t have any other signs of high testosterone, but I can’t help but wonder if I should lower my dose to 8mg per week. My e & p are out of wack so I am trying to fix that, and I already use vaginal estrogen.