Testosterone, anyone?

AlaskaAngel · 03-25-2008, 10:03 AM

Vic,

Thanks! I will be taking the info you posted with me to my appointment when I request the Rx for testosterone.

I posted an article in the articles forum about treatment using testosterone for men with low testosterone levels that received it not for sexual impotence but to treat their depression. I don't see any reason to believe the same would not apply to women with low testosterone levels. At the risk of being repetitive, I will say this again; loss of libido is not just loss of sexual appetite, but the loss of energy and enthusiasm in general.

The problems I've seen posted here include:

1. Loss of sexual appetite

2. Vaginal dryness and vaginitis

3. Depression

I'm hoping to find out whether using it in the genital area occasionally rather than by steady-state patch works for me. I do think the use of it while in the clinical trial improved my mood, but since it was not to be applied to the genital area in that trial I think they may have missed the rest of the boat so to speak.

A.A.

Vic · 03-25-2008, 12:24 PM

Hi Alaska Angel,

Please let me know what your doctor thinks of this article and I'll do the same as I'm seeing my gyn. next month (a new one) and will ask her, too. I agree that so much more goes into it, the physical and the energy, desire, mood-elevating perspective, as well.

This is totally off topic, but have you tried the Hitachi Magic Wand. It's fantastic and you can google it and find some very accurate opinions about it.

Be well,

Vicki

Vic · 03-26-2008, 11:27 AM

Hi AA,

How did you get on the testosterone study and was it through NCI?

Also, are you still on testosterone and are you on any other types of hormones (estring, estrace, estrogen cream, etc.)?

Thanks,

Vicki

AlaskaAngel · 03-26-2008, 06:55 PM

Hi Vic,

It was an NCI study. I kept checking the clinicaltrials.gov website. It wasn't simple to do from Alaska. I had to pay my own travel and accommodations to the clinical trial site and pay for all the blood draws I had for it here in Alaska.

I was on estriol for a while by Rx from the local OB-GYN, a rather fine female doc who has since moved on. She didn't have a lot of knowledge about the use of estriol when I went to her to ask about it. but she researched it for me as her bc patient.

I stopped using the testosterone Rx I had just after completing the clinical trial and never had used it in the genital area. I stopped it because I was considering participating in a different clinical trial which required no use of hormones of any kind. I will check back in here once I've seen my PCP/NP about renewing the Rx.

Thanks for the suggestion, by the way!

A.A.