Hi all,
I'm 46 and started with oestrogel in January. (I am on the Mirena coil so no need for additonal progesterone.)
It seems to have help with my sleep a lot (although it is still quite disturbed as I am also have treatment for depression plus have a 6 year old who still has bad dreams etc!) and my rage but my brain fog and forgetfulness is still really bad.
I was thinking of asking about testosterone. I get my hrt on the NHS so realise they may not give testosterone as it is off licence for HRT but might try privately. However, I did have a bit of female pattern hair loss which I tried minoxidil for a few years ago (4?) but have a sensitive scalp so that was not great and had to stop. Anyway, the hair loss seems to have settled down (I.e. not got worse) so that is good - it settled before I started on hrt. But, I am worried that if I do go down the testosterone route, it will start again. And thinning hair bothers me and I think would be more damaging to my mood/mental health than brain fog. Maybe. Well, at least a v bad thing, for me.
Has anybody else experienced hair loss when they started on testosterone treatment?
Am so pissed off with how unfair it is being female sometimes! Periods and pain when they start, pregnancy, childbirth, all sorts of bits of your body never being quite the same after that (not that I really care about that) and now bl**dy having my thinking and mood (more?) messed up! Bah.
Thank you! (In advance!)