UP THE DOSAGE! Updates on HRT

[Guest Jaded1]

So I started HRT about a month and a half ago with my regimen being (no dosages posted so I hope I am fine here) 1 Spiro and 1 Premarin in the morning and 1 spiro at night.

That has been my deal.

Over that period I definately started to notice certain things like a more balanced emotional state, the ability to handle things more calmly without flying off the handle (even for the big stuff).

Physically the first thing I noticed is my scent changed COMPLETELY. I have none. When I sweat, there is moistness but no odor. I kinda like that!

My skin has gotten softer and my body hair (that has regrown since I began HRT as I regularly get rid of it) is coming back a lot more sporadic, less course and lighter in color.

The pores on my face have all but disappeared they have gotten so small.

I was starting to wonder if my chest was sitting this one out, but last week I woke up one morning with a bit of soreness around my nipples. Santa came early. It is completely bearable but there is a continued soreness there and I can feel that my nipple area is seeing some activity.

The only negative effects I have noticed was occasional fatigue and muscle pain from the drop in T and the more frequent need to pee from the effects of spiro.

I am sure it helps that I have been dieting and watching what I eat along with quitting smoking and exercising that I have also lost 41 pounds since June. (I am now at 178 with a target around 155-160.)

SOOOOO..... to get to the title topic, I saw my endo yesterday and after looking at all my bloodwork she said that my T levels are dropping quite nicely (Started at 439 and now at 183) and that my liver is upping the production of the sex binding globulin (about 56)so she sees it ok to up my E (which is still only in high 30's) so she is having me up the dosage on the premarin to one and a half and then 2 a day after two weeks so long as my body can handle it.

She said the chest soreness will get "worse". (It is a happy pain, that I am more than willing to endure.) She did say that you don't want to go too quickly as you can get stretch marks around that area.

All I can say is those little buggers are hard to break in half. LOL.

[JJ]

Congratulations on your progress and the changes you have already noticed..

Though they were exactly the opposite for me-Except the chest thing. Sadly mine is still there-it brought back memories of the early days of being on T. And how happy it made me as well. Of course it still does but it's human nature to take even the miraculous for granted after while until something reminds you as you post did me. Thank you.

May those changes just get better and better and bring you joy.

Hugs

Johnny

[Guest Mia J]

Sounds like you are doing a good job with bringing you E up and lowering your T.

I was talking with my Endo last week and she was saying that the E levels are not that important as long as the T levels are kept low enough to let the E do it's thing.

Mia

[Guest Breena]

Had my blood work done 3 weeks ago and the T is finally back to """""" 16 """"" again YAY!!! What I was looking for the last 12 yrs or so but didn't know it. 23 months on HRT now and end of this month the Endo dr will add * more Permarin and that is maxed out at *. I can't take any more spiro because my potassium level is at 5 and he won't let me take any more to go over that level. The max is xxx pills and I take xxx and all of them in the AM to help with PTSD that I have had trouble with.

WARNING. To much extreme exercise will raise your "T" level threw the roof if you make a lot of adrenaline. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. My Endo from Boston Medical in Massachusetts is suppose to be doing a study on this so he said. I was 50 at xxx pills and shot up to 636 by exercising to much. He doubled the dosage and I laid back on the exercise a bit now im at 16. Thank God.

I went for my 4.15 mile walk today as I do some times twice a day in 1 hour an 7 minutes. What was so good is that I got those twins to bounce. LOL was a good time. The gene pool in the family doesn't have much for boobs , so what I get is gonna have to be fine. Congratulations and you will get ur dosage upped again in time. Just watch your numbers because you will lose ur HRT if you DON'T. Good Luck.

Breena.

Edited November 8, 2011 by Mia J
removed number of pills taken because of dosage issues.

[Guest Elena]

Yay, very happy for you Cadence!!! Looks like we get even more to celebrate when I roll into town on the 18th (hopefully, never entirely sure until a day or two beforehand).

I should actually be home for that saturday night gig we misses each other @. Can you say rain check cashed!

<3

Elena

[MackenzieB]

All I can say is those little buggers are hard to break in half. LOL.

My finasteride is a portion of a pill per day. You can buy a pill cutter for around $5 in pharmacies. It's a lot easier than trying to break them.