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<blockquote data-quote="FeelingLost" data-source="post: 101465" data-attributes="member: 15131"><p>Hi Amberlin, </p><p>It takes a while for T to build up in your system and you pretty much started with no T. I did a copy and paste from another thread hopefully it will give you some hope.</p><p></p><p>People on HRT don't realize that after 5 half lives of any medication, you will have double the amount in your system. Just multiply the half life of a medication by 5, and this will give you how long it will take to reach a "steady state" of a medication a.k.a double the amount of that medication in your system compared to your first dose. </p><p></p><p> Testosterone Cyp (Half life 8 days) - Steady state in 40 days</p><p></p><p> Remember, 5 x half life of a medication = Steady state of that medication. I do not know what type of T in in your compounded cream.</p><p></p><p>HTH</p><p></p><p>PS- I am just getting up to speed on reading women's blood test since my wife started looking into HRT back in Aug 2017. She has only been on a protocol for 2 months and we are awaiting new bklood test results which will be available this coming Tuesday. I'll ask if I can share her numbers with you and the protocol she is on.</p><p></p><p>There could be big differences since my wife is 58 and postmenopausal. All her lady numbers were basicly 0.</p><p></p><p>I believe it took her about 5-6 weeks before she started commenting on how much better she was feeling. Other more personal things improved greatly as well after that.</p><p></p><p>If you would like some non professional comments on your bloods and symptoms just for the sake of discussion here's mine.</p><p>Because you are experiencing water retension and itchy nipples that is a sign you are adsorbing the compounding T cream( many men don't) My guess is you will need 5-6 weeks to reach steady state and then do basic HRT checkup bloods.</p><p></p><p>Now itchy nipples is a sign of high E2 and possibly prolactin in men maybe its the same for women. Your E2 was already very high before you started using T cream. Now some of that newly adsorbed T converts to E so there is a chance your E2 is now out of range. When my E2 and prolactin were out of range my nipples were on fire. Defy gave me anastrozole to reduce my E2. On my next bloods E2 went from 62 to 29 and prolactin went from 18 to 9 and I have never had water or nipple issues again in 8 months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FeelingLost, post: 101465, member: 15131"] Hi Amberlin, It takes a while for T to build up in your system and you pretty much started with no T. I did a copy and paste from another thread hopefully it will give you some hope. People on HRT don't realize that after 5 half lives of any medication, you will have double the amount in your system. Just multiply the half life of a medication by 5, and this will give you how long it will take to reach a "steady state" of a medication a.k.a double the amount of that medication in your system compared to your first dose. Testosterone Cyp (Half life 8 days) - Steady state in 40 days Remember, 5 x half life of a medication = Steady state of that medication. I do not know what type of T in in your compounded cream. HTH PS- I am just getting up to speed on reading women's blood test since my wife started looking into HRT back in Aug 2017. She has only been on a protocol for 2 months and we are awaiting new bklood test results which will be available this coming Tuesday. I'll ask if I can share her numbers with you and the protocol she is on. There could be big differences since my wife is 58 and postmenopausal. All her lady numbers were basicly 0. I believe it took her about 5-6 weeks before she started commenting on how much better she was feeling. Other more personal things improved greatly as well after that. If you would like some non professional comments on your bloods and symptoms just for the sake of discussion here's mine. Because you are experiencing water retension and itchy nipples that is a sign you are adsorbing the compounding T cream( many men don't) My guess is you will need 5-6 weeks to reach steady state and then do basic HRT checkup bloods. Now itchy nipples is a sign of high E2 and possibly prolactin in men maybe its the same for women. Your E2 was already very high before you started using T cream. Now some of that newly adsorbed T converts to E so there is a chance your E2 is now out of range. When my E2 and prolactin were out of range my nipples were on fire. Defy gave me anastrozole to reduce my E2. On my next bloods E2 went from 62 to 29 and prolactin went from 18 to 9 and I have never had water or nipple issues again in 8 months. [/QUOTE]
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