Testosterone taking for women esp. in relation to Menstruation/PMS

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(posting this anonymously not because I particularly want to conceal my identity - people who know me will prob figure it's me, but just to keep it from corresponding w/ my other posts for google-avoiding purposes etc)

I'm interested (not obsessively or anything) w/ taking testosterone - I'm a 27year old woman, don't want to cross gender identification - interested in the boundaries and so on though - I heard recently that testosterone can be prescribed to help relieve menstrual problems and mine are annoying me more and more. I just wanted to get an idea on a non-specialist forum (ie like not on Trans forums etc though I'm sure such places would also be helpful) and see if anyone knows anything, maybe you have some experience even just through your acquantances...I really want to know if taking small amounts wld have any effect on fertility (I want to get pregnant in abt 1 - 2 years time) and I really want to know if what is marketed as progesterone as a treatment for PMS is a form of testosterone (I'm a little confused - even after looking up progesterone on dictionary.com

Sorry if this query is too vague or odd.

― A Person, Tuesday, 8 April 2003 06:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I understand many contraceptives have progesterone so I will pre-empt suggestions that I take those by saying I don't want to and never have been on the pill - it's complicated!

― A Person, Tuesday, 8 April 2003 06:48 (twenty-two years ago)

if you're wanting to get pregnant in 1-2 years, i wouldn't risk it. any mucking with hormones when you don't really need to should be avoided. don't underestimate their power! (i'm not speaking from personal, my own somatic experience, btw.)

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 06:50 (twenty-two years ago)

dont do it.
there are so many other ways to deal with menstrual problems that dont involve taking hormonal supplements.

― donna (donna), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 07:16 (twenty-two years ago)

okay but what are the drawbacks of taking extra testosterone? (extra because women do produce testosterone just in case anyone doesn't know that). I mean, in small amounts, considering I could consider the "male stuff" developments if there are any an advantage or not a disadvantage? (though yes it seems with hopes to get pregnant this is perhaps to stay in the realm of theory only).

― A Person, Tuesday, 8 April 2003 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I've heard of testosterone supplementation being prescribed for women, but only to treat sexual dysfunction. I assume you have a doctor from whom you expect to get a prescription; have you asked her/him? Also, why are you passing on OCs? They are known to help with menstrual problems.

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

What kinds of menstruation/PMS problems are you having? There are different diagnoses that can be had depending on the symptoms you may be experiencing at this time.

I had severe menstrual/PMS problems for about three years before I got some help, and ever since then they've died down significantly. On occasion I will experience what I experienced before, but that's only very occasionally and is too rare for me to complain about.

Erm, in other words -- see a gynecologist or two or twenty before you self-treat. If your gynecologist won't or can't help, then see an endocrinologist -- believe it or not, the two specialities have more in common than you may think. If you still think they're talking bollocks, then self-treat.

Good luck!!

― Dee the Lurker (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

six years pass...

there are so many other ways to deal with menstrual problems that dont involve taking hormonal supplements.

I frigging hope so cause I really can't deal with this anymore. I am tied to the bed for at least 24 hrs and sometimes more. I'm so sick, nauseous,... Thank god I don't have a job where they frown upon staying in bed for 24 hrs. (I'm self-employed.)

― I GOTTA BRAKE FREEEEE (stevienixed), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

Nath if it's that severe are you sure you don't have PMDD?

― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 14:44 (sixteen years ago)

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