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Re: Low libido
From: Aileen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 7 Oct 2000 17:41:08 -0500 (CDT)
I did ask my GP about DHEA - she freaked! As far as I know the problem
with DHEA (apart from being illegal here except on a doctors script) is
that it is a precursor and also recognised as foreign by your body. I
also believe you have less control over the direction in which the
covnersion of DHEA goes.
You have obviously got the very side effects that proer ttmt tries to
avoid - things like excessive hair growth, an enlarged clitoris and a
deepened voice are NON reversible side effects of too much testosterone.
Also as I pointed out, my ttmt is a cream applied to the skin which
avoids implicating the liver. I think I prefer my ttmt - and its
working!
At Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Kitt wrote:
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>Ask your Doctor about using DHEA for low sex drive. I use 25 mg. twice
>a week. It helped me although I noticed 2 side effects. A growth in
>pubic hair and my clitoris became a little enlarged. My sex life
>improved. But please ask your doctor as I am not one myself.
>
>At Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Aileen wrote:
>>
>>This is not a question but my experiences thus far with my libido
>>problem to encourage other women to pursue their problems with vigor. My
>>history is a 42 yr old women with OCP use for 20+ years till I had a
>>tubal lifgation about 18 months ago. From then on my libido declined.
>>SLowly so that at forst I didn't take too much notice and then it got to
>>the point where I really realised there was a problem. Two sets of
>>blood tests showed in one a quite high level of testosterone (2.5
>>nmol/L) and in the other very low (0.3 nmol/L). One
>>(male)endocrinologist had a look at me and pronounced me OK. Took me
>>almost a bit of a barney with my GP to get to see a gyno who turned out
>>to be more sympathetic. Meanwhile I'd done a lot of lit searching and
>>corresponded with a researcher in the ES (Australia). Her opinion was
>>te ttmt was an option and gave me all sorts of info on doses and
>>monitoring. Eventually found this good gyno and have been on te therapy
>>(a 2% te cream) for about 2 weeks. I am noticing an improvement - not
>>only in my libido but also in my training (I am a runner and weight
>>trainer). I feel much more like training - before I was suffering from
>>a long term lack of motivation - now I believe this to be the low te
>>levels causing lack of drive - NOT laziness.
>>
>>My gyno said that te levels WILL fluctuate quite a bit. I am being
>>tested every two weeks at the moment. But levels of below 4nmol/L are
>>what she is looking for. She reckons it may go up to 6 or 8 at times
>>while I am on ttmt but that is OK. She expects me to come off it
>>eventually. The formulation being used is the same as natural te and
>>won't depress my own production. She reckons that its my long term pill
>>use that has upset things. Might I add I was always OK while on the
>>pill. My other hormone levels are all normal.
>>
>>My take home message to other women is persevere and don't go on the
>>results from only one blood test. In my case being pre menopausal,
>>getting te ttmt was even more difficult because its not generally
>>accepted as a problem in so called normal women. Here not all gyno's
>>are in favour of te ttmt also - it has a real stigma being a male
>>hormone but the doses we use are much less and no bad side effects have
>>been noted. The researchers only comment was that if I found myself
>>becoming grumpy to take it only every other day rather than 1x day. My
>>current gyno said she'll cut it to every other day after two months
>>anyway and then I guess eventually off it completely.
>>
>>Hope this helps someone.
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