Women's HRT Question

[Phyll]

Hey guys,

Hopefully one of you can answer this... My gf has just been to the doc and she complained of a few things he diagnosed as lack of progesterone and testosterone ... He prescribed her pills containing those hormones, but I am a little skeptical becasue I dont know a lot about HRT for chicks.

Do they have the same "shut down" problems? Will she need PCT if she decides stop? I think progesterone shouldnt case that, but what about test?

She is also on the pill.

Thanks.

[Spyke]

I don't know... If one of the things she is complaining about is low sex drive, it may be the pill. Wife had that issue which went away after she stopped the pill.

I would say before starting any kind of male hormones, she should stop the pill for a while and see what happens. Be sure to use some other BC or we know what will happen!

[Phyll]

thanks bro, ya the pill is a killer

[Phyll]

Yes she complained about low sex drive, joint pains, feeling cold, etc. He told her she was having a few menopause symptons but she's only 30

[Oasis]

To answer some of your questions no women do not have to do a pct. When women are doing hrt they also take the hormones a little different than males do. If she is experiencing those type of symptoms you may also want to look into getting her thyroid tested. Women have a testosterone level typical range is 14 - 76ng. She may want to do the following blood work and have it re evaluated.

CBC w/diff
Metabolic
Lipid
Total & Free Testosterone
DHEA-S
SHBG
E1
E2
E3
Progesterone
Complete Thyroid Panel w/TSH
maybe even an IGF-1

Also she may have the doctor check the pituitary gland to see if there are any tumors or so on because of her age.