Strange sensations in legs after starting T

[Ender]

I've been having some very, very strange sensations in my legs lately.  It started after about a week on T; I never had it happen prior to T.  It doesn't happen immediately after my shot, but occurs throughout the week in both legs.

Basically, I'll be walking and will get quite warm for whatever reason, and if I don't cool off immediately (ie, take off my jacket or go outside where it's 0*F), it will feel as though ice cold droplets of water are running down my legs.  It feels very realistic.  The first time it happened, I couldn't believe that my legs & jeans were actually completely dry.

I contacted my endo about this, and she said that while it could be a side-effect of the T, she hadn't heard of it before.  She just said to pay attention to it if it got worse.  (I googled my symptoms and got a bunch of multiple sclerosis sites in return  .)  Just wondering if anyone else experience this odd sensation after they got on T.

[Aiden]

Nope, just the knee injured in scooter accident acting up when on feet a lot.   But the discription reminds me of when I was healing from reduction surgery when was 17.   Had that same sensation around the healing scars.  Not sure what causes it.

[Luc]

I didn't experience that, exactly, but when I started T, the day I did my first shot, I got the most incredible hot flashes. Those lasted probably a week, but what persisted was swelling in my calves and ankles. Sometimes it was so extreme that I couldn't walk or stand for longer than 20 minutes without resting. That went on the entire 4 months I was on T initially, and dissipated once I stopped the shots. When I started up again, roughly 4 months after stopping the first time, I didn't have any problems with leg swelling or hot flashes.

I read up on it, and leg swelling is a fairly common side effect of T injections. I don't know what changed between the first and second times I was on it... it was the exact same type, from the exact same manufacturer and pharmacy. I just kinda figure it's normal to have weird effects when you're changing your body chemistry so extremely.

SD
Post Merge: February 19, 2009, 11:32:14 PM
Okay... I'm a moron, but... I was just reading over your post again, Eryk, and it really sounds like the hot flashes I was having.