(TW: period talk)
I had a question for guys who are on topical forms of T, or who switched from topical to injections after a year or so. I know two guys on topicals, and both of them still get their periods. One is 11 months on T and the other in between a year and a half and two years. Their T levels are perfectly normal, they've seen all the expected changes for the most part, but they both still get their periods relatively normally; ie every month, though sometimes it's late. Did any other guys have issues like this, with still getting period after a while on topicals, and for guys who switched to injections later, did it finally stop with injections?
I'm worried for them, they get extremely upset about this because they love how they've transitioned but this one thing isn't going right.
I'm just curious, as most things with periods not stopping I've heard from topical guys but never heard it from injections. I'm on injections myself and haven't had a period since my first shot. So I've been wondering if there is perhaps a correlation.
I'm on injections also, and I haven't had my period since I had my first shot, too. In my opinion, topicals are effective but not as much as injections.
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I switched from gel to injections at 3 months on. At that point, I was still getting monthlies but they were very abbreviated and very weird. It kept being a week late every time, and only lasting a few days. Totally different from how it was before. The last one I had was the month before I switched to injections.
My doctor said that she anticipated most people's stopping between 3-6 months regardless of the form of T. If it didn't and people are upset, she recommends depo provera shots to make it stop.
I had a decent amount of masculinization while I was on gel, but I feel a lot more consistent with injections - which is weird, because topicals are applied daily. I'm kind of glad the price of gel jumped up and became unaffordable for me. Injections are way more manageable than I thought they would be, and I feel a lot better on them. It's not for everyone though. If they really like the gel but are struggling with their monthly subscription to Lucifer's unholy waterfall, tell them to look into depo provera shots. I think you get them once every 3 months or so.