I go to the doctor in a few weeks to discuss this, after my road trip.. but I'm so anxious about this I had to ask you guys for your thoughts and experience.

Keep in mind I've had seizures before, but they've always been a reaction to medication. I've never had one just on its own. I was given some androgel a while back. I'm paranoid about medications because I'm so sensitive to them, so I didn't take the full packet, I just took 1/3 of it to start. and pretty soon after it I started to feel ill. Muscles really tense, etc. Eventually I manage to get to sleep. When I wake up it's as if there's a bunch of random noises in my head, and my arm is jerking and twitching, etc. The doctors werent able to confirm if it was a seizure but I think it's safe to say it may have been.

I know there are fillers in androgel, not just testosterone. Is it possible the fillers caused this reaction and not the T itself? After all, it was such a small dose of T to begin with..? Has anything like this happened to you guys?

I'm so scared I won't be able to take any kind of T.

Like you, I am also sensitive to medication in general. When I got my gel (Testim) I also just applied a very small amount from the tube on my shoulders and upper arms but the only thing I felt was tense/sore muscles (only to the gelled areas) so I hope that yours is not from the T.

I believe tense muscles is a side effect of T, but in that case cutting back would be good. A quick Google search pulls up the ingredients as Testosterone USP, carbopol 980, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl myristate, purified water, and sodium hydroxide (will remove if violates rules). You sould consult your doctor about lowering the dose or switching to another form. If you do switch to injections I would start on a low dose and test for allergys to the common oils that it is suspended in.

Quote from: makipu on July 07, 2014, 04:23:30 PM
Like you, I am also sensitive to medication in general. When I got my gel (Testim) I also just applied a very small amount from the tube on my shoulders and upper arms but the only thing I felt was tense/sore muscles (only to the gelled areas) so I hope that yours is not from the T.

Wow, that's so weird! I've been on gel for 5 months and not have any of those problems at all. I thought there was a risk I may develop rash because I have very sensitive skin so I am incredibly happy I didn't get any unwanted side effects because it would have devastated me.

With that said, I used to get quite the hard on initially after application but it stopped occurring maybe 1-2 months ago? I still feel it sometimes but I barely notice whereas it used to be quite strongly felt.

I know nothing about fillers, but I've heard of people who are allergic to one molecule of T but not another one... for example, I believe Andriol and Nebido are the same type of testosterone, so here in Europe some doctors prescribe Andriol (taken orally once a day, so easier to stop immediately than an injection for 3 months) first, because if you react to one badly, chances are you'll react just as badly to the other.
So if you have a bad reaction to Androgel, I'd say, maybe ask for another gel or another type of testosterone (eg cypionate or enanthate) ? I'm not an expert though, so ask your doctor, but I'd say all hope isn't lost