I´ll discuss this with the doc next week, but it´s Sunday and it´d be good to know if other guys experienced this...

Initially I started on a very low dose - because I did not have an endo, the GP was working with me, but they have limited knowledge of T. Everything went well, amazingly well in fact - my anxiety and depression were completely gone.

I increased to a normal dose since. But honestly it´s as though the T is just converting back into estrogen - I have all the symptoms of low T - brain fog, anxiety, feeling depressed, extreme fatigue.

I was wondering if any of you experienced this and whether it´s normal or whether you went back on a low dose. I understand that it is not the same for everyone so I´ll get my levels checked this week anyhow.

Hey, you were the guy on half a dose of gel right? I started and am still on a full dose of gel. It took me a good couple of months for the dysphoria to go away as well as the 'brain fog'. I think it just takes time for your brain to read adjust. My depression and anxiety are slowly improving. I had to miss my daily dose recently and the brain fog plus dysphoria returned. The next day as soon as I applied the gel that lifted.

Hey Elis,

Yeah that was me. But I went on a normal dose a couple of days ago.

At first on the half dose I actually felt really great, had tons of energy, lot of appetite. But since the normal dose I feel pretty low energy, with the brain fog, depressed, no appetite and no libido. Something seems off, especially since at first the T was working so well.

I had huge issues with fatigue after my hysterectomy. My T dose was way too high. I was exhausted, irritable, didn't want to do anything (even things I liked). My doctor did lower my dose by 20% at the time. I am planning to go back and see her around the end of this month to have it looked at again, and I imagine we'll be cutting it again by 20-25%.

She said her typical route when this happens is to immediately halve the dose, but I wasn't willing to outright jump to that.

That sounds a lot like what´s happening. Especially considering I was so energetic last week.

I found an endocrinologist who is willing to help with my levels (my GP was helping but as I said she lacks experience) so that´s good news, I´ll soon be able to discuss these kind of things with him. In light of this it wouldn´t surprise me if a lower dose is better for me.

Just thought I´d update this because I figured out a different approach.

Today I just used half the packet and then in the evening (15:00 pm -ish) the other half.
I feel way better. No brain fog. Maybe I just don´t tolerate high doses at all once all that well.

Good to hear something that works for you

Your intuition about what was going on with your hormones (T too high, aromatizing into something nastier) was probably correct.

It´s weird that I´m okay when I distribute the dose over the day though. I still feel vaguely sleepy from time to time, but the fatigue and the brain fog are completely gone.

I guess it´s possible that when you use one dose at one time, it´s too much at once and so your body converts some of that back into E.