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Bloating: Period or Testosterone?

Started by TheOtherSide, April 18, 2010, 05:07:39 PM

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TheOtherSide

I've noticed I've felt bloated my second week on testosterone... is that a side effect? I know I should get my period (If I get it...) sometime late this week but I don't know if I'm bloating because I'm menstruating or if testosterone has that effect. I thought I'd feel slimmer but I've definitely noticed bloating in my thighs.


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Silver

Well, the uterine lining has to go somewhere. You'll probably have another period at least.
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Ryan

Yeah, after only two weeks on testosterone I imagine you'll have at least one more period.
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mr_marc

You'll get at least 3 before they actually stop.
You havent been on T long so your still adjusting.
Mine took..3-4 months to stop.

They'll be very very light aswell, mine were.
Its basically the last of it lol.
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Ryan

Marc, I had a period one week after my first shot (I'm on half dose, fortnightly) and that was my last one. So yeah, everyone is different.
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Carson

Quote from: mr_marc on April 18, 2010, 07:10:55 PM
You'll get at least 3 before they actually stop.
You havent been on T long so your still adjusting.
Mine took..3-4 months to stop.

They'll be very very light aswell, mine were.
Its basically the last of it lol.

That's not necessarily true, I, like Ryan, also had one the week after I started T and that was my last one.
Call me a cheat but I make my own fate.

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Adio

The bloating could be water retention from the testosterone, from the monthly, or from both. 
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TheOtherSide

If it is water retention from the testosterone what can I do about it?


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Ender

Quote from: Ryan on April 18, 2010, 07:23:59 PM
Marc, I had a period one week after my first shot (I'm on half dose, fortnightly) and that was my last one. So yeah, everyone is different.

Same here (happened 1 week after I started T, then never happened again), except I started on a full dose, weekly.
"Be it life or death, we crave only reality"  -Thoreau
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Adio

Quote from: TheOtherSide on April 18, 2010, 07:47:19 PM
If it is water retention from the testosterone what can I do about it?

Drink more water  :P  No, really.  Increase your fluids from the usual 8 cups a day to about 10.  Skip the salty foods like canned goods and prepared meals.  Exercising helps as well.

This will help if it's from the T and/or from the other.
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LordKAT

Only thing that worked for me. Get a hysto.
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Teknoir

Whoa.... trippy!

I also "fell to the communists" at the end of the first week on T. It just sort of happened out of nowhere - It was not within the "usual" timeframe for it.

Never had one afterwards (but sometimes they wouldn't happen pre-T either, so it's a bit early to say for sure - I'll call it the last one if I don't see anything more for 6 months).

Started on full dose, biweekly injections.
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Silver

Quote from: Teknoir on April 19, 2010, 04:47:37 AM
I also "fell to the communists" at the end of the first week on T.

Lol, I like this one. OP's having a "red scare."
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mr_marc

Quote from: Carson on April 18, 2010, 07:42:24 PM
That's not necessarily true, I, like Ryan, also had one the week after I started T and that was my last one.

Im not saying all, some have that.
I know one guy who didnt stop for 6 D:
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Jav

#14
Ok I was getting quite psyched out with the fluid retention in my legs. These posts have put me a little at ease. The last few days I've had a lot of edema build up in my feet and lower legs. Looks like it could be both due to the fact that this is my 17th day on T (Nebido) and that my period would have been due soon, or could be that I've bee munching on some salted peanuts the last couple of days... It started to freak me out when I began to feel pain when walking since last night.
"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could." Mahatma Gandhi
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Jeh

I never had another period after I started T. It was due 3 weeks after I started T but it never came.
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Jav

Just as I suspected: last night there was blood. Smattering. Woke up this morning, nothing on the pad itself. Still a smattering. Still ugghhh. Dranks lots of water last night, doing better with edema.
"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could." Mahatma Gandhi
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straightedgechris

Yeah drinking loads of water will help you feel better overall.

My "P" experience: I started T in late October, had a period on thanksgiving, then never had another one (thank goodness)!
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Jav

Thanks, Xchrisx and Jeh. Doing sooooo much better with more water intake. Taking each day as it comes.

Jeh, you're lucky. Everyone's body's different, reacting differently to the same stimulus.

Xchrisx, I do hope this is my last one. Seriously.
"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could." Mahatma Gandhi
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RyGuy

Quote from: Carson on April 18, 2010, 07:42:24 PM
That's not necessarily true, I, like Ryan, also had one the week after I started T and that was my last one.

me too
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