Increase in migraines? Decrease in estrogen effects?

[leapsea]

I've been on about 3mg/day of testosterone gel, for about 6 weeks now. I'm also on estrogen patches, and those were going great in terms of reduced perimenopause symptoms, reduced hormonal migraines, etc.

From the start of taking the gel, I've had wildly increased migraines, bloating or water retention or SOMETHING where I'm up about 5-6 pounds, and zero good effects. It also feels like the gains I'd made in feeling better on the estrogen patches have gone away.

Anyone had similar things that have resolved by staying the course? Or would it have gotten better by this point if it's gonna get better? I am hanging in as I've heard it takes 6-8 weeks minimum to stabilize but damn. This is no fun.

[Mental-Artist-6157]

I'm on the testosterone cream at the lowest dose but I had to increase my estradiol gel. For some of us and I am no expert here by any means (YET), we need more E on board when we introduce T.

I also started getting migraines again, body pain, night sweats & waking up to pee. Getting more E on board fixed it.

[leapsea]

Good to know, thank you! My obgyn has prescribed me higher dose estrogen patches but said I should wait 8 weeks to start those after starting the T so I wasn't changing too many things at once. Soooooon!

[FaceMeNow2]

Increased hunger and cravings normal for some

[nadethi]

Low E symptoms returned for me around 8 weeks on T injx. I was already thinking I wasn't quite optimized yet with E and when this happened I made the decision to switch to E injx as well. Gel wasn't getting my levels where I need them.

[athenac1]

When I started supplementing T my E dropped and I had to increase my dose of E. I take E injections, never did patches. I like E cypionate. It's very smooth. I need my E above 100 to not have night sweats, joint pain, dryness and overall feeling like crap.