Specific drug info for no sex drive please

Is there anyone out there that knows the specific names of the testosterone estrogen cream combinations that have been successful in regaining the libido. My libido is GONE. Im 40 years old. I had LAVH, BSO one year ago. I was using an estrogen only cream for the past six months. It gave me a CONSTANT headache. I tried patches, pills, etc. Everything eitehr gave me headaches and/or a very sick stomach. The Dr said to stick with the estrogen cream only for awhile and the headaches should subside. Ok I did that and I get BAD headaches every three to five days. Ive been to every kind of DOC you can think of. Ive been on sleep aids, anti anxiety such as Xanax, anti depressants, OTC pain meds, perscription pain meds, including Relpax and Imitrex, niether help. Just this past Thursday I had to go from work straight to the Dr because the headache pain was SO BAD I thought I would die! She gave me a shot of Tramadol. It helped right away. She put me on Innodan XL on a daily basis. I have taken them for the past two nights, so far so good. Hopefully THAT will help the headaches. NOW to solve the NO LIBIDO. I went from an awesome sex life with my DH to just being there for him. I have nothing, no desire and no ability to have orgasm no matter what I do. So I called Gyno and he is having me start a combo of testosterone and estrogen next week. I dont remember the name of it and he is out of the office for the weekend and I woudl like to do research on it before I start. Although I am desperate to regain my libido. Im hoping this combo does NOT cause more headaches. Anyone who has any knowledge of the names of specific combination estrogen/testosterone CREAMS please let me know what they are and if you youve tried them what have you experienced from them. THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!
Laurie

Hi Laurie!

I'm sorry you have been having such awful headaches. Having no libido isn't fun, either.

I get really bad headaches if my estrogen levels are too low. Do you have any other symptoms of low estrogen? You can look over the list of symptoms common for too much/too little estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. It might help to print the list and check the symptoms you are experiencing.

The only name I know of for an estrogen/testosterone combination is a pill called Estratest. It comes in HS (Half Strength) and FS (Full Strength). (There is a generic version called Syntest which is also a pill.) The only way I know of to have a cream combination of the two is to go to a compounding pharmacist and have the prescription filled. If you don't know of a compounding phamacy near you, use the locator feature of this site: www.iacprx.org.

If you're going to get a compounded cream, in my opinion it would be a good idea to have your estrogen and testosterone separate. It's impossible to adjust one or the other hormone when they are mixed together. When I started out using testosterone cream I used it every day but after several weeks of that I was able to cut back to just a couple of times a week. I had to use my Bi-est cream and progesterone twice a day. If they had been mixed together it would have been impossible for me to adjust them individually.

I did experience complete lack of sex drive/libido/response but by getting my hormones properly balanced I was able to regain it all. I sure can relate to how desperate you are to get your libido back, too.

You're welcome to research more about hormones in the Hormone Jungle. There's additional information in this link to the Hormone Article List and in this link to the Resources Database. Look for the category called Hormone Jungle - Jungle Resources.

I hope whatever your doctor has prescribed is the answer to your libido problem! Keep us posted, okay?

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