Testosterone - vaginal cream or transdermal cream?
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Background: I'm in the early stages of perimenopause and have 4 main symptoms. Can't stay asleep, anxiety, can't lose weight, low libido. I've read testosterone can help with all of those. Meds: my obgyn put me on 200mg prometrium, 5mg DHEA, and recently added a testosterone cream. No estrogen. My question: the testosterone cream she prescribed is vaginal. I keep reading conflicting information from the Internet. Is this going to increase my blood levels? Or am I better off going with a transdermal cream/gel? I'm not noticing any difference in anxiety or sleep.
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- Subreddit
- r/Perimenopause
- Author
- u/blondie_nerd
- Posted
- Feb 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM UTC
LeadScore: 30question
AI Analysis
- Medication
- Prometrium, DHEA, testosterone
- Condition
- perimenopause, insomnia, anxiety, low libido, difficulty losing weight
- Geography
- us likely