Curious if any women have tried taking T. I’m much younger than her but I’ve been feeling some of the symptoms she’s talked about a lot, and I’m wondering if T might help. But obviously I’m worried about the effects of it.
Not looking for medical advice, just curious about other people’s experiences.
All adults have some amount of both estrogen and testosterone. Having too much or too little of either can cause problems.
I think Hall’s thoughts about the differences between men and women are a major stretch. She went from being a woman with a lifelong testosterone deficiency, to being a woman with normal levels from the treatment. Saying “men play life on easy” from that experience is a big leap to conclude from finding that’s poker is easier after getting treatment.
Most activities become easier after getting treatment for a lifelong health issue. I experienced similar improvements in my field from reducing my T levels by about 90%. Can’t reasonably conclude anything about gender from that. I can say, disorders suck, and effective treatments are pretty nice.
If you think low T is likely an issue, by all means get a blood test. Hormone levels are quite simple to check.
Her symptoms were similar to mine when I had anemia last year. I remember being like “maybe this is what getting old is like” and then I had a routine physical and whoops my vitamin d and iron were in the shitter.
I think if you’re in your 40s and experiencing brain fog, memory problems, muscle loss, you should not just assume it’s normal aging. But there are a lot of things it could be. It’s useful to know it might be hormones, sure! Maybe people who don’t get anemia are living life on easy mode, but I don’t know how much I should generalize from my experience.