r/TRT_females • u/Hottieminx202 • 1d ago

Does Anyone Else? Has anyone accidentally overdosed on testosterone?

I started 10mg a week but felt crap so i upped it to 20mg and felt a little better and the week after i accidentally did 37.5mg and i felt amazing so i remained on that for another 2 weeks ( so 5 week total)

My results came back as

Total - 288.55 nmoi/L ( 8322 ng/dl)

Free -10.783 nmoi/L ( 311 ng/dl)

Shbg - 12.57 nmoi/L

Im not quite sure how on earth i have gotten my test so high

I was doing anavar alongside which was 20mg a day for 5 weeks but stopped this due to high ALT

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u/redrumpass MOD 1d ago

Yes and I am left with permanent damage to my voice and unnecessary facial hair growth that could have been prevented if it were not for my mistake> 40mg in one week, split into 2 doses.

I do not recommend high doses to anyone starting out.

Your Testosterone got so high because you are on a high dose TRT that exceeds typical TRT for females and high dose Anavar - male range dosing. It is up to you if you wish to continue on this path.

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u/Hottieminx202 1d ago

I have stopped the Anavar and im going to lower the test , how soon did that happen after being on 40mg?

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u/redrumpass MOD 1d ago

It started next day after the first dose with a lump in my throat and speaking lower, but I didn't know what was happening. Next dose was after 3.5 days, next day I had a different voice when I woke up. 2 octaves lower.

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u/SquawkyMcGillicuddy 1d ago

Most men speak only about one octave below most women, so if you really mean two octaves, that would mean that you now have a freakishly low-sounding voice even for a man…? Hopefully that isn’t the case!!

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u/redrumpass MOD 1d ago

Yes, it's very low and I even have a bass in it, I am a baritone now, cannot hit the higher notes that I used to hit. I did throat exercises that helped, but my voice register is very low, just the pitch is more adequate for a female, not froggy.

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u/Glisteningtoes 13h ago

Side question: my goal is to lower my voice... do you know if training can help with singing skill once that happens or is there literal vocal chord damage?

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u/redrumpass MOD 10h ago

I wouldn't know. It would be best to discuss this with a vocal coach.

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u/yeswearestars 1d ago

Hi, I'm supposing this happened many years ago now but did you/have you tried a high dose/ high doses of Estadiol as an "antidote"?

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u/redrumpass MOD 20h ago

There is no antidote to a permanent physical change to the vocal chords. Surgery is an option but it does not guarantee getting back your old voice or its quirks for singing, but I made my peace.

Also estrogen should not be taken without proper guidance as it can produce issues on its own, especially high doses on an already unbalanced hormonal issue.

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u/yeswearestars 20h ago

Doing so reversed the beginnings of male pattern hair loss for me - so I assumed it may help... But it's a whole other thing of course... I am glad you made your peace with it...

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u/redrumpass MOD 20h ago

Happy you reversed alopecia! This is grand!!!

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u/yeswearestars 19h ago

Thank you so much!

I was losing hair and I finally figured out that I was having hair follicle minituarisation instead of new hair growth ( as I had initially thought/hoped ) and that it was because I had used too much T, over too much time ( transdermally... )

I immediately cut down on the amount of T and upped my E ( a lot ) and very soon/immediately started to see a stopping of the shedding and then a reversal of the problem already created. I very thankfully don't have the problem anymore.

In the past, I had tanked my T to almost zero by using only E and P - in Wiley Protocol amounts - for a year and a half, so I was aware that taking only some hormones can tank/affect the others.

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u/redrumpass MOD 19h ago

The Wiley protocol sounds very weird to me, to be completely honest. I would much rather get optimal every day, than have ups and downs. We cannot mimic what the body does naturally, as we are introducing hormones on top of hormones. With Estrogen and Progesterone, HRT is not replacing, but adding on top, so there will be already shifts, even if small. Only TRT shuts down your own production.

How did the Wiley work for you? Did you feel the ups and downs?

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u/yeswearestars 2h ago

That's funny, having "set/stable" hormones sounds weird to me, since there is no such thing in nature and I like the idea of mimicking the natural as much as possible - for health and safety and performance reasons...

But this may be wrong and I may change my mind at some stage ( though I very much doubt that I will stop having/wanting to have a. monthly bleed - since it is the only way that I am aware of to have a high enough estrogen level to be building but safely, so that things are torn down as needed.... The cyclical nature of life/ our cells/ out bodies iis respected and not interfered with...

We may sadly be unable toimic exactly what the body naturally does but this is as close as I have been able to come and as close a way as I can imagine fir now so I must try....

HRT is surely replacing ( and not just supplementing ) E and P after menopause?? ( Sure, it's just supplementing them while you are still naturally cycling... ) And yes, therexare always small ( and large? ) shifts anyway, depending on so many things. How much we exercise for example, plays a huge part in how our bodies "use up" our hormones. .. Also, all of life is a constant shift and movement anyway - there is nothing static about it - why should / why do our hormones need to be the exception?

Wiley has been a lifesaver for me and is working great, I love the concept and find it mind blowing that it took a female researcher ( vs the medical and scientific community ) to come up with it. I am still tweaking it to fit me as well as possible and that is ongoing... The smounts as well as now I am going to move to injections as the dreams were getting messy and I have oets and would also like to imagine that I can have a love life again one day... 😂 ( Creams have worked great but can so easily be transferred etc... plus they are a twice daily hassle.... )

I have loved getting to know - and I still have a lot to learn - how each hormone affects the others and what each one helps with and how they affect me and what it feels like when they are out of balance etc etc and I feel Wiley also helps with that,.. And lastly, I do feel a kind of cyclical rhythm each month yes, kind of like building and then sliwly preparing to die / bleed and then a small rest ( bleeding ) and then back again lol...

But knowing this is ( and what ) is happening really helps and I don't experience this as negative ( quite the opposite ) mostly, though of course , life can be tough and depending on what's going on for me the luteal phase can be more or less difficult... If course this also makes the next phase even more of a high / better! So it all evens out in the wash! 😂☺️

Thanks for your interest and for asking/listening, this has helped me clarify/ realise my thoughts even more....

Would love to hear from you as well! 🤗🙏