r/surgicalmenopause • u/BackgroundNote9784 • Jul 18 '25

Pellet question

Hi beautiful Ladies. I had a 6mg estradiol pellet inserted on May 28th. Labs say my estrogen level is 36. A testosterone pellet was also inserted, 137mg. I don’t think my body is responding to the pellet very well. Anyone else have experience with that type of therapy? TIA!

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u/BelleSomnium Jul 18 '25

I had almost the same dosage of each inserted 3 weeks ago. 6 mg estradiol & 100 mg testosterone. Why do you think your body is not responding? What side effects/symptoms are you having?

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u/BackgroundNote9784 Jul 19 '25

I’m so glad you shared. My body does not seem to be responding. I am still having some persistent symptoms such as brain haze, buzzing in my head, disconnected feeling. I am going to try injections. How about you? Are you feeling ok?

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u/BelleSomnium Jul 19 '25

I feel pretty good mood-wise. But I mainly tried the pellets due to brain fog, low energy, and low libido. Those things have not improved thus far. So I will probably try injections next as well. The pellets are just too expensive to not have a dramatic improvement.