10 Things My Doctor Never Told Me About Testosterone At 48
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10 Things My Doctor Never Told Me About Testosterone At 48

B1IntermediateJune 30, 202622 min

Testosterone is the most abundant active sex hormone in a woman's body, and almost nobody tells you what low testosterone does to women in perimenopause and menopause. When I asked my doctor about testosterone for women, he laughed in my face and told me to lift weights. Like I'd asked for a pony instead of a hormone. I lost two years to that laugh. Then I found a doctor who didn't laugh, and the right testosterone protocol gave me back my sleep, my sex drive, my energy, and my face. In this one I get into the 10 t...

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I got asked for a pony instead of a hormone.

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Now today I am giving you the 10 things that I wish that man had said to me instead of

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I'm 48 and the hormone that gave me back my sleep, my sex drive and my face is the one that my doctor laughed at me for asking about. I got asked for a pony instead of a hormone. That hormone was testosterone.

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Now today I am giving you the 10 things that I wish that man had said to me instead of laughing. I'm going to give you exactly what it did for me once I finally got it. We'll talk about every scary thing you've heard about it and why it's all lies.

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I'm gonna share with you the thing that it did to my face that I genuinely did not see coming. Hey friends, I'm Cynthia Garcia, your foul mouth fairy godmother.

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