Your dose is something you and your prescriber go over together at review visits, and you are welcome to bring notes along.
What you can and cannot tell about your dose
A dose is hard to judge on your own, and it is not something to set from a web page. Ask your prescriber how they will judge whether the dose fits you. Your part is to track how you feel and report it honestly.
Tracking how you feel between reviews
Keep it simple and write things down:
- How you feel at the start, so changes have something to be measured against.
- Any new symptoms, and the date they began.
- When your next review and any tests are scheduled.
- Whether the plan allows a change if something feels off.
- Which signs mean you should call ahead of the next appointment.
For menopause, a national health service explains hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and a hospital health library explains hormone therapy for menopause symptoms. For testosterone, two clinical reads are a paper on diagnosing and managing low testosterone and recommendations on the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of hypogonadism in men. Read them for questions to bring to a review, never to set a dose yourself.
Bringing your notes to the next review
Please do not change a dose on your own. Bring your notes to the next review and ask the prescriber to explain what they see and what they want to adjust.
Leaving dose changes to your prescriber
Any change to your dose is for a licensed prescriber to decide, using your notes and your test results.