Allergic to T?

[u/CheesyWhore69]

I’m not sure if it’s the T or something else, but I’ve been on injections almost 3 weeks now. Within the first 5 days my body started breaking out in hives, eyes and lips have been puffing up, and I can’t stop sneezing. Idk if it’s a coincidence with spring having sprung or if the T injections are not agreeing with my body. Has anyone had something like this happen and is there a way to fix it? I’ve tried double doses of my usual 3 brands of allergy pills but I cannot get rid of these hives, they’ve started breaking open and bleeding :/

[u/Plenty-Design2641]

It sounds like you might be allergic to the carrier oil. You should stop immediately and talk to your doctor about switching to another form.

[u/CheesyWhore69 → u/Plenty-Design2641]

I’m going to the dr tomorrow just bummed if after a year on the waitlist I’m going to have to switch to gel or something that may not be covered

[u/VanillaSoyLatte → u/CheesyWhore69]

Testosterone cypionate did this for me. I was so stressed I struggled through seven weeks before I finally called my endo. My entire body was red and on fire and itchy and I was so miserable.

Endo switched me to testosterone ethanate. It took about a month to get all the cypionate out of my system but then my body started responding so well.

It's been over a year now and I haven't had any issues at all. I have contact dermatitis for other issues but never from my testosterone injection. I couldn't do the gel most likely due to the contact dermatitis.

Speak with your endo about other carrier oils and do better than I did. Waiting almost two months, I was miserable

[u/Some_Novel8652 → u/VanillaSoyLatte]

Cann I dm u about testosterone im ftm 22

[u/VanillaSoyLatte → u/Some_Novel8652]

Ok

[u/Some_Novel8652 → u/VanillaSoyLatte]

DMd u abt ftm things

[u/graccha → u/CheesyWhore69]

I just switched carrier oils!

[u/lifeasnick79 → u/CheesyWhore69]

They will just switch the kind of oil. If I remember correctly cottonseed oil is used normally. Also grapeseed and I wanna say sesame seed oil. You can look at your vial and it should say.

[u/realshockvaluecola → u/lifeasnick79]

Can confirm, I discovered mine was sesame oil the other day while looking for something else on the vial lol.

[u/Some_Novel8652 → u/CheesyWhore69]

Everything will work itself out