‘I’m on Fire’: Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive — and Then Some

The New York Times ^ | Oct. 22, 2025Updated 4:46 p.m. ET | Susan Dominus

[DeplorablePaul]

Just out of curiosity I googled testosterone gel and found this product for $30. I have no idea if it works or not.

https://thehrtclub.com/product/androgel-testosterone-gel-1-62-for-topical-use-ciii/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23032870996&gbraid=0AAAAA-QdLEqRdSOt_hFgRnGTnWpqCK9cd&gclid=CjwKCAjwpOfHBhAxEiwAm1SwEu7YMQn1SW8pmPNV81Xna8PffOrxkC8vAkB9OMEl8Tp_e6OLH_dvKBoCPM0QAvD_BwE

[Sicon]

"I felt bad for men. It was so powerful and to have to deal with that hormone and control it with all of those strong caveman urges starting when y’all are teens "

Now throw in trying to understand/figure out/deal with a woman!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I thought SPANISH FLY was for that.

[Bshaw]

My wife is in her early 50’s and hereto flashes were awful, I could feel thereat rolling off of her from 3 feet away. Additionally, while her libido did not suffer initially with menopause, she was experiencing vaginal dryness and lack of elasticity in that area.

Nothing more distressing than seeing your lover grimace in pain during sex.

She opted for a HRT estrogen patch that’s worn on the skin; immediately her hot flashes subsided and are far less severe and frequent, and vaginal dryness and lack of elasticity disappeared entirely. This is NOT testosterone.

She now initiates sex, and often, and gone is the grimace.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Better Headline:

“Some Women Understand Men, a little better”.

[Farmerbob]

[...free Gillette razor...]

Remember all those male enhancement commercials about 20 years ago where all the women giving testimonials had 5 o’clock shadows?

[Farmerbob]

[...child, a son,...from a crockpot in the bedroom to a microwave...]

Noticed the same thing with my wife. Like a lithium battery fire haha. It was still early in our marriage. Totally different from when carrying our daughter a few years later. Of course by then we had a toddler running around and both our energy levels were down. I always suspected it had something to do with carrying a boy.

[wardaddy]

Thank u
Poli Sci degree ole miss made leviathan like a bible of beware but I never saw cypionate
I’ve had empty sella forever since 80s I think hence low T

My lesbo endocrinologist found it trying to figure why I was Anemic

To her credit

I’ve been on 150-200 a week since 1992 until recently I switched to 250-300 every two weeks given I’m 67

I take it same time Repatha consentyx and zepbound

I had to get off it to impregnate for my five children

It make u azoospermia

But when u stop u rebound with an over abundance of swimmers

My wife had menopause around 54

I begged her to take hrt given menopause had affected her markedly across the board

Finally her bestie chimed in she did it and loved it

That NOW funded study in the 70s intended to stymie hrt use and which used very old women in its study really hurt the practical use as it intended to

With 2-3 days my wife had shiny hair and fuller bosom and just a ripeness again with sex drive returned

It’s a cream on her wrist I think of

Testosterone
Estrogen
Estradiol

And progesterone pills for bloating

I’m 110% positive and she’s 61 now

If women care about sex but lack drive I fully support them using it

It works
And they’ll feel better

I took a shot a week ago and it’s peaking now

Hubba hubba

I look forward to Saturday morning like a kid for Christmas morning lol

[cherry]

There is a reason women have small amts of testosterone naturally...there is a reason why men have more...

the human race needs natural women and natural men...oh, and we are supposed to age gradually...we are born young and frisky and make children and that gradually goes away, OR IT SHOULD......we have screwed up the human race in so many ways..start with viagra and now women taking testosterone.

[Secret Agent Man]

Good. And yes, estrogen isn’t testosterone.

[rarestia]

My wife got her formulation from her GYN. It’s a roll on with estrogen and testosterone. She puts it on every other day. She’s been on it for a year now. No unwanted hair growth or other side effects she’s seen.

[rlmorel]

Egad! Thank you...I don’t know how that link I posted got fouled up, but...thank you for posting it!

Heh, watched it again, still love it...:)

[grey_whiskers]