Several days ago I stopped taking
Androgel due to excessive
DHT conversion and started taking a stronger compounded cream. I was advised on this board that because
Androgel is 1% testosterone and compounded creams can be made with 10% testosterone, using less "volume" of cream as compared to Androgel (over a smaller area of skin) would provide me with the same amount of
testosterone with less
DHT conversion, because skin volume makes more
DHT. However, since I made this change to a cream, I feel noticeably less energetic, and frankly, a bit depressed, even though I am theoretically taking the same milligrams of
test (75 p/day).
Question: Has anyone found that creams require a higher
testosterone "dosage" (in terms of milligrams of transdermal testosterone) as compared to Androgel or Testim?