What happens when your wife goes on testosterone
The effects unexpectedly changed one couple’s marriage.
From The Times
January 16, 2026

When a woman nearing 50 started taking a high dose of testosterone to manage her menopausal symptoms, the hormones had unexpected consequences for her marriage, which had little sex in it for years.

“She was pouncing on me,” her husband said.

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