I had relatively low testosterone when I started TRT at the minimum dosage every two weeks. Although I have been told that it is all in my head, I swear that I could taste it when the nurse did the first shot (and every shot I have ever done). I immediately get a tingling sensation up my back and often get goosebumps within 5 minutes of taking my shot. The nurse who gave me my first shot said she had seen one other guy with the same reaction but had no explanation.
I have even had my partner inject me with saline to see if it was purely psychological. I thought for sure that I was having this reaction mentally. But after doing the saline, I felt nothing. He picked a time to try it that I wasn't expecting--it was at least two months after I suggested we try it and I had long forgotten the discussion.
After a couple of years of 1 every other week, I started getting the lows around day 11. Pretty quickly they got bad enough that I couldn't function at all. I literally couldn't carry on a conversation without passing out on my feet until I did another shot. When I had my doctor check my testosterone during one of these foggy days, it came back at 25.
Is there something that can cause you to have exaggerated effects when taking exogenous testosterone? Is there some other hormone I should be evaluating that could explain the extreme lethargy and head fog when I don't take my dose on time. Occasionally, I will get busy and forget to do a dose, and sure as the day is long, I will get weak and sleepy and unable to get out of bed. Sometimes it takes me a day or two of staying in bed to remember that I forgot to take my shot. I do it and can immediately feel the fog start to clear. How is that possible?
If it's psychological, which I am totally okay with, why doesn't it happen when I do a saline shot unknowingly? It seems like the placebo effect should kick in and I should have the same reaction, but I clearly do not.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am having a thyroid panel done, but was hoping there were other considerations I should check.
I have even had my partner inject me with saline to see if it was purely psychological. I thought for sure that I was having this reaction mentally. But after doing the saline, I felt nothing. He picked a time to try it that I wasn't expecting--it was at least two months after I suggested we try it and I had long forgotten the discussion.
After a couple of years of 1 every other week, I started getting the lows around day 11. Pretty quickly they got bad enough that I couldn't function at all. I literally couldn't carry on a conversation without passing out on my feet until I did another shot. When I had my doctor check my testosterone during one of these foggy days, it came back at 25.
Is there something that can cause you to have exaggerated effects when taking exogenous testosterone? Is there some other hormone I should be evaluating that could explain the extreme lethargy and head fog when I don't take my dose on time. Occasionally, I will get busy and forget to do a dose, and sure as the day is long, I will get weak and sleepy and unable to get out of bed. Sometimes it takes me a day or two of staying in bed to remember that I forgot to take my shot. I do it and can immediately feel the fog start to clear. How is that possible?
If it's psychological, which I am totally okay with, why doesn't it happen when I do a saline shot unknowingly? It seems like the placebo effect should kick in and I should have the same reaction, but I clearly do not.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am having a thyroid panel done, but was hoping there were other considerations I should check.