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Silly question. Is 3 additional weeks enough to cause some serious side effects (gyno, etc)?

Should I be concerned I will have had such a high dose for 12 weeks? If I need to back off to 150 or 100 will it be difficult?

Thanks. I’ve pretty much decided to stay on 200mg until my labs. If they come back really high I’ll ask to be put on a lower dose (or just do it myself). What I’m now trying to decide is, should I go ahead and immediately start splitting doses? I think my peaks and troughs would be better, at...

None really. This all started last week when I read a comment on Reddit and I had no idea what Gyno was. That sent me into the black hole of side effects and “do I have that? Are my nipples sensitive? Are they bigger? Do I need to check every day? Will my dose cause damage? Holy crap my doctor...

I’m not understanding the assumed sarcasm or satire but hopefully I’ll get it worked out. I felt fine up until a week ago and have been in the rabbit hole ever since, which has sent me back into depression and anxiety.

I did not go to a place like that. My 200mg protocol was prescribed by a physician at Vanderbilt University medical center.

Thanks. I did read it and appreciate you putting it together. Not trying to be obtuse or a jerk, I’m just dumbfounded by the fact that all I wanted was some relief from my low-T symptoms, and now I’m on a body builders dose. Not what I wanted. I didn’t want to have to be scared of side effects...

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I guess this just boggles my mind. I’m sure I’m naive to think a doctor would know how to dose medication properly. So far literally everybody says 200mg is too much. I…. Just don’t get it. I really don’t. Why would he do this? Is there nothing out there at all that says 200mg is an OK dose? Did...

I guess I’m on Mt Stupid then? Yes, I assumed a doctor could dose correctly. I’ve always assumed that with medication I’ve been prescribed. I’m sure I should push back on every medication I’ve been given, but frankly I assume I’m not an expert in medicine and default to believing a doctor.

I did preliminary homework on the risks and benefits. I did not do homework on dosages and frequencies, because I assumed like other medications my doctor would be qualified to dose correctly and give proper instructions. It seems TRT is the only medication I’ve run into where there are 101...

Well, or that he’s on “Mt. Stupid”

So my options are: 1: Self diagnose 200mg as too high, dose 100mg, risking inaccurate or skewed labs in 3 weeks. 2: Stay on 200mg and depending on labs, drop to 100mg. I guess what I really want to know is, if I’ve been generally fine (no side effects) for 10 weeks, is 3 weeks long enough to...

Pretty harsh to assume he’s a bad doc

And you would cut a dose in half before first labs and without your doctors sign off? Isn’t that pretty significant? Any side effects involved?