Recent content by John O'Connor

Yes, it takes months to get ferritin levels up. Be sure to check your vitamin D levels too. Most people in the population have low vitamin D as it's mostly absorbed via the sun, which most of us don't get much of. Vitamin D is essential for the absorption of all minerals, including iron...

Have you ever checked your DHEA-S levels? If it's low, you could supplement with Pregnenolone and DHEA supplements to boost it back to normal levels, which would ultimately boost your T levels. Testosterone Pathway: Cholesterol (LDL) - Pregnenolone - DHEA - Testosterone... Here are a few...

I just read your post that you lowered hcg to 1500 3x per week from 2000 3x per week. As for your suggestion above to titrate off hcg completely, I have no idea if going off completely is fully warranted or not. Your testosterone on the 2000 dose was obviously in the high range, so lowering it...

Can you clarify - are your TT levels still 800+ off of TRT? Let's assume your left testicle is dead, whether due to history of vericocele, result of surgery, or whatever. Can you explain why your right testicle is unable to produce healthy sperm? The following link mentions Testosterone level...

Sorry for the delayed response, I just noticed your message. I wouldn't think increasing it would improve your emotional struggles. From your original post, you mentioned you feel more emotional and down trodden the day before and day of injection. Has that trend held true since your original...

Sammy, I think we probably agree more than we disagree. As I said, only take melatonin if/when you need it preferably. It's good to see you only take ambien when needed. I know many of the patients my doctor treated took ambien every night as a routine. I agree with you on the link between...

Adding HCG will increase your endogenous testosterone production, although 250iu twice weekly is a fairly conservative dose. The testosterone pathway results in 2 outcomes. Testosterone either converts to estrogen, or DHT. I'm guessing you are converting more in the direction of estrogen...

I'd recommend avoiding blood donations until you get the ferritin back up. It can take months to get it back to normal. Iron is a slow absorbing mineral, and if you take too much it will cause constipation, which is normal, but back off if stools get too hard. Also keep taking your daily...

Also, your ferritin is low. Have you been donating blood? It's good to see your vitamin D level is solid. Vitamin D will help you absorb the iron supplement. Try to get your ferritin back above 100. Don't be fooled by the normal range of iron being 30-400. Their is nothing normal about an...

Without knowing more about your sleep issues, i.e. reason for taking insomnitol, I'd be cautious with the above advice on switching to Ambien. It's highly addictive, and has been linked to dementia with long-term use. If you need a sleep aid, try regular melatonin. I worked as a medical...

Rayrock1, dosing more frequently with smaller doses simply levels out your highs and lows. So for me dosing 100mg once per week had my peak at 1150+, and my trough in the 550 range. I noticed less frequent morning wood around the peak, 48-72 hour post injection time, but morning wood improved...

Rayrock1, I'm consistently in the low 700s total test. Last lab, total testosterone was 715ng/dL, and free test was 14pg/mL. Also Madman & Cataceous, thanks for the above studies. I have only had a few minutes to glance at them but will definitely respond in next few days.

I'm on same dose 90mg per week, but divided into 3 doses. I was using the 200mg/10ml bottles, but my apartment has south facing windows and it can get up to 80+ degrees during the day in the summer months. I had very strange labs showing my testosterone levels dropped from 700s to 400s toward...

I stand corrected on the half life being attributed to the different oils used. Looks like it has more to do with the number of carbons attached to enanthate vs cypionate, being 7 and 8 carbons respectively. As for the peak timing for most of the sources seem to say its 48 to 72 hours for...

Start low, and go slow. I agree with madman's advice to give it some time. It's good you started on a relatively conservative starting dose of 100mg per week, and that you are dosing 2x per week. My only concern with your initial post, and madman and others continued reference to labs done on...