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I know... aren't we all? my mom was on benzodiazepines for more than 40 years, several times a day. I've been on an off for 30 years as well (started with nitrazepam for sleep) Doctors prescribe it as candy because they are extremely effective in controlling anxiety in the short term. When it...

@t_spacemonkey, your advise is solid and should a warning for everyone taking benzodiazepines. I've read horrible stories of withdrawals, including Stevie Nicks, the former singer of Fleetwod Mac, who went through hell because of it. Having said that, and without trying to persuade anyone to...

I hear you brother. Same here. One suggestion. Have you tried SubQ? When I started (6 weeks ago) I started at 80 mg/week, 2x40mg) subQ and did not feel a thing. No anxiety, nothing. Because of the nothingness and my genetic stupidity (I'm homozygote for the STPD gene) I decided, two weeks in...

I've always taken them together, and yes, delayed ejaculation was a big problem. I've always thought Cialis had a role in it, as when I was only on Cialis (daily, for BPH) I noticed I started lasting longer, and getting less sensitive, but there may have been other processes at play (such as...

As always @Cataceous , much appreciated. The educational value you add to this forum (or at least to me) is unparalleled.

@Cataceous I'm sure you'd probably have an excel worksheet somewhere ... is there any way to estimate, based on injection amount/frequency (for T.Cyp specifically) what the troughs/peaks would be. Even if this is based on "young healthy adults". If it also estimates E2, DHT, HCT that would be...

Makes sense. I'm listening... Understood. Now trying to minimize E2/HCT peaks on peaks (if that makes sense), would it make more sense twice a week (30 + 30) instead of 3 times (20 + 20 + 20) assuming pinning is not a problem (at the moment at least...) If twice a week produce a peak about 50%...

Will revert to previous schedule on Monday. 3 x 30mg M-W-F. This week was just a singularity. Cannot be explained. Function is undefined. Thanks @madman.

Hey @madman, I know it should be frustrating having to repeat the same thing over and over, and yet, I know that and could not ask. It's the anxiety of "maybe it's not working, should I do something?" that's killing me. I have been very impatient since I was a child. That's one of my concerns...

First off @Cataceous, thanks for taking the time to read and respond. I really appreciate it, because your one of the people I trust on this forum, given that you have always offered reasonable advise and can backup your claims. Agree. Walking back with increments between 0.8%- 1% a year since...

Thanks madman. Damn! I think these would probably be the longest 3 months of my life. I guess it makes sense. There's only one solution: wait. Thanks for taking the time to read and post a good answer.

Thank you Vince! I really appreciate your two cents! That's what I was thinking. The only problem is that I tend to overthink everything, and I'm afraid of dropping the dose, then changing frequency, then see FreeT too low, then too high, HCT up, etc. What I'm really, really interested is in...

I was thinking, and maybe I'm wrong, but TT 1044ng/dL on a trough is a bit high, so maybe I should hit for a more humble 700 - 800 ng/dL? True, I was on an almost EOD schedule, so troughs would be higher and peaks lower, but still that would put my peak at probably above 1500, don't you think...

Hello guys, Many of you are aware of my journey, but for those who don't know, I started with HCG 2000 IU a week, felt like a greek God for two weeks, then back to basics, Enclomiphene, Great labs but no symptom relief, then Enclomiphene + HCG, some improvements, then TRT. I was prescribed 100...

Congratulations! Hope this continues. If you don't mind me asking, what's your protocol with the cream, strength frequency, cost compared to Cypionate. How would you compare the two putting aside side effects?

Very interesting. So the Cypionate sides never went away. How long were you on it? Was it otherwise an effective treatment? The anxiety, insomnia and heavy breathing is "tolerable" for the moment, but this started to happen on week 4 probably and I'm on week 7, I was expecting that the body...

Thanks @Willyt! that sums up my experience. What did you lower your dose to? Is it working okay?

My early experience leads me to agree with that. I'm feeling that my sympathetic system is permanently activated. I recently switched from 3 x 30 mg a week to 50mg x 2 to see if that variations allows for some resting time. Unfortunately, at 60 I don't think I would be able to build that much...

I know I should be careful what I wish for, but I need some of this. Every time I go to quest they stab me in the arm 20 times trying to locate a vein and they can't find one. Is there any way to attach a faucet to a vein? Doing this every 6 months amounts to torture.

That's my hypothesis actually. I feel a little bit more anxious/on edge (something I'm very familiar with) after starting TRT (after the 3rd week actually) and I think that this "breathing" issue could be somehow anxiety, as it's very similar to how it feels when you have a panic attack. Like...

Do you think an increase in HCT could explain the "perceived" shortness of breath? Is that common on those starting TRT?

Interesting. I just replied to this thread just a minute ago with a similar anecdote listing my VO2. I'd be glad if you looked at it.

Interesting. A year ago I starting working out and walking close to 5 miles a day every day. Every morning I walk 1.25 miles around the office which I did fairly comfortable. Up until May 31, based on my Apple Watch activity monitor, my "Cardio Fitness" (VO2Max) was 35.4, and my "cardio...

I never had that "flatness" usually associated with SSRI. I was also on Mirtazapine and never felt the "flatness" either. I stopped taking both because eventually I did not think they solved my issues, they just managed to ameliorate them temporarily, but the underlying issue was still there...

There are three versions of Wellbutrin that I know of, Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR and Wellbutrin XL. You might be able to "micro dose" the original Wellbutrin version, however, SR and XL tablets should NOT be split or cut. I'm not sure if "macrodosing" would work though. Certain medications...

I do have experience after being for more than 3 years on Bupropion XL (Wellbutrin XL) 150 mg/day. At first it creates a bit of euphoria, or "good" anxiety, not different from the one I got in the third week of TRT. You are motivated to do things, have this energy that you want to put to good...

I didn't even know that made it at that strength. The clinical trials for Androxal (the original brand for Enclomiphene Citrate) used 6.25mg, 12.5mg and 25 mg. On second thought, obviously, a compounding pharmacy can produced any strength needed. There's a "clinic" out there that claims to use...

A pill cutter would be a good idea if there were pills. Capsule cutters might be a better idea but they'd create a mess and I don't think they exist.

Yep, that's going to be difficult. Did you order it or did a doctor prescribed that amount? Base on my experience (which may differ from yours) 12.5 mg every day put me at 1180 ng/dL and LH and FSH at about 20 mIU/mL, way above the normal range. Lowering the dosage to 12.5 mg M-W-F put my...

Interesting question. My experience with a very well renown doctor is that, yes, maybe, probably, perhaps. This is pure speculation as I have not even a shred of evidence, just the fact that he told me that "they (his practice) don't use regular pharmacies, just empower", and I wonder why. Now...

@UCFguy01 Another thing to consider in your experiment is : This means that under the action of exogenous testosterone, the effect of SERM may be limited in its ability to block negative feedback via estrogen receptor, as there may be another feedback loop that operates on the androgen receptor...