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Update: been on EOD schedule for 6 weeks, getting blood work done in 2 I am still sleeping like shit. I’d say 3/7 nights are pretty good, the other 4 are terrible. I had some success initially taking pregnenolone at night but that effect has tapered. I’m currently taking a low dose of...

I have been on test for almost 4 years now with a small break in between to try a HPTA restart. Since the beginning, I am often always hungry when I wake up in the middle of the night. No matter how much I eat during the day I almost always wake up in the middle of the night feeling the need to...

I would just supplement with DHEA. This would help bring up DHEA and (from many reports around here) may bring up the e2 a little bit to see if that helps with libido. I don’t believe e2 of 22 is low for all individuals. For me, e2 under 25 causes me fatigue, hot flashes, sweats, low libido...

1/2 inch 27 gauge fixed needles. No loss of test in the needle, works great for delt IM if you’re lean.

Got it, is he with VCU by any chance? Sorry if that is too specific of a question. I recently moved from Atlanta and I am looking to set up with a new doctor. If he is also open to prescribing trt that is even better.

Interesting. I’m with defy right now and my yearly cost is looking like it’s going to come to about $1500. I would like to go into getting insurance to cover it at some point but right now I’m young, only 28 so I doubt insurance will cover it for a while.

Any idea how pricey they are compared to Defy medical?

I would be a little hesitant to proceed on a certain protocol without tracking hematocrit regularly. You may be doing this though and I could have missed that post. I may be a little neurotic about it because I work one on one with stroke/heart attack/etc patients on a daily basis and I know...

Why glycine? Does that have an effect on sleep?

Exactly the ones I take! I’m taking half of one of those and half of an extended release. I’m going to try and quit taking it though just so I don’t become reliant on it and only need it occasionally like you.

I have found less is more with melatonin. I think the actual dose that is recommended is 300 mcg or .3 mg. If you look up recommended melatonin dosage you will see similar results.

Oh yeah this is a great sleep schedule for me. I have always been a terrible sleeper. Insomnia started when I was in my teens and then the only thing that has ever worked is heavy sleep meds like seroquel or Trazodone. I do feel rested. Granted some mornings are tougher than others but I feel...

I’m sleeping about 6-8 hours a night currently, waking up from 2-3 times. This is a massive improvement. I now do EOD injections per my doctor. About 23 mg Test C one day and 315 mg hcg the next. I’m taking 400 mg magnesium glycinate, 20 mg pregnenolone and about 0.65 mg melatonin combo of...

I am getting about 6 hours of sleep a night at the moment using magnesium glycinate, 10 mg pregnenolone, 0.5-1 mg of melatonin a night I have always been a bad sleeper. Trt didn’t make it any worse or any better. The above solution helps somewhat. I’m soon going to an EOD protocol to see if...

I like the sound of those. I’m pretty lean but still insert about 75% of my 1 inch 25 gauge needle every time I do IM delt injections. I’m wondering if 1/2 inch may be better for IM delts

I likely will in a year or so. Mine was done through insurance initially so I don’t know the out of pocket cost. I do know you can have one done at labcorp, and purchase it through defy if you’re a patient there

I am now using empower pharmacy hcg. The sperm analysis was on a compounded hcg from Integrity pharmacy In Atlanta Ga. was even on a smaller dose

Yes I believe I’m taking the advice and moving to EOD protocol. I just reached out to my doctor and am waiting for a response before I make the change. The new protocol will likely be about 23 mg test EOD and 310-320 hcg on EOD.

Thanks to everyone. I have definitely bought into the “high shbg needs to be driven down” idea. I am also aware that I definitely don’t know even a smidgen of what there is to know about trt which is why I was seeking out the advice of everyone here. Thanks for the valuable input. I would...

Yeah my only concern was the SHBG. I guess thinking of the idea that less frequent injections lower shbg.

I am hoping this will be the last post I make about my current set of side effects. My last dr. appt basically gave me the option of increasing T, increasing HCG or just keeping things to the same. I would prefer to keep my general dosage the same and maybe just change when I take it so that I...

Hmmm yeah I mean my experience is that my Free T was 4 (9-26) before trt. Now it hovers around 15-23 (9-26) so I am by no means supraphysiological. However, if I was to drop T and go back to a free T of 4 and total T under 200, I would feel miserable and immediately want to be back on TRT. In...

Another thing to mention is I have a pineal cyst. It’s monitored by MRI to ensure it hasn’t grown although I haven’t had an MRI in quite a long time. I know that the pineal gland is responsible for melatonin production and circadian rhythm management. This may also play a role in my insomnia...

700 and 11 on clomid. Pre trt is 159 total and 4 free T

Awesome. Yeah I’ve actually been taking that brand of melatonin but just about .5 - 1 mg. I just bought extended release melatonin so will see how helpful that is. I am taking pregnenolone to essentially lower cortisol spikes at night. This helped initially but has been less effective as time...

I thought maybe it was e2 related but I feel like an e2 of 24 and shbg of 53 means I prob don’t have too much free e2 floating around. I would assume it could also be elevated dht? I’m going to try being better about washing my back with soap and maybe showering more often

I'm seeking out advice for back and shoulder acne and some mild sleep issues (have lessened with nightly pregnenolone and occasional melatonin). I'm currently 28 years old, I've had the acne the entire time I've been on TRT which is about 4 years with a brief period in between with no treatment...

Keep us posted. 1 month after discontinuing treatment had me at similar levels. Total T at 480 and Free T around 6. I felt pretty bad, very depressed, low energy almost sick feeling. I didn’t wait it out to see if my levels recovered and went back on T. I was worried about returning down to 200...

I agree, just my subjective results Also, another thing I noticed is that 500 iu twice a week kept my testicles fuller than 360 iu 3x a week which is even a larger dose. But I had e2 sides at 500 iu twice a week that I don’t get with 3x per week dosing. Again, just my subjective results. Not...

I notice that I have a huge difference in testicular size with very small changes in my hcg dose. 360 iu hcg 3x a week and I have sort of wavering testicle size, sometimes normal and other times they feel atrophied. If I go up to 370 iu 3x a week, they feel full and normal, almost larger 24/7

Oh well then you’re holding up very well. If I had numbers like that and felt remotely normal after quitting clomid I prob would have endured. What were pre trt numbers, just curious?