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I’m about to have a follow up with Defy so I’ll mention that. I also considered increasing HCG to 400 iu 3x a week and leaving everything else stable. But maybe I’ll just increase the test instead

I discontinued my ai and added 30mg zinc at the same time and my e2 is essentially the same number

Here are my labs on 40 mg test 2x a week 360 iu hcg 3x a week Total T: 783 (362-916) Free T: 15.7 (9-26) E2 sens: 24 (8-35) SHBG: 53 (15-55) TSH: 2.1 (.45-4.5) DHEA-S: 346 (138-475)

Here are my labs on 40 mg test 2x a week 360 iu hcg 3x a week Total T: 783 (362-916) Free T: 15.7 (9-26) E2 sens: 24 (8-35) SHBG: 53 (15-55) TSH: 2.1 (.45-4.5) DHEA-S: 346 (138-475) I’m also taking multivitamin, 30 mg zinc, magnesium, fish oil, arginine

I took .5 mg melatonin quick release Source naturals brand (half of their 1 mg pills) before sleep around 9:30 and then another half around 2 am. Had to wake up at 6 for work and felt super groggy but at least was able to get some sleep. Going to try something similar tonight but just take .25...

True that. I mean, I’m willing to do anything to sleep at this point

Hmmm I’ll try the melatonin. I do wish I didn’t have to resort to taking something every night though. Is that what you all do?

Right right. I apologize I posted this early morning before work. Will post again later today when I have time.

I am high shbg, consistently over 55-65 (range 15-55) I am currently on 40 mg test 2x per week and 360 iu hcg 3x per week. I am getting very inconsistent sleep and feeling up/down throughout the week. I know high shbg typically go with larger, single injections but I’m worried that even more...

This issue keeps getting worse for me. I’m thinking of lowering my t dose or something. It’s essentially making the benefits of trt completely unnoticeable. I just had labs pulled two days ago so I’ll see if e2 is elevated or something but I don’t think it is. I may go to 3x a week...

I’m curious about this as well. I’m taking a bit less (30 mg OptiZinc with copper +11 mg zinc from my multivitamin) but curious about long term effects.

I was curious about not sleeping well before a blood draw. One of my current symptoms of trt (I believe) is inability to get solid sleep. I may get 5-6 hours but I had blood work this morning at 9 am after waking up early around 5 am. I know bad sleep can be detrimental to testosterone but is...

Do fixed insulin needles come in Needle lengths for intramuscular injections?

I have a compounded vial of test-C + grapeseed oil that was created 4/13/18 according to the vial and it has a beyond use date of 10/10/18. I must be losing some test-c in my needles because I’m about to run out of my prescription early. Would I be able to use the old vial safely if it has...

I’m taking magnesium glycinate 400 mg every night with dinner. Is that a good magnesium type for sleep?

I have been off ai for 7 weeks or so and I don’t plan on returning. Anastrazole made me feel pretty rough and killed my joints. The main issue I am having right now with my trt is I can’t sleep. I have had this issue with low e2 and high e2. I don’t know if e2 is even elevated at the moment, I...

I can’t really take any sedatives or *** because I’m sober and in recovery. My sleep got better but has returned to being restless. Fall asleep at 10, wake up at midnight, awake from 2-4 am every night

Random question, but I have testosterone and hcg (powder form, pre mixed) shipping to my place from empower pharmacy, through Defy. I won’t be home from work until about 4-430 so the testosterone cypionate and hcg powder may be outside in ~85 degree heat, but not in direct sun for 5 or so...

Is there any downside to daily use of carnitine? I feel like I saw something about it interfering with thyroid function but I could be wrong, I can’t remember. I take about 500-1000mg of arginine daily but no carnitine at the moment. Also, any preferred type of carnitine?

Recommending someone keep there e2 below 20 isn’t very safe. E2<20 has been shown to result in bone loss.

I was taking 500 iu hcg 2x a week and it caused me to have high e2 “spikes” and made me symptomatic. I’m also on 40 mg test 2x a week. I changed my hcg dose to 360 iu 3x a week, which is actually a higher weekly dosage but being spread out eliminated e2 symptoms for me I take no ai.

My experience was clomid made me feel kinda shitty. I think low free T and low free e2 are contributing to your feeling bad, but I am not a doc, just my experience

I’d be curious to see SHBG, your free t is still low. Shbg shot up super high for me, basically cancelled out any benefit I got from clomid raising my total T

Before I began trt (was age 25 at the time) my hematocrit was 35.7 (37.5-51.0) I was slightly anemic before my treatment. After being on injections for 2.5 years, my hematocrit sits around 40-45 consistently. My dr viewed my borderline anemia as something that TRT could help treat along with...

I’m curious about the effects of enclomiphene on SHBG. Clomid raised my already high shbg (~60) even higher (90). I had to discontinue and resume Test-c because it essentially led to zero benefits despite having total T in the 700s, as my free t was around 9 (range 7-26). Anyone have...

During the winter months, my room temp drops well below that, into 50 degree range sometimes and I haven’t had any crystallized test in the past year. Although, when I used to get my test from Walgreens, it always happened and became crystallized and I had to run it under hot water.

I am choosing to trust Dr. Saya’s protocol. He hasn’t steered me wrong thus far. I’m starting to sleep better and adjust. Thanks for the tip though. Also, the protocol causing issues was 500 iu hcg twice weekly. So I haven’t stuck to the same protocol. The higher, less often hcg dose was...

Clomid put me in a very bad place. 12.5 mg EOD drove my shbg up to 90. Free t hung around 9 or 10 (7-26) and for some reason, it dropped my e2 to around 15. So an e2 at 15 with shbg at 90 basically meant I had no free e2 rolling around. My joints are still recovering 6 months after...

I went down to 360 ius three times a week. Dr Saya said he believes this will be sufficient for fertility

Yup. I dropped ZMA and now take OptiZinc from source naturals. 30 mg zinc, 3 mg copper. MV has 11 mg zinc, 1 mg copper.

I’ve decided to resume my Drs protocol at the following: 40 mg test 2x weekly 360 iu 3x weekly No ai at the moment I will have labs in 4 weeks and see where I’m at. I’ll update you all. Thanks for the advice. I’ll be interested to see where my SHBG is because it typically runs about 55-66...