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I prefer IM. That said, if the protocol works, it's the right one. I hope you tolerate tadalafil. I'm in the 25% who don't tolerate erectile meds. I get moderate to severe headaches, as well as gastro problems, fatigue and mood problems. I wish I could take one of them. My erectile...

That has to be difficult for you, Vince, as you've taken charge of your health and gained much knowledge but can't help your father, unless he wasn't interested. You do what you can for him.

Yes. I use the Easy-Touch brand. 29g, 1/2 inch, 1 cc .

I have Prime, so Amazon is the first place I look. I was considering another try with NAC, as it has anti-depressant and mood stabilizing properties. Used to communicate with professor & M.D., Michael Berk in Australia, who did groundbreaking research on it for bipolar. I didn't respond well...

It does. For those researchers to say that those boys, teenagers and men who took their lives didn't have diagnosed depression or some other mental health problem isn't just sloppy research; it's a horrible insult to those lives lost and to their families and friends. Yes, there could have...

Nelson, there aren't any words that can lessen your pain and the pain of your family. I grieve with you. You know I'm afflicted with treatment resistant bipolar and I take any suicide, personally. I've endured those thoughts since I was 19(72, now). Some days are worse than others.

If the testosterone is legit, not UGL, I don't believe it would lose its potency. My West Ward Test E has an expiration of 7/2023 and if I had an unopened vial that was a year old, I wouldn't toss it. I've read that medications can still be viable beyond their expiration date.

BP issues for me seem to be stress related(marital, wife's dementia, bipolar illness, non-restorative sleep).

Yesterday, I took 100 mg of DHEA. Later in the morning, at my urologist, one hour drive up I-95, his nurse took my blood pressure. Everytime I go to a doctor, my BP is high, but not at home. The nurse told me my BP was 116/70. I can't say it was the DHEA, but certainly, coincidental. Dosing...

Great to read this! Did your doctor recommend DHEA or did you try it based on your own research? Higher dosing, from what I've read, seems to be associated with its anti-depressant action. Low dose for me, 25 mg, seems to accentuate my moodiness and irritability. When I read a post where...

Wonder if it's filler related, though usually it's rice flour. Just my musing. Better not to take it. Some years ago, had 10 mg capsules from Swanson. I'd been reading about micronized DHEA and pregnenolone. Opened the capsules and put them in a spice grinder to make a fine powder, which...

The doctor who discovered DHEA, Dr. Etienne Emile Baulieu, 94 years old and still active, suggests, for good health and longevity, everyone should take 25 mg, daily, which is what he does. I don't believe he knows something we don't know but for whatever reason(s), some people don't tolerate it...

Your detective work shows how, sometimes, we have to be our own doctors. I had a similar experience with K2/Mk4. I'd been reading, a couple of years ago, on Ray Peat Forum, that high dose K2/Mk4(45 mg or higher, daily) has been shown to increase testosterone. I tried it. Within a few days...

I've experimented with DHEA many times and it always leads to lowering of my mood and irritability yet my labs(age adjusted/72, here) come in between 185 and 230. Not great at all. I like pregnenolone but I quickly gain weight and either fat or water retention around the waist. It does...

Never had issues with HCT. I've been on various doses and injection schedules. Also never was on HCG. Not concerned with fertility nor size of my testicles, but I read that Dr. Shippen would prescribe it as a mono therapy for men who didn't have overt hypogonadism.

I written about the disparity between the cost to manufacture a drug in India and what it ends up costing in the US. Four years ago, my former primary back in Maryland related a conversation he had with an upper level person at BC/BC in DC. This person told him that they pay out more for drugs...

After pressure from the FDA, so it seems.

From naturalproductsinsider.com Why has NAC been banned from Amazon? Amazon confirmed this week it's in the process of removing from its website dietary supplements containing NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine). FDA last year asserted in warning letters that NAC couldn't be lawfully marketed in...

I'll have to read Dr. Khera.

I learned this when I read one man's experience with Kaiser on another site, years ago. When his doctor left the exam room, the computer was still open, so this man looked and the criteria for prescribing testosterone was 240 or less. Agree with what you're saying and if a Kaiser doctor told...

Whether under Dems or Republicans, the FDA, for decades, has been, IMO, in the pocket of Big Pharma. It took them 20 years to approve Glucophage(metformin). Lithium, 10 years, I believe. Nebido has been used throughout Europe for a couple of decades? Though the FDA greenlighted it, doctors have...

Kaiser's criteria for testosterone replacement is 240 or less, so if you're 241, in their eyes, you're normal. Hated Kaiser but it was my wife's health insurance years ago in Maryland, until I qualified for Social Security Disability, then received Medicare and obtained my own insurance.

If I continue to have BP issues, I'd definitely discuss it with my primary.

Thank you. Yes, have a BP cuff that wraps around the upper arm. A few years ago, because of multiple high BP readings at my doctor's office, he asked me to take daily readings. At home it was always well within normal; 110/120 over 70. Anxiety is a component of bipolar illness and my anxiety...

Thank you. Going to my urologist next week and there will be new labs. I know that beta blockers can worsen ED. I can only suspect the daily shots were responsible but I wouldn't say it with certainty. The stress I'm living with, in addition to bipolar illness, is enough to affect my BP...

If you're doing well, that's all that matters.

I was doing 16 mg, daily, IM, Test E. Near the end of the second week, I wasn't feeling right. Almost daily low grade headaches(base of the skull/neck). Checked my BP. High. 140's/70's to 150's/70's. I don't have any history of hypertension. Stopped. Within three days, BP back to...

Regarding BP; I've been doing 16 mg daily IM Test E for a couple of weeks. Now seeing my BP spiking. Don't know if there's a connection. Didn't have this on any other injection protocol. Dealing with significant stress right now. I'm just trying to sort it out since I didn't have BP issues...

I'm not the most knowledgeable person but I'll weigh in. The first thing is to post all your labs ordered by your doctor. Without them, no one can give you any kind of opinion, though I have some thoughts. You were prescribed .5 cc/mL of testosterone cypionate, which would be 100 mg per...

I recall in Dr. Shippen's book, for men without frank low T, he'd prescribe HCG and for some it restored sexual function, as @JmarkH. Finding a decent doctor...well... @Checkmate7 , where are you located? City, state?

My sleep has been wrecked for 18 years from untreatable bipolar illness. I don't doubt it's impact on my ED, though there were longstanding marital issue, too. Some sleep problems are self-created. I congratulate you on getting your sleep back on track.