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Androgel did diddly squat for me until I moisturized. I was frosting badly which meant it wasn't being absorbed. My labs showed pretty similar results to you goga. Now I moisturize daily and rotate the sites which maintains a good level of both T & free T. I also take .25 mg of Arimidex every 7...

Welcome on board fellow brit...you wont regret it, you are on board with a great bunch of guys with a wealth of knowledge... as we all know this path can be a tricky one...

Great article Will...spot on for us older trainers...train smarter, not harder...its a long old road if you want to travel the whole length, dt

Great article Nelson ...an area I am looking very closely into at the moment.

Dialing in the DHEA can be a lengthy process...first time around it caused all sorts of issues so I dropped it for a while. Then I kicked it back in @ 6mg ....after 6mths 12mgs and so on. I had a low DHEA's reading so my doc told me to persevere with it to get my levels up and now I am feeling...

Any feedback on this one would be appreciated. I have been reading up on Metformin as an off label anti aging product and thinking of adding it to my protocol. In theory it helps with insulin resistance which would help maintain body composition (and has anti cancer benefits as well.) Its the...

Target I take the 8 g a day to hit my target amount of DHA & EPA. I think it works out around 2.9 g of EPA and just over 3G of DHA of the active product. This helps with stubborn fat loss, lipids and cognitive health. If you dig deep enough there is research... for both high doses and...

I take 8g a day which equates to 3g of DHA & 3G OF EPA. Which was my target daily consumption set by my nutritionist 4G with breakfast and 4g with lunch. The product is the Minami brand which is of pharmaceutical purity ........the only problem being... its cost me around £90.00 a month.

I would recommend adding it to your supps. On work out days it really makes a difference to me and if you have a lot of stress in your life its a must. I take up to 1400mg on workout days spaced out across the day, on a non workout day I take 400mg. Helps me sleep and chill down. But be careful...

I had problems running K2 ...thickened up my blood. In some countries(japan i think) they use it in the operating theater to slow down bleeding when doing a major op. So didn't work for me. I do try to eat organic hard cheese regularly which is a good source of natty K2 I know we are all...

I take the best grade I can afford...a pharmaceutical grade with added tochoperols to prevent deterioration once absorbed otherwise it can add to the toxic load on the body which s not good. I always try and get the labs on products I take to make sure they are of the purist quality. Any...

Complex issue. I have just run a test which they call the Dutch Test. This tracks and highlights adrenal trends over 24hrs. Was interesting to get my results..showed I had flat spot of virtually no cortisol being produced at this time of day...due to my body overproducing in the first part of...

I had a major problem back in May where I ran 25 mg of of DHEA and it threw me right out of sinc...bad ride all-sorts of sh*t ..backed down the DHEA step by step and countered with Arimidex ...over-did the arimidex and crashed.... Took over 3 months to get back on track. Had all the symptoms you...

The diet factor Totally agree Vince...diet can be a big factor ...if I run to lower carbs i have noticed my sleep suffers...I ran under 50g of carbs a day for a while and toughed it out for a couple of months... still no good even though I ramped up my good fats...I think I was just causing my...

MCt Hi salasman..........I think its to do with my cholesterol numbers my HDL is 1 point to low and my LDL is higher than they would like....that old saturated fats cholestrol theory the docs wont let go off. My diets is as clean as I could possibly get it with lots of good fats and low...

high dose. Hi Re-ride..........I was top and tailing my workouts with 10g pre and 5g post mixed in with my shakes...couldn't sus out why my sleep turned to cr*p...then I came across the article on the Charles Poliquin site...so cut it from my workout shakes and mix now I mix 5g in my am...

Thanks Vince...I am going to start mixing into my diet again. Davet

I take a dose of magnesium a day up to 800mg...which I found helped big time. I also take 3mg of melatonin on workout nights if I feel revved up...but I have read that it can down regulate your own production if you run it constantly. Take a look at your serotonin/dopamine precursors because if...

Primarily organic Coconut oil... Before I started on my meds I used to take this daily...as it has many beneficial qualities. My doc told me to cut back on saturated fatty acids and even though mct's are treated differently by the bod ..they are when all said and done a saturated fatty acid. Do...

Taper down the DHEA... I have just had exactly the same problem, I was on 25mg a day after showing I was low in my labs...took me around 4 weeks to resolve it...DHEA was converting and knocking me out in the bedroom dept...now I am running 6mg a day and feeling good....along with 2 doses of...

My new doc recommended I start taking DHEA to supplement my T regimen after my labs showed I was on the low side. Went straight in at 25mg a day first thin in the morning ...within a week my wood had gone...so I rapidly tapered back down to 6mg quarter of a tab which because of the crumbly...

Great thread Vince....sums it up nicely. I have researched this a great deal and I think eventually the bods at the top who make the recommendations are starting to take note.

Arimidex Thanks guys........I quartered all of them early this year trying to be efficient...so i wont make that mistake again. Binned them and started on a new 2016 pack. Fingers crossed that will have the desired affect and put me back on track again. Cheers Davet

Question. How long does arimidex keep its potency for. I have 1 mg tabs that I have quartered. I did this earlier this year and now they seem to be having little impact. These were purchased I think around 5 years ago so I'm not sure when the official package expiry date was. Thanks guys

Thanks guys...I will keep tweaking away...the Dutch Test kit has arrived now so I'm gonna complete that and get it sent of across the pond and see if that flags up anything interesting with my therapy which can be improved. Davet

Is there any way of telling if an ED problem is being caused by Stenosis of the spine or ones therapy not hitting the marque... Had lower back injuries in the past...but my back seems good at the mo other than the odd twinge every now and then. I am squatting once a week...but I don't know if...

My local GP commented that if she requests a full panel of labs for me as I requested, it may flag up something I don't like the look of....wtf...isn't that the whole idea of running labs so you can address issues rather than bury your head in the sand.... This is the same GP that said E2 has...

Thanks guys...I reckon I will give it a whirl and see what results I get back........not cheap at £350.00 uk pounds...but if it gives me an accurate E2 reading that will help my protocol. Ben Greenfield swears by it and he's a guy I take note of... Cheers Davet

My new doc reckons I should have the my levels tested by having the Dutch Test carried out as it more accurate here in the UK to track my E2 and monitor the peaks & troffs of my levels throughout the day...... Have any other guys looked at this to see if its worthwhile or am I wasting my money...

My partner/wife eventually agreed to go see a bio hrt doc here in England....best investment I have ever made...like chalk & cheese...she's on fire. She is on a mix of prog & e which has been titrated a couple of times......... Took around 3 months for the magic to happen but shes like a new...

I take it in the middle of the night when I go to the gents...on an empty stomach.. On non-workout nights I take 200 to 400 mg , on workout nights 400 to 800mg...definitely keeps me positive and helps me sleep well till the alarm. Only prob here in the Uk its expensive...no sides when taking...