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Injecting 0.1 ml? Not fun unless I use something like an insulin syringe.

I don't get any pain. It's 100 mg/ml with grapeseed oil. I've been thinking of doing it ED but then I'd need 50 mg/ml and injecting every damn day.

25mg EOD, 400 IU of HCG twice a week and it's been about 3 months. Before it was 45mg of Cyp twice a week with HCG. Why?

I definitely feel better on Prop. More confident and am gaining a little muscle from lifting. But still no libido.

How could you tell that gluthatione was working? I've got a free sample from Bulk Supplements.

But didn't it more than double your E2?

I write back here instead of in different threads. It's been about a month I've been shooting propionate EOD and it's been working well, better than cyp. I took calcium d-glucarate for a while and then stopped as it seemed to cause me fatigue. (May have a different reason though, see below.)...

I don't know. Can it be that propionate decreases aromatization or converts to DHT better?

I've tried it twice for increasing semen volume (which decreases on TRT even with HCG) and it works. However either time I notices a huge increase in my facial hair which was presumably caused by an increase in DHT. I'm not sure it was the lecithin or other stuff that I was taking with it. The...

It's been exactly 1 year that I've been on TRT and the only positive things I can report are increased confidence and a more stable emotional state. On the other hand I now have much more body hair, look older and my mental fog may have increased. My current protocol is 0.2 ml of T Prop EOD...

It may be a stretch but each time I tried arimidex I felt something went slightly wrong in my head. Difficult to put it in words.

Last night I tried to start injecting every day but 0.1ml is such a small amount it feels awkward.

I shoot Prop every other night and it seems there is a pattern: the day after the injection I feel good but the day after that I feel weak. There may be other factors involved but I'm thinking of injecting every day.

Since I started TRT I've been having problems with shortness of breath. At first I thought it was because of water retention due to high E2 but now that I got a monitor I see my systolic BP is often in the 130-140 and such an elevated pressure seems to correlate well with shortness of breath...

Did my first injection of Prop last nigh and there was hardly any pain. 0.25 ml ~ 25mg of Test EOD. Will give me a little less than 90mg of Test per week.

I did the ACTH stimulation test. Before the injection I had: ACTH 33 in 7.2-63.3 Cortisol 18.8 in 10.4-26.4 Insulin 7.6 in 2.6-24.9 Except for insulin they are near the middle. After the injection cortisol went up to 29 in the same range as before. So it seems my adrenals are OK...

Do you inject propionate IM or SQ? And what kind of needle? I'm soon going to do 0.25 ml EOD. Defy tells me theirs has grapesee oil in it. I hope it won't hurt too much.

DIM and glucarate seem to be working. I have much less tolerance for nonsense now, although it seems like I've got "roid rage". Also licorice tea gives me heart palpitations. Have to be careful.

Yeah, it's primarily a TRT clinic, although Dr Calkins did well for my thyroid. I'll give hippie methods a try for now: B5, adrenal cortex, licorice, no coffee and reducing stress. I'm trying to bring my E2 down too (was 34 in July). If these didn't work I'll do the ACTH test before trying...

Yeah I 'feel' my FT is low on 80mg. Am going back to 90mg. Stopped Arimidex too. It always causes me shortness of breath. (Reducing red blood cell count is one of its side effects.) I started DIM and calcium d-glucarate.

Thank you, but isn't that you may have an "adrenal crisis" if you miss a dose (after long term use)?

I agree, especially given my symptoms. But what can I do? Hydrocortisone sounds scary. Adrenal glandulars?

I talked to a nurse at Defy to switch to propionate. She said me not getting much from TRT may be due to low SHBG and suggested I take the propionate every single day. But is 36.1 in 16.5-55.9 really low? For lowering E2 and improving adrenal and thyroid function she recommended hippie methods...

Hey, I've written all the info here: https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/not-feeling-better-on-trt-thyroid-problems.15721/

I look older on TRT and my facial and body hair has increased. My libido is low and I still have ED. No increase in energy.

Yeah Vitamin D stops melatonin production. My sleep is better now but I have muscle pain and insomnia. I don't know if it will go away or if I should lower the dose.

Is Defy good for treating adrenal insufficiency?

I told my doctor (although not about low dose). He said that would shut down my TSH.

Yes, one month after stopping taking it. I should also add that right after doing the labs you referred to, I restarted taking it for ten days but this time I felt worse. Confused.

My sleep got worse and I put on weight. I also had a "doping" feeling like when (occasionally) I took modafinil; probably just psychological. Judging by the last blood test I did in July doctor Saya told me I didn't need it. :rolleyes:

Hi there, I introduced myself in this thread. Here is the result of my cortisol test. Assuming the lab has not screwed up the samples, they are in this order: 1-Ten minutes after spontaneusly waking up around 3 am. (Yes my slep is that screwed up.) 2-After coming home from a long hike, 1 pm...