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Can you tell us more about your injection method / site / depth? Same vial of test used in both cases?

My overall function still isn't great, but I have had flashes or windows of major improvement, particularly lately while experimenting with adding hCG to my TRT. I'm working on dialing in the combination.

The seed oils your restaurant meals are cooked in are still doing damage even if things look good on the surface. Try a month of home cooked meals, then a month eating out, testing hs-CRP, oxidized LDL, and myeloperoxidase at the end of each month to assess the CVD risks of each lifestyle pattern.

Yes it did.

Some of them disappear, yes. Tolerance builds to the stimulant effects, and associated side effects, including anxiety, fast heart rate, insomnia, etc. Dose-limiting side effects for me have been cognitive impairment with high doses of prop (20+ mg), particularly in the middle of the workday...

I was like this when I first started: a dose of 10 mg prop would nearly cause me a panic attack. Something has changed over time, and it does not affect me like that anymore, even with much larger doses. I can take 30 mg now and only feel a mild uplift of energy and mood. I suspect you would...

Hikma testosterone enanthate is great stuff. When I first started TRT, it was actually the only formulation that I could tolerate well. Over time, I have somehow become more normal and am able to use a variety of formulations. It still holds a fond place in my heart, and we continue to use it...

There is not academically rigorous evidence, but there is overwhelming evidence. Literally overwhelming, in that if I summoned to this thread everyone on just this forum alone who has reported this phenomenon, you will have too many responses to manage. Let alone if I were to take the time to...

I think this is the key to the lower testosterone levels often seen with SC injections. The testosterone is being exposed to a ton of immune cells in the lymphatic system before it is able to reach circulation. It may be eaten by macrophages (either receptor mediated uptake or phagocytosis)...

As many of us have learned the hard way, the reality of subcutaneous injections is often quite different than the rosy picture painted by the studies.

Looks like another DHEA casualty.

No, absolutely not:

Everyone is started on 600 mg, with the option to increase to 800 mg. If you wanted to start at 400 mg, that is something you could work out with your Maximus provider. The effective dosage can also be adjusted by varying the amount of co-ingested fat. For example, 600 mg taken with 20-30 g...

If injection frequency is equal, subcutaneous injections DO give you more stability than IM injections. EOD IM injections will be more stable than twice weekly subq though. There are some discrepancies between published studies and real life with regard to subq vs IM injection. In many men or...

Your free T is going to drop proportionately to your dose reduction. What type of free testosterone test did you have performed? A calculated free T based on 1500 ng/dL total and 67 nmol/L SHBG would be 25 ng/dL free T. That's probably a more reliable number, and if that was the trough of a...

By the way, I am a fellow GERD sufferer and have seen this worsen with TRT depending on the form and dosage. The effects of androgens vs estrogen here are distinct: estradiol relaxes the lower esophageal sphincter to promote more reflux events, while androgens somehow make the reflux more...

Actually, you might need your total T to be that high, or even higher, to have a decent free T with that high SHBG. You need to retest testosterone with a proper LC/MS method though so you can see where that actually sits. Your high E2 is also similarly artificially inflated by your high SHBG...

This doesn't seem entirely true. Without lifestyle changes, dose escalation is required over time to maintain the effects, until eventually tolerance builds to the highest tolerable dose and weight starts increasing again even as the drug is continued. This process seems to take a few years from...

Those don't exist. This is what you want for minimum gauge, maximum length for reaching the muscle at fattier sites like ventroglutes: Easy Touch U-100 Insulin Syringe with Needle, 27G 1cc 5/8-Inch

Bi-Mix is much more forgiving than Tri-Mix with dosing too high, because the medications have a shorter duration of action than the alprostadil in Tri-Mix. I think you would be fine to increase to 8-10 units without any risk of a 4+ hr erection.

I would suggest something like 20 mg every other day to start with. If you still find that intolerable, go even lower. There are diminishing returns moving from every other day to daily with cypionate, but you can also try that if you're willing. Run labs after 6+ weeks, note your progress with...

I don't remember what my protocol was like at the time of this experiment - currently doing 37.5 mg test cyp EOD for 131 mg weekly. I'm done with prop after the massive peak levels drove down my HDL, among other issues.

Dividing the same weekly dose into smaller, more frequent injections almost always reduces side effects compared to larger and less frequent injections. There are rare exceptions, but this is the rule.

It's pretty normal to see a transient increase in water retention and a transient increase in BP when you first start, before you adapt. Your baseline BP was already elevated, which gives you less headroom for these temporary effects. The "revved up" feeling is also temporary and will go away as...

Some people can dish it out, but they can't take it. I applaud your courage Vince.

No, so far my limited dabbling with both hormones only produced adverse effects. I plan to experiment with them some more in the future, perhaps in different forms like topical, but I don't think I am suffering in any major way without them.

This seems to be very individual. IIRC my pregnenolone dropped from 200 ng/dL to 30 ng/dL on TRT, so a very dramatic change there, while my DHEA-S dropped somewhat less from 150-200 to 80-100 ug/dL.

I tried it briefly, but my E2 was already high, so I'm not sure why I thought it would help. Mostly seemed to slow down my digestion and worsened GERD symptoms.

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This one isn't too bad in terms of the dosages but I'd still experiment with dropping it for a bit.

I forgot to mention magnesium. A decent sized dose of magnesium will leave me feeling sedated and apathetic for the entire day (or next day if taken at night). Feel much better getting this from food. Magnesium tests have been in the top half of normal range on carnivore diet.