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There are many micronutrients in multivitamins that each make me feel like garbage in the high doses they typically use. I often wonder if other people are similarly affected and are not self-aware enough to notice the adverse effects. I've tested all of the nutrients independently and the...

What is MV? Do you consume stevia? Do you have anything to track sleep quality and SpO2 (to identify apnea) like an oura ring? How does that look? You said, "No other meds that cause libido side effects." Are you taking any other medications besides TRT?

I've also seen many reports of anhedonia which suggest it is having a broad effect in blunting the reward system, not food-specific.

Could be carrier oil or the excipients which almost always includes benzyl benzoate and benzyl alcohol. Try different carrier oils. If you want to try something thar doesn't include BB/BA, your ONLY (and I mean only) option is the hikma testosterone enanthate mentioned above.

The vast majority of us use MUCH smaller gauge insulin syringes with fixed 1/2" needles for shallow IM and subq injections. Depending on the location and your body composition, you can also use 27G 5/8" insulin syringes for shallow IM. I started using these for my ventroglute IM injections to be...

On that diet, it probably doesn't matter one way or the other: Plaque Begets Plaque, ApoB Does Not: Longitudinal Data From the KETO-CTA Trial

There are a laundry list of benefits described in that study and you got stuck on the high LDL? Are you aware of how poorly LDL cholesterol predicts CVD compared to 20 more impactful factors? If you're still concerned about it, take some lipid-lowering medication along with the diet. Dietary...

Dave said benefits arise only in a deficiency state, which again runs contrary to the Cortex video above, where he says serum levels don't predict who will benefit. Dave's overall position though is that DHEA supplementation, like pregnenolone, is rarely successful or well tolerated. From Dave...

He actually came here for DHEA quotes. @Guided_by_Voices is featured in the video. It's a curious thing to watch the evolution of TRT guru beliefs over time and how they drift to opposite sides of the same issue. Dave Lee for example was a huge proponent of supplementation with pregnenolone and...

I have great results carpet bombing everything with listerine and not chewing on the fermentable plant material, sugars, and starches which promote bacterial growth, acid production and biofilm / plaque accumulation. This approach yields healthy gums, zero inflammation, no cavities or fillings...

Everyone here is exhibiting remarkable restraint. No one knows everything, but the people responding know more than you. You must understand this on some level, or you wouldn't have come here to ask questions. A big chunk of your gains will be temporary and evaporate when you stop the 350 mg...

I can tell you're going to do this anyway, so in the interest of harm reduction, get these: https://www.amazon.com/PrimaForce-Yohimbine-Count-2-5mg-Capsules/dp/B079Y8BFBD/ That's the smallest and most precise dose available, which you are going to need to avoid the worst of the side effects...

It's not stronger, it's just a different class of medication than the PDE5 inhibitors and the dopamine agonist, to hit the problem from another angle. I'm not recommending it, because the benefit/side effect ratio is not favorable in most cases.

The only thing I can think of that would make that stack stronger would be yohimbine, which can have some harsh side effects in terms of anxiety, insomnia, increased heart rate and blood pressure. I would just get some tri-mix if I were you. Once you get over the injection fear, which only...

Yes, it works amazingly well with no side effects. The PDE5 inhibitors work fine for me, but I got sick of the GERD, stuffy nose and headaches. I actually use Bi-mix, because it doesn't need to be refrigerated and Tri-Mix often lasts too long (3+ hours).

If you've reached the point where your girl is actually coming out and verbally saying that you need to take the lead, you are deep into simp territory and you need to course correct. In this example, it is up to you to propose somewhere to go. She'll either agree with your idea, or say she's...

Dutasteride sure as hell isn't going to help someone dealing with depression, anxiety, low libido and lack of energy. At least you are consistent though: whenever you are at a fork in the road, where you can accept some risks and some harm to potentially improve your looks, you say, "yes please!"

Yes, in most cases it wears off. It's called the honeymoon period, and it occurs because your brain is being flooded with dopamine beyond what you're used to. Eventually, your dopamine receptors downregulate - the brain will only permit you to feel hypomanic for so long before it tries to return...

Nothing happened immediately so you must be immune to side effects, is that your reasoning here? Can you see me shaking my head through the Internet?

There's an interesting chicken-or-the-egg question here. You might think that men who want to trade their well-being for unnatural size and aesthetics are dumb to begin with, and perhaps that is partially true, but I know some very intelligent men who have made that decision. More likely I...

You're planning a dose that is well beyond what is likely to be helpful for mental health. Picture an inverted U curve, where the Y axis is well-being and X axis is testosterone dose. 350 mg is almost certainly on the declining side of that inverted U. That's a dose where men are intentionally...

Switch to shallow IM. Sounds like you're trying to inject more volume than you can handle with subq.

I would rather have thicker blood with lower BP. High BP is a well-documented killer, while the high hematocrit might be associated with a high blood viscosity or it might not, depending on levels of inflammation and other individual factors. But again, I truly believe it is possible for you to...

Yes, from a compounding pharmacy. It will be harder to get than cypionate but probably worth the trouble for you.

Neither, switch to prop and break out of this false dichotomy you've created here. I predict you'll see lower HCT despite higher peak free T and E2 with prop, less water retention, lower BP.

It's fine. Buying teeny-tiny vials of testosterone dosed for women is a huge waste of money as a consumer, or cash cow for the clinic, depending on whose side you're on. I've been giving my wife my testosterone for at least a year now. Just make sure you have 0.3 ml size syringes so you have...

I would suggest a starting dose of 20 mg ED, which should land pretty close to the testosterone content of 160 mg weekly Cypionate. I would also suggest you work up to that dose gradually over a couple weeks, unless you don't mind going very high with your levels in the beginning. Maybe start at...

That almost sounds kind of reasonable after your explanation. I doubt hCG at a dose that doesn't completely suppress LH will do anything useful, but I could be wrong. You'll find out conclusively by doing it, which is how you'll learn everything else, with prop, cream, etc. Not to be too...

You've been exhaustively picking our brains for maybe a couple years, and you are just now about to start an hCG mono protocol at a strangely low dose? You must have a raging case of analysis paralysis! How did you arrive at hCG mono and that particular dose?

What are you doing for a protocol these days forty? I want to ask you forty questions about it in rapid succession.

The context we are missing is how long you've been on this protocol. Regardless, if you are feeling good, and key indicators like erections and libido are good, you would be crazy to adjust this protocol on the basis of an E2 lab number. As others have said, there are mitigating factors that...