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Got it. My misunderstanding.

There are men on protocols that might not be considered ideal but they experience enough improvement to be satisfied. And as you state, they don't visit online forums. If you come from a place of low T and poor to no libido/erectile function and you're on a protocol that gets you to a place...

Agree! 100%! Even if OP is an outlier, his success, as well as almost ZERO refractory period gives hope to men(including me) who've never found a protocol that works. And I believe it's a given that more is at play than testosterone, whether directly or indirectly, like high E2...

I'm not going to argue with someone who's invested time and careful analysis to arrive at a testosterone dose & protocol that produces good results. But, like anything else, what works for one might not work for someone else or even for the majority. IMO, those of us who don't respond likely...

Thanks.

Thanks. I understand what you're saying; It's the emotional connection, the joy you find in being with that person. On my part I had that, but my wife has psych, trauma and sexual issues she never wanted to deal with and it was difficult for her to fake being emotionally well. It is/was a one...

Agree, but if one's wife isn't emotionally healthy, ambivalent about love making, gaslights you or is manipulative, the feeling/desire begins to recede. You and your wife have a healthy relationship. You're a fortunate man.

For me, 2 or 3 days for preg to clear my system. The late Ray Peat PhD, an expert on pregnenolone, said the initial negative reaction to it was due to it detoxifying the liver. I'm not advocating anything. I've always had problems with it yet, I believe there are benefits to be had from it and...

Comes and goes, depending on stress level/mood as well as time of year. I've found that eating salads and beans helps. Also been prescribed dicyclomine capsules(anticholengeric) for years. So many health problems associated with bipolar illness, so I just ride out the bad times. Not much...

I understand chronic gastro problems. I've had IBS since 1994 and other upper GI issues most of my life, related to either food sensitivities or depression/anxiety. Here you're doing the right thing by getting tested, confirming H Pylori and the standard treatment protocol isn't working...

IMO, carrier oil. For me, cottonseed oil. Test C induced malaise, loose stools, aching in the eyes, low grade headaches. Test E is more expensive but no side effects. You know that we have to be our own doctor. And that's why some doctors get annoyed with such patients because we know more...

Understand. I think you're 61? If so, then I'm the old man at 73, LOL! I don't know what optimal is in regards to dosage, response to whatever dose and corresponding lab numbers. I'm restarting T @ 100 mg/34 mg MWF. Also taking 5 mg tadalafil, MWF. Couldn't tolerate it for so many years...

IM or sub q? The question I always ask is 'How do you feel, physically/mentally, especially sexual function?' Numbers don't tell that story. Too many doctors go by numbers, only. No one, not even those doctors, are lab values. In TRT, IMO, it's a poor metric to use, solely, to judge the...

I'm in Cape Canaveral. In central Florida, there's my urologist who's an hour away in New Smyrna Beach and at least four other doctors, from Orlando to Melbourne, who prescribe testosterone. My primary, who does pellet implantation, makes five. Defy Medical in Tampa would make six. Between here...

My free T has always been in the 200's. My urologist doesn't use labs as the end all, be all; just one aspect of clinical assessment.

IMO, irrelevant. Your interpretation of 'sky high' is in relation to the lab range you're looking at, which is arbitrary, based on a pool of numbers. You're not on a high dose of T, either. Incompetent doctors treat by lab values, not how a patient is feeling and functioning. I'd also question...

Getting a good response is the most important aspect.

My Empower rx about 2 years ago was $75 per 10 mL vial/$150. Plus I feel lousy after a few days from one or more of the ingredients, likely the benzyl benzoate. Had great hopes for Test P.

I know it has to be compounded. What pharmacy? Thanks.

That is a plus with Kaiser.

Without insurance, it's only affordable by affluent men. So Kaiser is covering it.

Thank you for posting.

My wife loved Kaiser and still misses it. My former primary there left in frustration and went into private practice. Are you going to an outside doctor for TRT? I know Kaiser won't prescribe T if you're even one point above 240, as told to me by other men who had to deal with their...

Not always. We both have read numerous posts from @highpull on Testosterone Nation and for some of his patients, testosterone, alone, resulted in their glucose normalizing and BP normalizing. Dr. Neal Rouzier has made similar statements. Also, Dr. Edward Lichten, who endured legal action...

I was in Kaiser Mid-Atlantic through my wife's policy after we married in 1995. I began to realize it was mediocre medicine when I started having more health issues in 2005, spending more time arguing and filing complaints. Left in 2012 when I qualified for Medicare from Social Security...

I can only say thank you for the detailed analysis of what you've been experiencing. Though I feel better, physically and emotionally on T, my sexual function has been poor, nor was my wife encouraging or supportive. Her ambivalence about sex is another story and I will not hijack your...

Perhaps the benzyl benzoate is a problem for me, too. If I resume T it will be with rx Test E.

Nothing in my mental health challenge is easy. What I need and what has eluded me is a drug that will stabilize my moods as well allow me to get restorative sleep. That's the never ending challenge of bipolar illness for me and for the psychiatrists I've seen over the past 20 years. As...

If all that is working for you, I applaud you and every other man for persistence and dedication to learning. Not every man, though, feels comfortable becoming his own scientific experiment or for his protocol becoming a complex balancing act. It's easier to utilize testosterone, finding a...

How much and injection frequency? Thanks.

Thank you.