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Took me few years until I tried this cold bath. I was very cold sensitive. Now when I'm going to the sauna I'm looking forward to this. Only the heat makes me relaxed but tired. The cold bath gives me an euphoric energized feeling.

My blood tests (what I got here) never included LDL HDL. That's what I'm concerned about with orals and AAS in general. The 5mg should have minimal impact but there is a risk. Never got out of TRT regarding gym what others experienced. That's why I will try running this long term.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10681252/ Anyone else experienced that mental state after cold water immersion?

Yes, it's surprising, however, if you do the math on assumed anabolic ratio vs testosterone, then it seems possible. No ester, bioavailability 97%, thus 34mg per week. Tried only proviron pre workout which gives more 'bite' through CNS stimulation. Guess oxandrolone could be for me what...

Vitamin D? Stress vs 'having fun'

You are our lucky man ;)

Dose response graph

I tested this for 3 weeks. I didn't notice any CNS or mental effects. What I noticed to my surprise is a significant strength increase and cardio gave me 'sore' muscles. When I used androgel for TRT and later TU at 250mg per week I didn't notice any performance increase in the gym. That's just...

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-serious-is-a-mild-narrowing-of-the-carotid-artery Wonder how these findings relate to your lipids.

I do once per week sc injections. Feels stable.

@FunkOdyssey @Guided_by_Voices @Andy2019 Should have added more context to my post. I don't look for "increased DHT levels and libido, e2 management" but for "mental benefits" possibly related to daily free T fluctuations.

I am currently testing exactly this. Reduced my TU by 50% and added Oxandrolone 5mg mornings. Don't use Proviron because it felt for me as too much fluctuation.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11387802/ But also 4. Non-dietary lifestyle factors influencing oxidative state There are a host of other non-dietary factors that positively or negatively affect one’s oxidative state. Positive factors include, but are not limited to exercise (82)...

Great that niacin works for you. How much have you been taken daily? Seems like it's not a question of statin or niacin, rather more variables at play related to how HDL 'functions'... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4829575/ Imo you should try to find another specialist ideally...

If these are calcified plaques then I recommend supplementing with vitamin K2 How did she visualize the plaques, i.e. what imaging modality was used? Curious, did you measure the effect of niacin on your HDL? What have your LDL HDL levels been the past 13yrs (I assume these were monitored since...

Need to write it down... Do you have the paper of his work regarding the 2 x "big five"?

Is vitamin k in range? I wanted to do a DNA analysis but didn't know which provider to choose. Have you done a DNA analysis? Maybe this could provide more insight to your symptoms which somehow make no sense.

Do not disregard the other out of range lab values (monocytes). Maybe an underlying infection etc.

You could start by adding DHT or a derivative (preferably proviron) back into circulation.

One thread is enough ;) Nice vitamin D value. How much do you supplement? Hey, I think the fine tuning is personal trial and error. You mentioned your options. If you tolerate Cialis then you could add it and retest your E2. Best to change only one parameter at once.

That's very strange. Do you have lab reports?

That's what I would use. E.g. one standard 1mg tablet per 10ml vodka Every day 0.25ml would yield 0.175mg per week, about half of your current dose evenly distributed for stable blood values

You can adjust the AI dosing (imo you are a hyper responder) by e.g. dissolving it in alcohol

Thread 'Factors that Can Improve Testosterone Gel Absorption' Factors that Can Improve Testosterone Gel Absorption Testo cream with higher percentage of T is recommended to achieve sufficient or high T levels

I too suspect it's due to bloating. Losing body weight/fat helps. Alcohol makes it worse.

Or you could start by improving sleep and reducing stress. TRT won't compensate for that. Note, that there is a honeymoon phase with TRT where most men will feel much much better but it mostly levels out after about 2 months. If low T was the reason for the symptoms men will still feel better...

I misunderstood that too. Then purely the change of the ester and maybe the carrier oil is the reason. It's possible.

You could simply try once per week 100mg T, since every two weeks 200mg worked well for you.

Same here.

Interesting, the correlation with dopamine. For me, proviron helped, however, it might be all related to dopamine. I suppose the issue is similar to finasteride where many men can suppress/reduce the conversion to DHT without any side effects while others experience depressive symptoms. However...