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There's some similarity in the effect on energy and mood (both increase with increasing testosterone serum levels, up to a point), but not focus / executive function, which as mentioned elsewhere is only optimized by the mid-range levels of an inverted U before it declines with increasing...

Depending on the dosage (let's assume at least 100 mg daily) and the individual, it could land anywhere between 150 - 500 ng/dL, occasionally even higher. Mine was in the mid 300s on 150 mg daily.

Yes, he needs to retest with SHBG. That E2 of 47, in a low SHBG context, could certainly be high enough to cause ED and loss of libido in some men. Then he'd be looking at dose reductions to sort that out, preferably starting with reducing or eliminating hCG as a first experimental step.

There's more to pharmacokinetics than ester. Release from the oil depot is accelerated by low viscosity MCT oil and small depot size relative to testosterone injections. If you don't mind the swings or don't perceive any swings, inject as infrequently as you like.

Time to apologize to twohunglow. Domestic suppliers are starting to run out of basic testosterone products like testosterone cyp and enanthate. The sky is actually falling as a result of the raws shortage.

It works, I just can't tolerate it, because it does what elevated DHT always does to me: flares up my usual mild GERD symptoms to a severe and debilitating level. So, there's definitely DHT in there.

Individuals send him unlabeled samples to verify potency from different suppliers.

I would only do big pharma testosterone or UGL at this point. I feel like compounded testosterone is essentially the same thing as UGL, except more expensive, and with less assurance of potency because no one sends it to Janoshik.

Honeymoons are common with almost any change in protocol. With this change specifically, the first couple of weeks you had higher levels due to adding prop on top of lingering long ester, contributing to a possible honeymoon, and you also had lingering long ester keeping your troughs higher...

Regular prop in grapeseed oil.

LOL, this new AI version of Vince will take some getting used to.

Euphoric when they first kick in, and ability to concentrate is enhanced for several hours. Strong dysphoria develops during the evening crash, with exaggerated ADHD symptoms (worse than baseline), and severely impaired ability to sleep. Heart rate and blood pressure are increased also. The...

Can't think clearly, can't maintain a train of thought or hold much information in mind for long (impaired working memory), planning anything is difficult, can't focus very well, frequently forget what I am doing at work when I switch between different parts of a task (working memory again). It...

Run labs at peak (~5-6 hours after injection) and trough. I think you will find your peak is obscenely high on this protocol. I find my cognitive function is absolute trash with a free T in the 40's ng/dL, and that's likely where you are, if not higher. I'm running 13 mg test prop daily right...

You use the oura ring to identify relationships between the things you are doing in your life and your sleep, heart rate, HRV, etc. You see how things are currently, then something changes: you drink alcohol close to bedtime, you change your TRT dose, you stop drinking coffee, whatever it might...

Testosterone helps a little, very indirectly and inefficiently compared to a GLP-1. The degree of self-discipline required to get lean is not significantly reduced by testosterone - every obstacle to leanness that currently exists in your life will remain, looming large as ever. As badassblues...

I feel like this response was twice as effective as my longer reply, because you said "Stop the finasteride" twice, which is really the crux of the matter.

I'm going to assume what Cataceous said is correct, because I can't make out those lab numbers at all. I would be inclined to try P5P for mildly elevated prolactin before resorting to the big guns.

These are likely finasteride side effects. It doesn't sound like your workout regimen *should* be causing substantial gains in mass and strength given the limited intensity. Testosterone is not an effective fat loss agent. Building muscle, yes. Losing fat, no. This particular goal would be...

You should look for someone that has good reviews, and is not inclined to shove a plant-based diet and statins down your throat. I found a low-carb friendly doc that is also testosterone friendly from an anabolic doc video, just so happened to practice 20 minutes away from me: They're...

The easy and legal way to get a ton of DHT is to apply testosterone cream to the scrotum. Pure DHT is just easier when you have a TRT protocol that is already dialed in with regard to E2 and you don't want the E2 to move.

I subscribe to Chris Palmer's "Brain Energy" theory of mental illness (mental illness is a metabolic disease): https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Energy-Revolutionary-Understanding-Health-ebook/dp/B09SKPDT36/ https://chatgpt.com/s/dr_68b8813a3264819183e79734de133b42

I tried one injection of NPP one time and started feeling negative mental effects almost immediately. I'm in no hurry to ever try it again.

I have only seen reliable, repeated evidence of reduced serum E2 levels with the use of oral testosterone. Scrotal cream, which often increases serum DHT to 300+ ng/dL, does not typically reduce serum E2 - instead, scrotal cream increases E2 proportionately to testosterone dose (like other...

Is this thing on? Test E2!

You want to check E2 before/after. The DHT is going to go way up with both DHT and testosterone. E2 rising will be the giveaway that it's testosterone. My DHT was not any higher with 1 ml of the real alphagels DHT topical than it was with scrotal cream (mid 300s in both cases).

If you have not used test cream on your genitals before, it is very possible to mistake topical DHT for topical testosterone, because both massively increase DHT. The primary difference is that the topical testosterone also makes some E2. This similarity of effects is exactly why a clever...

Yes, I purchase UGL products. I don't pay much attention to the availability of raw powders - I have never been interested in brewing as that represents a much greater risk. None of the domestic sources I've seen appear to be having any trouble getting raws though, as they continue to produce...

I'm on Cypionate now, so I would need to spend some significant time on the subq protocol to reach the final levels, which I don't want to do right now. Maybe at some point.

No, that is not certain. I personally have only ever observed site leakage with 1/2" IM injections into my delts, never subq regardless of needle length. I asked ChatGPT about this and it mentioned that site leakage is a well known problem with IM injections, which the Z-track injection method...

No, I don't need to do that. Intellectual humility allows me to acknowledge the limits of both my personal and our collective knowledge, and sit comfortably in the space of not understanding the mechanism behind an observed aspect of reality.