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Probably 4-5 weeks with both

Usually in the 55-70 range

At some point I would like to get labs 2-3 times during the week to see where things are. It would be interesting.

I agree and honestly think labs midway would be a better window to see what’s happening.

Have there ever been any large studies that give an accurate range of what a typical range/percentage there is between the low and high points of a testosterone injection. For instance, I have always did best with once weekly low dose and currently do 52mg per week. My trough has been 640-660ng...

50mg per week cypionate and nothing else. Never liked hcg at any dose. Injecting once per week and have always felt best with once weekly.

I wanted to update the thread and just say that I still feel great at the lower dose. Still coming in around 650ng day seven prior to shot. It just goes to show for some of us, a little definitely goes a long way. I mean this is still a very healthy testosterone level, especially being seven...

Yeah anything above like 900ng it’s like I’ve been castrated.

Something else I have I had a case that is really perplexed to me and doctors over the years is, if my levels are any bit over 800 ng, I have absolutely zero libido. I feel like a neutered dog when my levels are high and have absolutely no desire whatsoever for sex. I went to Dr. John Crisler a...

It’s good to see others like us that are finding more is definitely not better. My current doctor now and several I’ve had in the past will give you most any dose to relieve your symptoms. When my levels get anywhere near or over 1000ng, I feel absolutely awful. They’re just as no other way to...

I haven’t tested it yet but will in a few weeks after things stabilize

Definitely sticking to once weekly for now and no I’m not feeling bad the day after. I normally use a 25 gauge 1” needle for glutes or 25guage 5/8 for delta and rotate through the 4 sites. I feel like my levels climb a little faster in the delts. I also got an iron panel for the first time ever...

I was curious, so I went ahead and got labs on 50 mg per week. It has only been three weeks but I am feeling much better in all regards. I was surprised how high the levels still are and this is day seven in the morning of my shot before my shot. Definitely goes to show in someone like myself, a...

I decided to do 50mg this shot a few days ago and already feel much better. I think the statin decreased shbg causing my levels at 60mg to be higher. I hope it continues because until the statin, I felt fantastic for years on once weekly 60mg.

Yeah I was doing great until staring that statin and somehow it has raised my T levels verified with labs

I feel like the more frequent my injections in the past, the higher my levels climb.

I’ve been at 60mg per week for several years. All in all I do feel really well but still think it’s a bit too much and it has seemed to change since starting a low dose statin.

They were always normal but I’ll have to look back at some older labs to see exactly where they were.

Now that you mention low ferritin MCHC this last set of labs was at the bottom of the range which is related to iron. Could this be causing the fatigue?

Yeah for some reason I thought ferritin was only necessary if donating blood? I can definitely get it and see where it is. I’ve never had iron checked either just normally cbc and cmp.

I think even at 60 mg I’m still going too high for a few days or at least that’s the way it feels.

So in your best guess would it be prudent to try a lower dose weekly in one shot or spilt a lower dose?

The last shbg was 66nmol

These were in May of this year. I’ve never checked ferritin and these labs were after a couple weeks of 80mg per week. Everything would be a little lower in the ranges I told you earlier doing 60mg. 80mg made me feel worse.

Some of the literature states statins can lower SHBG but really doesn't elude to what extent.

So do you think it would be worthwhile lowering the total dose and splitting it or lowering the once weekly dose to 50mg and then get new labs? I would of course wait 6 weeks or so to see where things land and again the only thing that has changed in the last several years is the low dose statin.

That's sorta what I was thinking and maybe doing 40mg using 20mg Monday and Thursday. At one point I did 200mg every other week and still had t levels of nearly 900NG day 14 but felt like hell the first week,

Far worse, especially fatigue but my levels were also very high. The only thing that's changed in the last several years since going to 60mg per week is, I started a Statin which is 5mg Crestor 4 days per week. I have read that it can affect SHBG but not sure if that's true or even if the amount...

Really my only reason for answering that way is, I have did labs over the years to the point of nauseam and they never change, ever. I don’t feel any different than when I started this lower dose several years ago and I’ve always had slight fatigue the day after my injection and I’ve always felt...

I have had it measured with LMSC assay in the past and at the current dose it was 18ng day Seven. I measured it several times using this method and it never changed so at this point I don’t see why it would have changed now. As I said for now I do feel well most of the time and libido is far...