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Yes, it takes months to get ferritin levels up. Be sure to check your vitamin D levels too. Most people in the population have low vitamin D as it's mostly absorbed via the sun, which most of us don't get much of. Vitamin D is essential for the absorption of all minerals, including iron...

Have you ever checked your DHEA-S levels? If it's low, you could supplement with Pregnenolone and DHEA supplements to boost it back to normal levels, which would ultimately boost your T levels. Testosterone Pathway: Cholesterol (LDL) - Pregnenolone - DHEA - Testosterone... Here are a few...

I just read your post that you lowered hcg to 1500 3x per week from 2000 3x per week. As for your suggestion above to titrate off hcg completely, I have no idea if going off completely is fully warranted or not. Your testosterone on the 2000 dose was obviously in the high range, so lowering it...

Can you clarify - are your TT levels still 800+ off of TRT? Let's assume your left testicle is dead, whether due to history of vericocele, result of surgery, or whatever. Can you explain why your right testicle is unable to produce healthy sperm? The following link mentions Testosterone level...

Sorry for the delayed response, I just noticed your message. I wouldn't think increasing it would improve your emotional struggles. From your original post, you mentioned you feel more emotional and down trodden the day before and day of injection. Has that trend held true since your original...

Sammy, I think we probably agree more than we disagree. As I said, only take melatonin if/when you need it preferably. It's good to see you only take ambien when needed. I know many of the patients my doctor treated took ambien every night as a routine. I agree with you on the link between...

Adding HCG will increase your endogenous testosterone production, although 250iu twice weekly is a fairly conservative dose. The testosterone pathway results in 2 outcomes. Testosterone either converts to estrogen, or DHT. I'm guessing you are converting more in the direction of estrogen...

I'd recommend avoiding blood donations until you get the ferritin back up. It can take months to get it back to normal. Iron is a slow absorbing mineral, and if you take too much it will cause constipation, which is normal, but back off if stools get too hard. Also keep taking your daily...

Also, your ferritin is low. Have you been donating blood? It's good to see your vitamin D level is solid. Vitamin D will help you absorb the iron supplement. Try to get your ferritin back above 100. Don't be fooled by the normal range of iron being 30-400. Their is nothing normal about an...

Without knowing more about your sleep issues, i.e. reason for taking insomnitol, I'd be cautious with the above advice on switching to Ambien. It's highly addictive, and has been linked to dementia with long-term use. If you need a sleep aid, try regular melatonin. I worked as a medical...

Rayrock1, dosing more frequently with smaller doses simply levels out your highs and lows. So for me dosing 100mg once per week had my peak at 1150+, and my trough in the 550 range. I noticed less frequent morning wood around the peak, 48-72 hour post injection time, but morning wood improved...

Rayrock1, I'm consistently in the low 700s total test. Last lab, total testosterone was 715ng/dL, and free test was 14pg/mL. Also Madman & Cataceous, thanks for the above studies. I have only had a few minutes to glance at them but will definitely respond in next few days.

I'm on same dose 90mg per week, but divided into 3 doses. I was using the 200mg/10ml bottles, but my apartment has south facing windows and it can get up to 80+ degrees during the day in the summer months. I had very strange labs showing my testosterone levels dropped from 700s to 400s toward...

I stand corrected on the half life being attributed to the different oils used. Looks like it has more to do with the number of carbons attached to enanthate vs cypionate, being 7 and 8 carbons respectively. As for the peak timing for most of the sources seem to say its 48 to 72 hours for...

Start low, and go slow. I agree with madman's advice to give it some time. It's good you started on a relatively conservative starting dose of 100mg per week, and that you are dosing 2x per week. My only concern with your initial post, and madman and others continued reference to labs done on...

I also had very low ferritin after donating blood regularly for almost 2 years when first starting TRT. Here are a few things I learned along the path to correcting it. 1st, stop donating blood. When you get labs done make sure you are not dehydrated, as this will give a false high...

And make sure you are not dehydrated prior to blood draws. I consciously drink a couple glasses of water prior to blood draws and have not had to donate blood since doing so. I completely agree with BuzzSaw, if you are donating blood be sure to have your doctor order a full iron panel. Low...

When I first started TRT I donated every 2 months as my hematocrit was in the 51-53 range. After a year plus of donating bi-monthly I did crash my Iron levels. It was simply ignorance on my part to not understand the implications of donating so often. FYI, having labs drawn while dehydrated...

User Joe, I'm seeing you get a little grief for your psychosomatic comments. I don't think you are wrong that any individual can psychologically be their own worst enemy at times. Things like performance anxiety in the bedroom for instance can definitely be both physical and/or mental. I'm...

Somewhat unrelated to this post, but MJ makes a good point to be cautious donating blood too often. I also struggled with fatigue due to low iron/ferritin after donating 6 times over the course of a year in an attempt to keep my hemoglobin/hematocrit in check. When I finally convinced my...

Please don't take this personally, I realize so many individuals assume if a small dose improves things, than a larger dose will improve things even more. It seems to be human nature with a large number of men who discover TRT after years of suffering with low testosterone. A little logic...

Stevep - I've worked as a medical scribe over the last couple years reviewing lots of labs. Part of the CBC is MCV. If low (<80) it can indicate iron deficiency anemia. If high (>100) it can indicate low vitamin B12. It's not 100% accurate, for instance if your MCV is 90, you could actually...

You definitely need more Vitamin D. Your lipid panel is suggesting you are not getting enough of those good fats. I'd definitely recommend trying the coconut oil per above. This may seem extreme - but I'd recommend cutting your current cypionate dose in half, to 50mg E3.5D. Note - this advice...

The synthroid 50mcg dose you are currently on seems to be doing the job. It takes a while for levels to stabilize. Doctors normally recheck levels every few months when you first go on synthroid, then if labs look good after 9-12 months they will simply recheck annually. Reverse T3 would...

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So you injected 120mg on Sunday & 120mg on Thursday this week correct? Test Cyp peaks at 48-72 hours & it's half-life is 8 days. So on day 8 the active level will be the equivalent of your normal dose (1/2 of the double dose). So I would skip a single dose (Sunday) and then continue regular...

Check your Vitamin D levels too. Normal range is 30-100, but optimal range is 50+ (preferably 65-80) http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/health-conditions/acne/ http://www.acne.org/vitamin-d-vitamin-d3-reviews-704/

J.James.A What are you using? Testosterone Cypionate? 2,000mg/10mL? Or 1,000mg/10mL? Or some other dose or form of Testosterone?

JA69 - You need to read lots of posts/threads on here for about 10 days to fully understand what is going on. Most topics are covered in detail over the course of 10days - so start reading every post and start learning. Do this before you start any regimen. In the end you will discover why...