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My total testosterone levels need to just above the top end of the spectrum in order to have a decent amount of free-t. Why? Because my SHBG runs high (50 - 70 nmol/L) and "normal" total testosterone levels of 500 or 600 ng/dL will have my free testosterone at 6 to 10 pg/mL. BTDT and it...

I was misdiagnosed with depression and my GP wanted to put me on SSRIs prior to me seeking out a specialist. It turned out that I had hypothyroidism and low-t. I often wonder what kind of roller coaster SSRIs would have put me on if I had listened to the GP...

I wouldn't sweat it if you aspirated and there was no blood in the syringe. I know I had at least two injections in recent months where I aspirated with no blood, yet when I pulled the needle out, I had a gusher. One was a glute injection and the other was a deltoid injection. My best guess...

Both the doctor that I refuse to go to and my current doctor wanted my free testosterone to be between 20 and 25. Depending on my SHBG, that can mean a total testosterone level as low as 918 or as high as 1455. When my prior doctor was playing around with my dose, my total (EDIT) free...

Due to my naturally high SHBG, my doctors prefer to monitor my free testosterone versus my total.

Oddly enough, I suffer from the opposite problem since being on TRT in that I can achieve orgasm without ejaculating. I had that same "issue" during my younger years and was kind of happy that it made a return. As I aged, it was rather rare that I could do that, and after about 8 months on...

I live in Louisiana and I use Defy Medical since every doctor in my area is about 20 years behind the current protocols used by professionals who actually do this for a living... It just sucks that I had to get screwed up through an estradiol crash in order to obtain better care. Get this...

When my estradiol level was at 6.8 on the sensitive method, I had bad night sweats, joint pain, tendon pain, and erectile dysfunction. My latest reading was 46.1 (sensitive) and most of my symptoms have subsided. My left elbow is still bothering me, but all the rest of the issues went away...

Well, I am taking 97.5 mg of Nature Throid daily, so I am sure that has something to do with it. I'll post again after the followup with my current doctor, but I will say that my last doctor wasn't concerned with the high T3 level due to the medication. Granted, my former doctor wanted to...

I just wanted to give updated labs on the new protocol of 80 mg cypionate, 500 iU HCG, and .125 mg Anastrozole every 3.5 days with 50 mg DHEA taken daily: Testosterone, Serum 918 High ng/dL Free Testosterone(Direct) 21.7 High pg/mL Estradiol, Sensitive 46.1 High pg/mL Sex Horm Binding Glob...

I want to thank you for posting this article! I believe you were the first person to point out how my former doctor put me on a roller coaster ride with injections every other week using a mixture of Sustanon (which I was wrongly told was Propionate by his nurse) and Enanthate. Regardless...

I'm 45 and I have no plans to stop. I know how bad I felt before and there is no way I am going to willingly go back to feeling that way!

Has anyone ever noticed anxiety with Anastrozole? It was way worse when I was on 1 mg, but every now and again, like if I take .125 mg at night, I seem to get a little anxiety that keeps me from falling asleep.

Therein lies the rub. The doctor that I left, along with his staff, are under the false impression that men on TRT do NOT need estradiol in their bodies. I know because that was their argument when I brought in my labs after the crash. I wonder how many other lives they are ruining with that...

My beef with it is my last doctor prescribed 1 mg per week and that was WAY too much for the every other week injection cycle that he had me on. I ended up feeling so bad to the point where I was ready to give up TRT all together. Come to find out, my estradiol was single digit, below range...

I get 10ml of Testosterone Cypionate at a time from Empower, but it comes in two 5ml bottles. I believe the cost is somewhere around $120, but I'd have to log in to find it (I'm not on the computer with the password manager). Regardless, I think it is cheaper than the 1ml ampules that the...

Depending on how overweight you are, you can accumulate excess fat in your extremities. For example, when I was at 300 pounds in 2010, I had arms so big that I couldn't insert them into my suit jacket. My right arm measured 22" flexed, but consisted of a lot of fat. My pants size was also 44"...

I rotate between deltoid, gluteal, and quadricep injections. I want to try ventrogluteal soon just to add another site.

I already had tinnitus prior to starting to HRT. My right ear was damaged due to my prior lifestyle, then my left ear started ringing after taking Levaquin.

I am feeling much better now. Between the new protocol started last month and the fact that I had low DHEA (it was 77 and I have been taking 50 mg per day to get it higher), I feel great now! The thyroid medication may be adjusted after labs in a couple of weeks, but I will cross that bridge...

Have you run a full thyroid panel? The whole thing that started my HRT process was the fact that I cut calories down to 2,000 per day, ended up losing 15 pounds in the process all while getting weaker. The most disappointing thing was that I literally lost size in my arms and legs while not...

I have naturally high SHBG, so the last time my testosterone dosage was lowered, I felt worse and had no energy. Here is the sad fact of life in my case, I need higher testosterone levels to have higher free testosterone. With my testosterone in the 600s, my free testosterone was at the very...

I can throw in an extra 0.125 mg pill, if I want to as that is how the dosage was prescribed. It's weird that it was prescribed as 3 pills per week, but I was told to only take one every 3.5 days. He said if I cry watching one of those sad commercials, to throw in that extra pill, lol...

Nope, that was the new protocol and thus far, I am doing well on it. If I remember, I'll update the thread when I get my labs next month.

The protocol that crashed it was 1 mg of anastrozole per week with 260 mg (100 sustanon and 160 enanthate) every other week. it took less than a month to crash it to 6.8!

I actually use an insulin syringe for my HCG. It's what was recommended by my doctor. Sub q "generally" has slower absorption and some people can get by with less testosterone sub Q versus IM to achieve the same numbers. YMMV because it is all dependent on the individual. Thus far I am...

I have one more side effect that I am waiting to cure from the low estradiol levels. It appears that the night sweats made conditions right for tinea versicolor to come back. It's not as bad as it usually is, but I noticed my back itching a couple of weeks ago, and saw that I had a few spots...

I'm a strong proponent of wearing a belt, using wrist wraps, elbow sleeves, and knee sleeves for the appropriate exercises. I don't care what anyone else in the gym has to say about it!

Every nurse/LPN that I spoke with at that clinic gave me a different answer. If I had to guess, it was probably Sustanon for the weekly injections then Sustanon/Enanthate for the every other week injection. My guess is based on the fact that I know another doctor trained by this one and that...

I take .125 mg of Anastrozole the day of the injection. The doctor explained why he wanted me to do it this way, but I didn't write it down, so I probably remembered it wrong. IIRC he explained the aromatase process after receiving the injections and the half-life of Anastrozole. Keep in...

I figured I would throw out a little update. Tomorrow marks two weeks since I have taken Anastrozole and I am at about 75% with regards to the tendon and joint pain. Going further, I no longer wake up soaked in sweat in the middle of the night. Hopefully two more weeks will put me at 100%.