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I assumed that exogenous testosterone levels would not be affected. I'm sure it's been discussed here, but after being on Test Cyp 50mg Q 3.5 days for only 2 months, has my body completed stopped producing it's own T or could there still be some natural production going on? Which I would...

I have my first set of labs this morning since I restarted Testosterone about 2 months ago. I will be getting a trough level since I always inject Thursday mornings. I ended up staying up all night, didn't even try to go to bed, to work on some projects, and only got about 4 hours the night...

Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) is in almost anything.. zzzquil, tylenol pm, cough and cold meds, etc. While I can't find erectile dysfunction listed in the pharmacopeia as a side effect, I can tell you from person experience that it does delay ejaculation. Maybe not a bad thing for 20 year olds...

I've been on ambien 10mg nightly for over 6 years and it has messed me up. I'm dropping 2.5mg every 2 months. So far I get to sleep just fine on 7.5mg I've experienced a lot of issues over the past few years, dry eyes over night, dry mouth, restless sleep, garbage eating just before bed...

I am keeping expectations at bay. I do expect to be feeling better with better quality sleep, but I am not anticipating any extreme bump ups in testosterone levels. We did cut it out cold turkey, but I was ok with that since I was only on it for a short amount of time and while I knew that I...

My new Endo and I decided to stop my TRT (Test cyp) after being on it for only ~3 months in order to figure out causes for low T. Here are the labs 6 weeks post last injection. FSH 3.4* (1.5 - 12.4 mIU/mL) Luteinizing Hormone...

I'm looking forward to seeing what change it has on my overall quality of life. I spent the past couple of years just thinking I was supposed to be feeling this way being a father to little kids. Now most of them sleep through the night and I'm the one who's restless and waking up before they...

Hi, so I started back on TRT in Aug from my primary based purely off my Total T numbers and my symptoms. Yes, horrible idea and wrong of the doctor to do so. I went through a lot of crap with elevated E2, etc during the past few months. In November, I saw an Endo who wanted to find out the...

ok thanks, i see people saying that, but some online reference that the lab uses states to fast up to 12 hours, but my doc didn't say anything, so i'll go with the non-fasting is ok

Ferritin & Prolactin Labs Any special timing of these or fasting state needed?

You should probably find a new pharmacy. When something like this is recurrent, it means they have bad management and it just trickles down from there. And if that pharmacist was the pharmacy manager, then run for the hills.

I'm a pharmacist and you really should report that to the board of pharmacy for your state. The rph's response is just pathetic. No empathy whatsoever. Mistakes happen, (especially with these billion dollar chains turn Rx's into burger and fries orders) but I didn't hear any accountability...

36yo, PSA is <1 pretreatment and the same 3 months into treatment. Since starting testosterone cyp, I've notice that on some days, after I finish voiding my urine, a small amount will still dribble out after packing everything back in. This was not something that affected me prior to...

11.8.17 Update. I've done twice weekly dosing for 1 week now and yesterday I experienced some noticeable positive effects from the dosing schedule and AI in relation to the high E2 levels - Test Cyp 50mg Sunday night - Anastrazole 0.25mg Monday night - By midday Tuesdays, into Tuesday evening...

thanks everyone for the discussion, i started to do 0.25mg dosed 24 hours after my injection (which is every 3.5 days). I will try to find a way to retest E2 just over a month. My doc didn't want labs for another 3 months so I will just call and try to see if I can get them to order labs more...

As referenced in this discussion (https://www.excelmale.com/forum/showthread.php?12448-Free-Test-Estradiol-Questions), my E2 was high w/ the following protocol. Current (initial) Protocol: 200mg Q 10 days (I varied frequency between trying 3.5 days to 10 days, always keeping the same mg/ml...

And this is why it's better to inject more frequently with less dose/injection?

SHBG is something I have not gotten tested for yet, but I know I should based off the feedback from this site. I meet with my PCP to discuss this week and I may need to ask specifically for it. What are the reasons I need it so that I can make sure I have a thorough conversation? Thanks

I was scratching my head thinking you are crazy with your calculation.... but then I realized that the Total T was in dL and not mL.... Thanks for the link. And I see your AI is compounded to get that strength for you, thanks for the pic of it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't 103.5pg convert to 0.1035 ng? So I can't use that 2% marker unless I missing something here. Also, for #4) 0.125 EOD, so are you cutting a 1mg tab into 1/8ths to get that small of a dose?

Is your peak Estradiol level generally on your Testosterone trough day, or are those two not related?

On TRT for over 2 months and just received my first Free Test and Estradiol. I assumed my Estradiol would be high based off how crappy I started to feel about 1.5 months into treatment. A few questions: Testosterone, Total, LC/MS/MS – 649 (250 - 1100 ng/dL) Testosterone, Free - 103.5 (35 -...

(I posted this under Thyroid section but almost no discussion) I've had issues the past couple of years with dry mouth, dry eyes (sticking shut every night during sleep), constipation (not relieved by fluids and fiber), fatigue and sleep issues. In July I had TSH level: TSH, High Sensitivity...

I've had issues the past couple of years with dry mouth, dry eyes (sticking shut every night during sleep), constipation (not relieved by fluids and fiber), fatigue and sleep issues. In July I had TSH level: TSH, High Sensitivity - 3.69 (0.45 4.50 mU/L) This past week I had a panel...

Sadly no, my doctor's office just looked at Total T. I was 259 2 months ago before starting, and 701 on my labs this week. I've never had Free T, or any of those other valued tested. I had TSH drawn 2 months ago at 3.69. I am going in today for a follow up and I am bringing up all these labs...

Thanks. So how important is it to determine cause of hypogonadism.

I didn't get LH or FSH before starting TRT. Is that something I should still look into getting tested 2 months into treatment?

Just out of curiosity, if one is low on testosterone but is easily able to have kids, does that point to any particular type of hypogonadism?

Well the clear, yellowish liquid that came out makes me wonder. I plan to increase my gauge size, I was using a 22g so that doesn't help the situation.

Today I started to inject every 3.5 days vs my old every 10 days. Regardless, I still injected the way that I have been doing, IM into my glute. I have no issues doing this, it's very easy. The pharm tech gave me the wrong length needle today and I got 1" needle instead of 1.5" and I noticed...

1. Why the day and night doses... just because it makes that it much more closer to breaking the week in half? 2. PSA: I had a PSA a year ago at 1, but will for sure order that in my next round of labs here.