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Thank you for the reply. My Endo asked me to test 24 hours after application to see what my trough number was. Quest is cheaper but she said her order was for Labcorp and I had to use them!

I had my total testosterone checked at Quest and Labcorp exactly 24 hours apart. Quest was 149 Labcorp was 1018 I take a daily compounded cream and test 24 hours after application How can the numbers be so far apart?

Thank you for the reply. All labs were within range except total and free T. Hematocrit was right at the top of the range but that’s where it’s been for a year. Never over. The Cream is 12.5mg per click. So 4 clicks gives me 50mg. He told me to alternate 4 clicks one day and 5 clicks the next...

I’ve been on cream for a little over 2 years. I started at 50mg then went to 60mg. Been on 60mg over the last year with T ranging from 500 and creeping up to 984. Felt fantastic at the higher end of the range. When the 984 result came back my doctor lowered my dose to 50mg. The 984 result was 4...

How long did you take the sleep meds? The anxiety could be withdrawal if you took it for some time.

No I use a local pharmacy There are different bases (the type of cream the testosterone is mixed with) such as Lipoderm, Versabase, Atrevis. Atrevis is a newer base that is made specifically for men on TRT to deliver more testosterone through the skin...

Which base do you guys use for your cream? I’ve tried Versabase, then switched to Atrevis and recently switched back to Versabase.

I’ve never heard of absorbing 60-70% of a cream. Defy says 10% on their website.

Thanks for letting me know that Tman. Good stuff. I will apply the gel 2 hours before I test on Monday. Interested to see what it is.

I usually test between 11am and 12:30pm. I go on my lunch break. I do not apply the gel until after my test. So I go get labs 28-29 hours after my last application.

Thanks for that advice Tman and JimBob! I got my results back from my lab work on 5/7 Total = 236 (284-916) Free = 9 (6.8-21.5) I do feel much better when I wake up and through the morning and early afternoon. By 4pm I can feel the sluggishness start. By 8pm the anxiety starts, no appetite...

I apply once a day, either on forearms or inner thigh. I’ve tried scrotal application a couple of times, but didn’t notice much difference. I seem to run out of gas around 4pm today, but I applied later because of bloodwork. I’ve tried splitting the dose at 7am and 1pm but that did not help. I...

Just woke up on day 7 on 80mg. Nice morning wood without having to pee. No anxiety. No appetite though. I had horrible insomnia last night and anxiety. Fell asleep about 12:30. I go to bed around 10pm. Going for bloodwork at 10am. I think I just had to let the cream build back up after the...

Day 6 at 80mg and felt much better this morning. I started going down around 3pm and now at 7:15 I’m feeling pretty low. I get bloodwork tomorrow. Hopefully this morning is a sign it’s building back up but not enough to get me through the day. Does anyone know if exogenous testosterone acts...

What is the half life of compounded gels? My pharmacists says 10-100 minutes. My doctor says 22 hours. I went from at least 1000 to 164 in 4-5 days. Does it take longer to build up than it does to go away?

i started TRT in December 2018. My total T was 184 (289-894). I was put on a 50mg compounded cream by choice. I retested 2 months later at 530 and feeling much better. Shortly after I started feeling bad again. Was retested 4 weeks after the 530 test. Now I’m 384. The doctor raised my dose to...

I started Clomid 2 months ago with a test of 189. After just 5 days I felt the symptoms easing up and got a massive erection. After two weeks I felt really good, even noticing acne on my shoulders and back. Then I woke up one day and was moody, tired and just blah. I kept taking the Clomid for a...

Im 39, 6’0” and 160 lbs. I’ve been reading a ton of good information on this site! I have not started TRT as I’m going through a Urologist who does not care about my symptoms just my numbers. By numbers I mean total testosterone only with a range of 196-691 and the test must be done one week...