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Gents, A while ago, when first researching my low T problem, I stumbled upon a blog entry from a clinic local to me that has alway stuck in my mind. In the wonderful world of n=1 this rule, as it transpires, does actually apply to me. I’m running 30mg per day that puts me at the upper end of TT...

Joe, I think you missed the ironic humor in Jim’s reply! To be fair though I was completely the opposite. I have gone from being an aggressive moody bastard pre trt to a fair calmer individual on it.

I would look to the possibility of high DHT as being a possible cause. Gels/creams seem to raise DHT far more than injections do. The Androgenic effect of DHT can manifest as slightly higher levels of aggression

I would be interested in the answers to this as subjective E2 control is a mystery to me. I seem to show no symptoms of high E2 even when bloodwork comes in high. I simply take 0.125mg of Adex every now and again as I think that I ought to. A complete shot in the dark though. Problem is I think...

I went the other way, from gel to injections. I found gels to be an unstable nightmare with monthly measured tt levels wildly swinging over 500 points up and down. The absorption is just not consistent enough to fine tune. I’m also low shgb. With injections I now have a stable base to work from...

Appreciate all that but looking at the study, the list of sides and the dosage “Showed significant suppression at 1.0mg dose only”. My concern is merely that the recommended BB dose is 10 times that! Additionally a lot of folks stack multiple SARMs. Understand that lipids and SHGB come back up...

Christer, you need to scratch further beneath the surface. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that at suggested BB dosages certain SARMs are not as benign as they are touted. The effect on lipids and SHBG is reported if you dig down a level or two. For the most part no one notices as it’s...

My SHBG has come up a little on ED doses and now sits at 22. Benefits for me of ED shots is the stability. E2 remains basically constant and I don’t feel the need for an AI at this point. Additionally my hematocrit has stabilized back at my pre-trt baseline. This is critical to me as I can’t...

Voices, understand and agree but the bulk of the information about SARMs around the web leads people to believe they are fairly benign. Dosing information seems to push quite high as the ‘recommended’ norm. Unfortunately a lot of the forums that push these hard have a vested interest (sponsors...

Captain, thanks, that has given me food for thought. Although my ED is better on trt and cialis it can be a little unpredictable.

MK677 should be fine to use. Cardarine works well but it has the possible cancer issue hanging over it. LGD and Ostarine both work but they aren’t without side effects. To be fair I was running 10 ml of LGD, at 5 ml I guess the sides won’t be too bad. The only way you will find out is to try but...

Play at your own risk is my advice. These ‘harmless’ SARMs are not! Does LGD work, yes it does however...... It trashed my lipids, spiked my blood pressure and reduced my SHBG by 70%! Frankly it made me get noticeably bigger in a short time but made me very ill. As soon as the bloods came in the...

I think the strange thing is also the complete lack of predictability. My raising 4 points on gel (13% get a rise) but back to baseline on injections (67% get a rise) shows this. You would expect it to be the other way round just looking at the statistics. Both were daily applications so the...

I was a 47 before starting trt (gel) and this increased to 51 so treated with a phylobotomy. Since going on ED injections this has now stabilized back at 47 so I’m a happy bunny. The thought of regular blood letting wasn’t great but it was something I was prepared to live with. I was suffering...

Thanks for the info, I will do a little more reading and wait for my Defy consult next week. Having looked at the symptoms again (of which I seem to have none) I’m minded to do nothing unless they can convince me otherwise of a risk I’m missing

Guys, I think that my concern is finding another number to chase rather than reacting to a problem. Understanding that I may just be used to it I was wondering what benefits there may be. If someone was similar in the past, got treatment and felt like Superman that’s great and would be good to...

Gents, Trt is going well but my last round of bloods showed a TSH of 3.1 with aT3 of 3.4. It was suggested that reverse t3 be run as TSH should be nearer to 1. Reverse t3 has come back as high 32.1 ng/dl (9.2 - 24.1 range). I understand this should be brought back to around 15. Is anyone else...

Pretty much impossible to do a cross comparison between cream/gel and injection as it depends on so many factors that are not consistent. The absorption of cream is different for everyone depending on their own individual physiology and can even vary between different batches of the same product.

ED for me with my super low SHGB. Not too bad, it all just becomes part of the morning routine. Only a month in at present but don’t see it as a big issue moving forward.

Kethnaab was a forum guy who simply took Mark Ripptoes “starting strength” program template and substituted Pendlay or Barbell Rows in place of cleans. The idea being that as a dynamic move the cleans are a challenge without proper coaching. Rows are relatively easy by comparison and therefore...

Having recently started trt, firstly on gels, I had monthly blood tests so I have a raft of recent tt and e2 scores. I struggle a little with the concept of ‘treat e2 as symptoms present’ as I have never really experienced any symptoms that reading would suggest point to an e2 problem. In this...

Bkb, I would highly recommend going back to the old school basics. Google Kethnaab starting strength modification and milk it for as long as you can. If you can get your bench up to 1xbw, squat to 1.5x bw and deadlift to 2xbw then you can branch out. I ran this solidly for just over a year, ate...

I would agree with you that this is in some way related to trt although exactly what I’m not sure. Every now and then, since starting trt, both on gel and now with injections I smell like a scunk. I know that this is hormonal and not related to diet as like you the only new variable is the test...

Guys, to be fair I don’t seem to suffer. What I have read as the “classic” high E symptoms. Mine only seems to manifest as a pressure headache, at the back of the head and feels a little like you have pulled a neck muscle. I have felt it early this week so I took 0.125mg oh Arimidex on Sunday...

Hi all, 45 and was suffering the classic low t symptoms so got tested at my PCP. Put on 50mg\1% gel in late July. Experienced the normal Superman honeymoon but then dropped off like we all do. Had monthly tests but my levels were all over the place. Went through 3 boxes of gel from the same...

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place but this relates directly to a lot of conversations in this section Gents, I have found a really useful tool online that allows you to graph drug half lives over time to see the cumulative effects. I have seen a lot of threads that speak to half...

If it puts your mind at rest I was where you are last week. I’m a single digit SHBG chap and today was my 7th ever ED injection. I read all the relevant posts over the last few weeks and pre-ordered some 29g 1/2” 0.5 cc syringes. The first time you ever pin is an exercise in the unknown but I...