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2mg a week? Why? That’s osteoporosis territory

Then why leave his name saying member instead of banned?

I know what he was trying to say but he wasn’t doing a great job of it. English not being his native language probably doesn’t help. I certainly couldn’t convey much in Bulgarian so I try to be nice about it.

It says he’s been banned when he tries to log in, so yeah, he’s banned. Hopefully I don’t get in trouble here just for conveying that fact.

Can a user even do that? It’s simple enough to not make it say “banned” if that’s what a mod wants to do. Not accusing, it’s just weird his account is gone one way or another.

His profile here is gone.. so I'm pretty sure he is banned or account deleted from here or something

Oh come on, seriously? Is this argument really still being used?

Unlikely you'll have issues there IMO unless you're going to crazy levels. E2 going up isn't bad... I believe it should be in proportion to how much T you have. So if T is above the normal range, E2 should be too. I'm not saying it should be 5x the range, but it being out of range for someone...

If you keep taking the HCH and add gel or T injections, if you were to stop the gel/T injections you’d go back to where you’re at now (assuming you stay on the HCG) I wouldn’t take a day off personally but maybe it will work for you? I just don’t see a reason to reduce your hormones one day a...

Never is preferred.

You’re already committed, so what’s the difference? Your pituitary has likely already stopped producing LH and your balls are depending on HCG to keep them running. At this point, why not try it and see what happens? Worst case you stop and you’re back to where you are now. You’re already...

You’ll live. I’m sure you won’t feel awesome for a week or two but people have purposely done worse..

Pretty much.

Yeah 15-16 is pretty low IMO.

There seems to be different beliefs on that topic. Some push more of a ratio than a value, etc. Some say stay in range. Some say stay 20-25. Some say let it go and it ends up wherever it ends up. Something tells me I won’t change your mind on this :lol: SAGE Journals: Your gateway to...

Why is low estrogen a good thing? I thought e2 helped with cardiovascular health, bone health and libido.

Not sure if you meant this to me or the OP? The basics for me, pre TRT, was: Total T, 862 [264 - 916] Free T, 6.3 [8.7 - 25.1] TSH, 2.64 LH, 3.1 Estradiol, 13.1 [8 - 35] SHBG, 151 [17 - 56]

You’re assuming high estrogen is any sort of an issue whatsoever, even if you do end up having it. Mine is 73, I know plenty with higher than that. Give it time, those “issues” usually go away on their own I’d start with T only. 150mg/week is fine. I’d do 50mg 3x a week but you can try twice a...

Nope, went straight to theirs fortunately. I’ve seen a lot of people on Facebook groups having issues with alternatives though

I actually timed mine the other night. It took 1:45 to draw 0.325ml using a 1/2” 30g 0.5cc insulin syringe.

Yes. Empower is generally accepted as making very good cream. Some other pharmacies are super inconsistent dosage wise and or use bases that absorb horribly

Empower

Same. Minute or two to load, 10-20 seconds to inject

I use 30g but it takes a few minutes to draw. 27-29 should be quicker if it’s an issue.

My shbg was 151 (yes, really). 3 clicks (150mg) of cream per day had my total t at 1500+ and free T at 39. My shbg went down to 90’s I’ve since switched back to injections out of concerns of it Transferring to my wife but yeah, it’s strong stuff. I don’t really understand the issue though...

Thanks--I had to estimate a few things but it looks like pre TRT free e2 was something like 0.13 and now it's around 1.30 based on that calculator.

I’ve wondered this too. 90’s SHBG here, 73 e2, I assume that high shbg doesn’t leave a lot of “free e2” but that’s not something I’ve seen much talk of on the forums so I’m not really sure

Test it yourself then...

Ah ok yeah that’ll do it. I still would go for 200mg a week or so, no AI. Inject 2-3x a week (split it up) and give it time. Do some bloodwork after 6 weeks or so and see what happens. If you’ve had issues for a year+ then what’s another several weeks?

Sure, I’ll give you my magic formula if you send me some bitcoin.... Some people feel better earlier. It always takes me 7 weeks to feel better when I change something and that isn’t uncommon. Sucks but it is what it is. If you have more blood work then share it with us, can’t hurt

Have you not done any actual blood work? Get the bloodwork on your own if you have to. Sounds to me like you’ve basically gone from too much to not enough and screwed your e2 up along the way to boot. I’d go to 180 or 200mg a week, no AI, give it 8-12 weeks and see what happens. You have to...