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TL/DR: Two different days, two different employees, two different Rx's, same outcome April 8th I go to ShopRite to pick up the sildenafil my doctor had called in. Really nice employee, really nice interaction. Then I give her an Adderall script. She looks at it and immediately says "We don't...

My urologist was going over my meds. I told him I was taking 2.5mg Cialis a day. He asked if I was using a compounding pharmacy, and I told him "No, I just split the 20's that you prescribed me way back when." Then he said 'Why don't you just take 20mg a day?" I said I thought 5 or 10 was the...

I never even heard of it until today. Plugging it into the search field, it mostly shows up in posts that just mention it in passing One poster said it plummeted his SHBG. Is it unpredictable and hard to dose?

TL/DR: Endo says these results are fine. She's not concerned about the T4 Free, even though it is barely normal. Is she right? Should she order more tests? T4 Free, Direct: .84 ng/dL (.82 - 1.77) TSH: 1.290 uIU/mL (.45 - 4.5) T3: 86 ng/dL (71 - 180) Recently visited an endo. I like her a...

I have made my own ephedrine/caffeine/aspirin cocktails, and the effects are nowhere near the old Xenadrine. I admittedly use far less caffeine than Xenadrine did, but I still wonder whether there's another piece to the puzzle. The euphoric effect I get from my mixtures is about 1/10th that of...

I have two sets of results, which I will post shortly. The E2 is using the same assay, but the total and free are not. Before I present the results, I would like to understand the following: For my free testosterone, both results are using pg/mL. I know that the results won't be the same, and I...

I'm 49 at trough. but I'm reading that levels fluctuate. Should I test at peak?

I've noticed that my total and free drop pretty drastically if I skip a week of pinning (cypionate). They'll go from 1200 to <500. Yet the last time I came off trt, some symptoms of low T didn't start until six-weeks-off at which time they hit me hard. Unfortunately I didn't test my levels for...

I re-started trt on Jan 6. I actually started a blast but got extremely bloated and said "forget this". So I took a step back and timed things pretty good to get these results. I pinned 160 test cyp right afterwards with the intention of that becoming my weekly protocol. I'm going to test again...

Results after 3.5 months off T. For me, symptoms wise, Vermeulen's 8.3 is a lot more accurate than Tru-T's 14.7. Just as importantly, Vermeulen matches the Roche calculation done here (83 pg/mL = 8.3 ng/dL), and from prior results, Vermeulen also matches up with LabCorp's free T direct. Even...

I just started taking these a few days ago, and it's weird stuff. It's definitely too early to even try to tell whether it is burning calories. As far as appetite, I'm not sure if it is being suppressed or stimulated. My appetite is very triggerable (on AND off), so a lot of factors come into...

I just ordered some. I've never taken any SARM (although cardarine is evidently a PPAR rather than a SARM). Has anyone here ever taken it? I'm not expecting all that much from it, as I haven't even found a lot of anecdotal motivation. But I would like to find a non-stimulant fat-burner and/or...

I know the answer is NO, but feel free to humor me. Has anyone tried this, or does anyone have a hypothesis of how it might be able to be done? I'm off trt and producing. I have an open vial with 8mlx200mg left. Could there be a sweetspot where I might get some benefit taking a certain amount...

I've been off trt for over three months and had blood work done at my urologist. They're using Roche now instead of LabCorp. One question comes up right away, and that's how the two estradiol methods differ. Because even though both labs use pg/mL, the reference ranges are drastically different...

Everything I've found online for forever regarding AI's and joint pain basically says that it is most likely due to low E2. I've been using Exemestane for a while now, and have basically been keeping my E2 at 40 and above, and I am having joint pain in a couple of areas. Being that my E2 is...

I have bloodwork coming up, and I want to confirm something. As far as I understand, nothing should affect my total. Sleep, sex, exercise, etc. should not come into play. I just want to confirm that, because I still come across a post here and there where someone will point to one of these...

About a month ago I got my second Pfizer covid shot. I felt a little sick for about four days. I recovered, but I noticed a few days later that my joints don't feel right. I googled and saw a lot of cases of this being a lingering effect from the vax, so I figured there's not really much I could...

At 1:04 he says single-digit SHBG guys don't do well on daily micro-dosing.

I know every guy has fluctuations, but I wonder if mine are extreme - as far as how often and as far as how much. Sometimes it's shriveled; sometimes it's loose but small and light weight; sometimes it's healthy and full; and sometimes it's big to the point where I wish I could immediately...

Doc told me to go to Vitalant and that they'd take the right amount, but he didn't say whether that would be their regular protocol for everybody or whether I'm supposed to tell them I'm on T.

I was taking 200mg cypionate every Thursday morning. I got tested Thursday at absolute trough and was 1361. I did not pin that day, and instead waited until Saturday morning. I got tested the next Friday afternoon and was >1500. While those second bloods were drawn about 16 before my new...

I do bloods a lot, so I pay out of pocket. I've been on a protocol for about 6 weeks and I'm getting blood drawn. At 10 weeks I plan to use the gold standard assays madman and others talk about. But for now, can someone explain or point me in the direction of posts/links about the downsides of...

This is going to sound like a joke, but it's not. It is however, the antithesis of everything this forum stands for, so I can understand if it's not a welcomed topic. Who knows, I may even be banned. But I'll ask anyway... I gave trt a try and didn't get much out of it. Granted, I wasn't a good...

I have had exogenous T in my system for months, and have had high total and high free for two months straight, and the only thing different in my life is that I'm eating way too much. Admittedly I have not been good about sticking to a protocol. However, while I understand that stabilizing...

I've started using it. For me it's pain-free during and after injection. Is there anything I'm missing out on by injecting there. Most things I read say it doesn't matter where you inject, because the oil will spread the same anyway, but one or two sources say small muscle injections have more...

I'm getting total, free and E2 checked tomorrow. I have missed two workouts in a row and want to try to fit a workout in immediately after getting the blood drawn. I usually take yohimbine about two hours before exercise, so I would be taking it about 1.5 hours before bloods. Is there any...

These thyroid results might explain some of the symptoms I've been experiencing. I've been paying for tests myself, and that's why I've just been getting the basic assays. I figure I can either take these thyroid results to an endo, which my insurance would cover. Or I can pay for some better...

I know there are a lot of different things that can come into play when it comes to sexual functioning. I'm wondering if temperature-dependent morning wood can point-towards/rule-out anything. I'm still getting dialed in, but I have been checking my numbers along the way (using generic assays)...

Well, not technically "low"...4.4 (4.0 - 15.2). I had it tested due to having no sex drive. Looking online I'm not seeing much about how to raise it.

What parameters for getting the most accurate reading?

I started trt early this year. I finally had a decent protocol but dashed it because I wanted to get off AI's. My current protocol is 200mg test cyp E7D. I have only been on it for two weeks, but I took an extra dose to front load, so I'm about three weeks in. I have read enough of these threads...