Gman86. What was your dosing when you were doing scrotal cream and what base did you use? I know you've posted this info somewhere but I couldn't find it. And did you do the cream alone or with hcg, AI DHEA etc..? thanks.I’ve found that I simply feel my best with free T in the mid 40’s. Never had it go higher, so just thought maybe I would feel better with it slightly higher. On 180mg/ week, my free T was around mid 40’s. I honestly just feel better with higher free T. Not much else to it. And I find the standard direct free T tests correlate perfectly with how I feel, so I just stick to what works. To me it doesn’t matter if it’s accurate or not. All that matters is that it always correlates with how I feel, and gives me the information I need.
And I definitely had a good experience with scrotal T. Libido wasn’t the best, but definitely felt great mood and energy wise. It’s one of the reasons I opted to go back to a test base. Thinking there might be something to having optimal/ high levels of DHT, in regards to not only libido, but overall mood and brain health. I just didn’t like having to apply the cream twice per day, and didn’t like that I had to limit the things I did for hours afterwards. Plus, idk if I’m 100% comfortable with having DHT levels over 300. It might be completely benign, but I just think I need to see more research before I’m comfortable with having such high DHT levels long term. But I switched mostly due to the inconvenience factor. I find it much more convenient to inject once in the AM EOD.
The nandrolone based protocol was definitely a good experience overall. I’d highly recommend it to anyone that struggles with high E2 issues and wants to avoid using an ai. I absolutely think it has its place in HRT, and can be a game changer for a lot of guys. I may even go back to it at some point. Just want to experiment and see how I feel on my current protocol and managing E2 with a DHT derivative.
I also still fully believe that the optimal diet for humans is a mainly carnivore approach, with some healthy/ benign carbs to mimic how our ancestors would of eaten, and to keep fasting blood sugars from going too high. Seems that full carnivore can tend to spike fasting glucose levels. But adding in low amounts of healthy carbs, here and there, seem to keep fasting glucose levels down. I personally still do a mainly carnivore approach, with some white rice, honey and select fruits.
Overall, I mainly experiment to find what’s going to be optimal for my body long term, and to try and minimize my brain fog as much as possible, and hopefully get rid of it completely at some point. I also experiment to help others out as well tho. I think it’s more helpful to give other guys advice on things I’ve personally experienced and tried, than to read studies and speculate and theorize and then give advice on these subjects.