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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Testosterone Side Effect Management
Another water retention issue
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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 201806" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p><strong>post #3</strong></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/edema-on-trt.22219/#post-190992[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Your doctor started you on .5 mL /week which would be 100 mg T if the strength of your testosterone is 200 mg/mL (most common).</p><p></p><p>Post labs from your previous and current protocol.....TT, FT, estradiol, SHBG, DHT, prolactin, and CBC which would include critical blood markers such as RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully, your blood work was done at true trough (7 days post-injection) as we want to see where your levels sit at the lowest point just before your next injection.</p><p></p><p>Although excess e2 can play a role in bloat/puffiness it is not solely to blame.</p><p></p><p>Androgens increase the retention of electrolytes.</p><p></p><p>The use of <u>exogenous androgens will result in the retention of sodium, chloride, water, potassium, calcium, and inorganic phosphates</u>.</p><p></p><p>Bloating/edema can be common in some and to what degree depends on many factors.</p><p></p><p>Most of the initial increases in weight gain on trt are water-related whether extra-cellular/intra-cellular.</p><p></p><p>Many men on trt can gain 5-15 lbs of water weight within the first month.</p><p></p><p>The majority of gains when first starting trt are due to extra-cellular water (between the muscle and skin) which shows up as bloat/puffiness and intra-cellular water (inside the muscle cell) which will make the muscle look fuller and harder due to increased glycogen stores.</p><p></p><p>Building up new muscle tissue (actin/myosin) which would be considered dry gains (new proteins) takes time and a proper diet/training protocol is needed.</p><p></p><p>Most on trt claiming to have packed on a significant amount of muscle within the first 4 weeks of starting are holding a fair amount of water (extra-cellular/intra-cellular) not dry gains.</p><p></p><p>When I first started trt on 100 mg/week T cyp injected strictly sub-q I gained 15 lbs at the 4-week mark and a good portion was water weight.</p><p></p><p>A good portion was bloat but my muscles were also holding more water/glycogen as they were much fuller/harder due to my high carb diet as I consume 650 grams/day!</p><p></p><p>Top it off that I was also consuming a fair amount of Himalayan sea salt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 201806, member: 13851"] [B]post #3[/B] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/edema-on-trt.22219/#post-190992[/URL] Your doctor started you on .5 mL /week which would be 100 mg T if the strength of your testosterone is 200 mg/mL (most common). Post labs from your previous and current protocol.....TT, FT, estradiol, SHBG, DHT, prolactin, and CBC which would include critical blood markers such as RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit. Hopefully, your blood work was done at true trough (7 days post-injection) as we want to see where your levels sit at the lowest point just before your next injection. Although excess e2 can play a role in bloat/puffiness it is not solely to blame. Androgens increase the retention of electrolytes. The use of [U]exogenous androgens will result in the retention of sodium, chloride, water, potassium, calcium, and inorganic phosphates[/U]. Bloating/edema can be common in some and to what degree depends on many factors. Most of the initial increases in weight gain on trt are water-related whether extra-cellular/intra-cellular. Many men on trt can gain 5-15 lbs of water weight within the first month. The majority of gains when first starting trt are due to extra-cellular water (between the muscle and skin) which shows up as bloat/puffiness and intra-cellular water (inside the muscle cell) which will make the muscle look fuller and harder due to increased glycogen stores. Building up new muscle tissue (actin/myosin) which would be considered dry gains (new proteins) takes time and a proper diet/training protocol is needed. Most on trt claiming to have packed on a significant amount of muscle within the first 4 weeks of starting are holding a fair amount of water (extra-cellular/intra-cellular) not dry gains. When I first started trt on 100 mg/week T cyp injected strictly sub-q I gained 15 lbs at the 4-week mark and a good portion was water weight. A good portion was bloat but my muscles were also holding more water/glycogen as they were much fuller/harder due to my high carb diet as I consume 650 grams/day! Top it off that I was also consuming a fair amount of Himalayan sea salt. [/QUOTE]
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