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<blockquote data-quote="Cataceous" data-source="post: 245316" data-attributes="member: 38109"><p>Adding to what [USER=15832]@Systemlord[/USER] said, you're currently on 200 mg of testosterone cypionate per week. This averages to 20 mg of testosterone per day, which is about three times the average amount that a healthy young man makes naturally. Would you consider this advisable if it were any other hormone? High levels of testosterone can negatively affect more than 20 other hormones.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately it's a very common experience, with many doctors succumbing to the more-is-better mentality. Ideally you should have been started on 75 mg TC split into 2-3 doses per week. You go up or down from there based on results, and few should need to exceed 100 mg/week.</p><p></p><p>As it is you may experience low-T symptoms as you reduce to more reasonable doses, and ideally drop the anastrozole. But it's worth doing to feel more normal, even if it takes some months to stabilize. If normal physiological doses alone don't resolve your issues then you may need to consider other options. Some guys find that adding low doses of hCG to the protocol helps. You can also consider switching over to short acting testosterone, which comes in the form of nasal gels and troches. These cause less disruption of your overall hormonal balance.</p><p></p><p>My collection of anecdotes where guys find lower dosing is better:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/anyone-combine-injections-and-cream-how-do-you-feel.22766/#post-195436[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/for-those-who-are-struggling-on-trt.25592/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/numb-penis-anorgasmia-during-sex-low-cortisol-high-prolactin-on-trt.21461/post-230059[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://forums.t-nation.com/t/trt-most-probable-weekly-dose-range-for-treating-male-hypogonadism/270416/49[/URL]</p><p>The above post is now in a members-only area. Here is the quote:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>crashnet November 13, 2020, 9:03 pm</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>I can't really blame her. Most of what you read is of the mindset more is better. But here’s the approach I wish she would have taken, “Your test results reveal an 81 TT, let’s see what happens if we bring you up to 400.” Would have saved me those 8 years of countless blood donations, countless nights of frustration for the wife, countless bouts of insomnia, and countless episodes of “dude, why is your face so red”.</em></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/anyone-combine-injections-and-cream-how-do-you-feel.22766/post-195136[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/anyone-combine-injections-and-cream-how-do-you-feel.22766/post-196305[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/hello-60yo-starting-trt.23181/post-198852[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/have-you-ever-decreased-your-dose.6430/post-34989[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/hello-60yo-starting-trt.23181/post-198831[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/trt-patient-feeling-better-after-lowering-my-prescribed-dose.15352/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/threads/trt-too-high.30271/post-279912[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/first-labs-after-starting-trt-wow.23483/post-212984[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/any-guys-on-trt-long-term-and-how-is-it-newbie-androgel-but-haven%92t-began.26603/post-241239[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/feel-worse-with-higher-test-levels.26730/post-242471[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/feel-worse-with-higher-test-levels.26730/post-242661[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/any-new-discoveries-on-low-shbg-curse.28959/post-273291[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/threads/anyone-successfully-raised-shbg.30159/post-279165[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/threads/the-benefits-of-low-dose-t-injections.30188/post-279009[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cataceous, post: 245316, member: 38109"] Adding to what [USER=15832]@Systemlord[/USER] said, you're currently on 200 mg of testosterone cypionate per week. This averages to 20 mg of testosterone per day, which is about three times the average amount that a healthy young man makes naturally. Would you consider this advisable if it were any other hormone? High levels of testosterone can negatively affect more than 20 other hormones. Unfortunately it's a very common experience, with many doctors succumbing to the more-is-better mentality. Ideally you should have been started on 75 mg TC split into 2-3 doses per week. You go up or down from there based on results, and few should need to exceed 100 mg/week. As it is you may experience low-T symptoms as you reduce to more reasonable doses, and ideally drop the anastrozole. But it's worth doing to feel more normal, even if it takes some months to stabilize. If normal physiological doses alone don't resolve your issues then you may need to consider other options. Some guys find that adding low doses of hCG to the protocol helps. You can also consider switching over to short acting testosterone, which comes in the form of nasal gels and troches. These cause less disruption of your overall hormonal balance. My collection of anecdotes where guys find lower dosing is better: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/anyone-combine-injections-and-cream-how-do-you-feel.22766/#post-195436[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/for-those-who-are-struggling-on-trt.25592/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/numb-penis-anorgasmia-during-sex-low-cortisol-high-prolactin-on-trt.21461/post-230059[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://forums.t-nation.com/t/trt-most-probable-weekly-dose-range-for-treating-male-hypogonadism/270416/49[/URL] The above post is now in a members-only area. Here is the quote: [INDENT][I]crashnet November 13, 2020, 9:03 pm[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]I can't really blame her. Most of what you read is of the mindset more is better. But here’s the approach I wish she would have taken, “Your test results reveal an 81 TT, let’s see what happens if we bring you up to 400.” Would have saved me those 8 years of countless blood donations, countless nights of frustration for the wife, countless bouts of insomnia, and countless episodes of “dude, why is your face so red”.[/I][/INDENT] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/anyone-combine-injections-and-cream-how-do-you-feel.22766/post-195136[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/anyone-combine-injections-and-cream-how-do-you-feel.22766/post-196305[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/hello-60yo-starting-trt.23181/post-198852[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/have-you-ever-decreased-your-dose.6430/post-34989[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/hello-60yo-starting-trt.23181/post-198831[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/trt-patient-feeling-better-after-lowering-my-prescribed-dose.15352/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/threads/trt-too-high.30271/post-279912[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/first-labs-after-starting-trt-wow.23483/post-212984[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/any-guys-on-trt-long-term-and-how-is-it-newbie-androgel-but-haven%92t-began.26603/post-241239[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/feel-worse-with-higher-test-levels.26730/post-242471[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/feel-worse-with-higher-test-levels.26730/post-242661[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/any-new-discoveries-on-low-shbg-curse.28959/post-273291[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/threads/anyone-successfully-raised-shbg.30159/post-279165[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.excelmale.com/threads/the-benefits-of-low-dose-t-injections.30188/post-279009[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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