Blood panel, how's mine look?

[kelj358]

Hello all. Been snooping around for a bit doing research on TRT. Just started back in march of this year. Dr prescribed 200mg/every 2 weeks of depo test...so pretty sure he has no idea what he's doing when it comes to TRT. I started doing 100mg/week 6 weeks ago. Feeling pretty good, but nothing super noticeable. Feeling a little stronger, no real change in body composition yet. Actually, have put on about 8lbs...but bodyfat % has stayed the same. right about 15.5 %. After doing some more reading..im thinking of moving to 50mg twice a week. Below is my blood panel from last week. Thoughts? E2 was 39.

 

[Cataceous]

Your instincts are good with respect to dose frequency. With once-weekly doses of testosterone cypionate it's common to have peak levels that are two to three times trough levels. This is decidedly unnatural. Assuming your lab work is at trough then you are likely going from very high to mid-low levels with each injection cycle. To remedy this I would go a step further by reducing to 30-40 mg twice weekly. In spite of its popularity, even that 100 mg/week is excessive as a starting dose, providing much more testosterone than most healthy men ever make naturally. Some can tolerate it, while others do not.

 

[kelj358]

Your instincts are good with respect to dose frequency. With once-weekly doses of testosterone cypionate it's common to have peak levels that are two to three times trough levels. This is decidedly unnatural. Assuming your lab work is at trough then you are likely going from very high to mid-low levels with each injection cycle. To remedy this I would go a step further by reducing to 30-40 mg twice weekly. In spite of its popularity, even that 100 mg/week is excessive as starting dose, providing much more testosterone than most healthy men ever make naturally. Some can tolerate it, while

yes, panel drawn at trough

 

[Vince]

Hello all. Been snooping around for a bit doing research on TRT. Just started back in march of this year. Dr prescribed 200mg/every 2 weeks of depo test...so pretty sure he has no idea what he's doing when it comes to TRT. I started doing 100mg/week 6 weeks ago. Feeling pretty good, but nothing super noticeable. Feeling a little stronger, no real change in body composition yet. Actually, have put on about 8lbs...but bodyfat % has stayed the same. right about 15.5 %. After doing some more reading..im thinking of moving to 50mg twice a week. Below is my blood panel from last week. Thoughts? E2 was 39.

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I would say your panel looks pretty good. I do agree with you injecting twice a week. You may want to add in HCG. I think eventually you'll need to add HCG just to keep your testicles full, along with a good libido.

 

[kelj358]

So, the HCG would increase libido and keep the balls from shriveling up to nothing? lol Is that generally the case with long term trt?

 

[Guided_by_Voices]

So, the HCG would increase libido and keep the balls from shriveling up to nothing? lol Is that generally the case with long term trt?

Yes. It's just like when you put a muscle in a cast. It/They atrophy from lack of use