Can you give me feedback on my lab results? Why is my libido zero?

Abonicex · Apr 30, 2023

You may have seen my other thread where I explained how I was feeling.

These tests are pre TRT. I still don-t have post TRT results... I will get them soon. But maybe these can hint at what-s wrong with me?

I have taken 3 shots by now. it's supposed to be 1 ml 250mg enanthate every 3 weeks, because that's the only pharmaceutical presentation in this country.... I took one Sustanon shot (250 mg too). I felt amazing for two days, then mediocre, then bad. Then at 3 weeks took a first enanthate shot. I took the next one at 2 weeks (or like 1 week 5 days) because I was feeling very bad and I commented on how I felt in my other thread. Maybe I did wrong, I know. Next shot I will wait the 3 weeks. It-s that I-m very afraid of the really low t symptoms. Theyre hell.

Thing is one thing I really really wish would come back is my libido. I had always a superhigh libido my whole life until my testicles atrophied 2 years ago more or less. I always read how TRT made men horny. I read that after 3 weeks of trt you should see results in your libido.

But I have no libido at all and it-s been 8 weeks. Sex seems even boring. There have been no changes in libido. I probably feel somewhat worst in that aspect. Whats going on?

Systemlord · Apr 30, 2023

Your treatment protocol is to blame for your poor response to therapy. You need to inject 100-150 mg weekly, split up more often to elevated side effects. If you keep changing the injection intervals, dosing, ester type, your hormone levels will be in a constant state of flux and treatment may be less effective.

Also, injection frequency and or dosing changes will lead to unsteady or inconsistent hormone levels for 4-6 weeks. So when you get off this Stone Age protocol and get on a better protocol, it starts all over -> 4-6 weeks to a steady state.

Diagnosis and management of testosterone deficiency - PMC

Testosterone supplementation therapy (TST) use has dramatically increased over the past decade, due to the availability of newer agents, aggressive marketing, and an increasing incidence of testosterone deficiency (TD). Despite the increase in TST, ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Slightly longer but still relatively short-acting agents testosterone enanthate and testosterone cypionate require injections every 1–2 weeks due to half-lives of 5–7 days, respectively. All of the short-acting agents are plagued by a “roller coaster” effect by achieving supraphysiologic levels within 2–4 days after injection followed by sub-therapeutic levels by 10–14 days. A rapid decline in serum levels around 10–14 days has been called “testosterone crash” and is associated with sudden recurrence of TD symptoms. To minimize these effects, more frequent dosing from once to twice weekly has been suggested as is preferred by these authors.