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<blockquote data-quote="lcvl" data-source="post: 26133" data-attributes="member: 5407"><p>Hi everybody,</p><p></p><p>Long story short: physically active, very lean, healthy 43yo man who's 7 months into TRT. Started out with plenty of wrong advice by unqualified professionals until I found a not so bad endo who at least is willing to experiment with multiple self administered test injections per week at different dosages to see how my body reacted. </p><p></p><p>My TRT journey started in march 2015. In june 2015, after 6 weeks of 150mg of Test divided in three weekly shots (M W F) these were my results:</p><p></p><p>- Total Test: NOT ANALYZED</p><p>- Free Test: 18.60 pg/mL (3.64-19.30)</p><p>- 17beta Estradiol: 55 pg/mL (<56)</p><p>- SHBG: 39.3 nmol/L (13.5-71.4)</p><p>- Prolactine: 8.1 ng/mL (3.5-19.4)</p><p>- Cortisol: 10.80 (3.70-19.40)</p><p>- Hematocrite: 48.30% (40-55)</p><p>- Cholesterol: 243 mg/dL (130-220)</p><p>- HDL Cholesterol: 82 mg/dL (>35)</p><p>- LDL Cholesterol: 145 mg/dL (<150)</p><p></p><p>At that point, after several weeks of 150mg Test per week I was starting to feel less energy and some high E2 symptoms were slowly appearing (mostly water retention, some acne, etc.)</p><p></p><p>Decided to gradually lower my dosage over the course of the summer, down to 100mg a week (2 x 50mg injections, on Monday and Thursday). </p><p></p><p>During the five weeks on the new 50mgx2 protocol I've basically felt fine, not great, but pretty much OK. OK energy, OK libido, still some ED and no spontaneous/night time erections. The overall feeling I got was that 100mg of Test a week was barely enough for me to get by and function properly, with very little margin to play with. Actually the one day I had to delay my injection by 8 hours I paid for it with the two following days of lethargy/fatigue and other very clear low T symptoms.</p><p></p><p>What's confusing is that the new blood results (Oct 2015) show a completely different scenario.</p><p></p><p>- Total Test: 14,99 ng/mL (1,66-8,11)</p><p>- Free test: NOT ANALYZED</p><p>- 17beta Estradiol: 46,0 pg/mL (<56,0)</p><p>- SHBG: 40,3 nmol/L (13,5-71,4)</p><p>- Prolactine: 10,0 ng/mL (3,5-19,4)</p><p>- Cortisol: NOT ANALYZED</p><p>- Hematocrite: 46,60 % (40,00-55,00)</p><p>- Cholesterol: 228 mg/dL (130-220)</p><p>- HDL Cholesterol: 78 mg/dL (>35)</p><p>- LDL Cholesterol: 136 mg/dL (<150)</p><p></p><p>Before seeing these results I was planning on increasing my dosage to 120mg per week (still divided into 2 injections), but looking at the new total T values I'm really confused about what to do. </p><p></p><p>I'll see the endo later this week and see what she thinks.</p><p></p><p>Any suggestion/idea is welcome. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lcvl, post: 26133, member: 5407"] Hi everybody, Long story short: physically active, very lean, healthy 43yo man who's 7 months into TRT. Started out with plenty of wrong advice by unqualified professionals until I found a not so bad endo who at least is willing to experiment with multiple self administered test injections per week at different dosages to see how my body reacted. My TRT journey started in march 2015. In june 2015, after 6 weeks of 150mg of Test divided in three weekly shots (M W F) these were my results: - Total Test: NOT ANALYZED - Free Test: 18.60 pg/mL (3.64-19.30) - 17beta Estradiol: 55 pg/mL (<56) - SHBG: 39.3 nmol/L (13.5-71.4) - Prolactine: 8.1 ng/mL (3.5-19.4) - Cortisol: 10.80 (3.70-19.40) - Hematocrite: 48.30% (40-55) - Cholesterol: 243 mg/dL (130-220) - HDL Cholesterol: 82 mg/dL (>35) - LDL Cholesterol: 145 mg/dL (<150) At that point, after several weeks of 150mg Test per week I was starting to feel less energy and some high E2 symptoms were slowly appearing (mostly water retention, some acne, etc.) Decided to gradually lower my dosage over the course of the summer, down to 100mg a week (2 x 50mg injections, on Monday and Thursday). During the five weeks on the new 50mgx2 protocol I've basically felt fine, not great, but pretty much OK. OK energy, OK libido, still some ED and no spontaneous/night time erections. The overall feeling I got was that 100mg of Test a week was barely enough for me to get by and function properly, with very little margin to play with. Actually the one day I had to delay my injection by 8 hours I paid for it with the two following days of lethargy/fatigue and other very clear low T symptoms. What's confusing is that the new blood results (Oct 2015) show a completely different scenario. - Total Test: 14,99 ng/mL (1,66-8,11) - Free test: NOT ANALYZED - 17beta Estradiol: 46,0 pg/mL (<56,0) - SHBG: 40,3 nmol/L (13,5-71,4) - Prolactine: 10,0 ng/mL (3,5-19,4) - Cortisol: NOT ANALYZED - Hematocrite: 46,60 % (40,00-55,00) - Cholesterol: 228 mg/dL (130-220) - HDL Cholesterol: 78 mg/dL (>35) - LDL Cholesterol: 136 mg/dL (<150) Before seeing these results I was planning on increasing my dosage to 120mg per week (still divided into 2 injections), but looking at the new total T values I'm really confused about what to do. I'll see the endo later this week and see what she thinks. Any suggestion/idea is welcome. :-) [/QUOTE]
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