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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 191363" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>Post labs from your previous protocol (200 mg/week) and current protocol 160 mg/week (80 mg every 3.5 days).</p><p></p><p>What is your SHBG as it will have a big impact on not only where your FT sits on such dose of T but will dictate what injection frequency may be best.</p><p></p><p>Hard to give any feedback with absolutely no idea where your TT/FT/e2 levels sit on such protocols.</p><p></p><p>You were experiencing side-effects because your FT was most likely too high on the cookie-cutter starting 200 mg/week dose which many would never need to achieve a healthy FT level let alone it may very well still be too high on 160 mg/week (80 mg every 3.5 days).</p><p></p><p>You are doing this all wrong.</p><p></p><p>You need to understand that 8 weeks on a protocol (dose T/injection frequency) is not enough time to gauge how you truly feel regarding relief/improvement of low T symptoms.</p><p></p><p>The most commonly used esters for trt are enanthate and cypionate.</p><p></p><p>When starting trt or anytime a protocol is tweaked (increase/decrease dose T) it will take 4-6 weeks for blood levels to stabilize and hormones will be in FLUX in the weeks leading up until levels stabilize (4-6 weeks) and it is common to experience ups/downs along the way during this transition.</p><p></p><p>Even then once levels stabilize it will take 2-3 months for the body to adapt and this is the critical time period when one should gauge how they truly feel overall regarding relief/improvement of low-t symptoms.</p><p></p><p>The first 6 weeks are misleading and seeing as you stated that you gave a protocol at least 8 weeks it was far from enough time for the body to adapt to those new levels.</p><p></p><p>After decreasing your dose from 200--->160 mg/week you did not give it enough time to gauge how you truly feel let alone you went and f***d it all up by increasing your dose again to try and add muscle/strength which unfortunately is going to be minor on trt doses!</p><p></p><p>Now you went and lowered your dose again down to 160 mg/week split EOD.</p><p></p><p>You keep going on about libido/erections and although having a healthy FT level should have a positive impact on such there is much more to it than simply FT let alone e2 levels.</p><p></p><p>Hope you are not expecting to have a raging libido and titanium erections 24/7 on trt as it is not going to happen.</p><p></p><p>The body will always adapt to whatever dose you throw at it and it is common to experience a strong increase in libido/erections when starting trt or increasing T dose when tweaking a protocol but it is usually temporary and short-lived as the body will eventually adapt.</p><p></p><p>Labs are critical and you need to pay attention to where your TT/FT level sits a trough on such protocol (dose T/injection frequency) as it will have a huge impact on the overall results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 191363, member: 13851"] Post labs from your previous protocol (200 mg/week) and current protocol 160 mg/week (80 mg every 3.5 days). What is your SHBG as it will have a big impact on not only where your FT sits on such dose of T but will dictate what injection frequency may be best. Hard to give any feedback with absolutely no idea where your TT/FT/e2 levels sit on such protocols. You were experiencing side-effects because your FT was most likely too high on the cookie-cutter starting 200 mg/week dose which many would never need to achieve a healthy FT level let alone it may very well still be too high on 160 mg/week (80 mg every 3.5 days). You are doing this all wrong. You need to understand that 8 weeks on a protocol (dose T/injection frequency) is not enough time to gauge how you truly feel regarding relief/improvement of low T symptoms. The most commonly used esters for trt are enanthate and cypionate. When starting trt or anytime a protocol is tweaked (increase/decrease dose T) it will take 4-6 weeks for blood levels to stabilize and hormones will be in FLUX in the weeks leading up until levels stabilize (4-6 weeks) and it is common to experience ups/downs along the way during this transition. Even then once levels stabilize it will take 2-3 months for the body to adapt and this is the critical time period when one should gauge how they truly feel overall regarding relief/improvement of low-t symptoms. The first 6 weeks are misleading and seeing as you stated that you gave a protocol at least 8 weeks it was far from enough time for the body to adapt to those new levels. After decreasing your dose from 200--->160 mg/week you did not give it enough time to gauge how you truly feel let alone you went and f***d it all up by increasing your dose again to try and add muscle/strength which unfortunately is going to be minor on trt doses! Now you went and lowered your dose again down to 160 mg/week split EOD. You keep going on about libido/erections and although having a healthy FT level should have a positive impact on such there is much more to it than simply FT let alone e2 levels. Hope you are not expecting to have a raging libido and titanium erections 24/7 on trt as it is not going to happen. The body will always adapt to whatever dose you throw at it and it is common to experience a strong increase in libido/erections when starting trt or increasing T dose when tweaking a protocol but it is usually temporary and short-lived as the body will eventually adapt. Labs are critical and you need to pay attention to where your TT/FT level sits a trough on such protocol (dose T/injection frequency) as it will have a huge impact on the overall results. [/QUOTE]
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