Experience switching to cream from injections? Low DHT haven't ever felt good on injections.

[Dicky]

Did it got worse on the cream?
Are u still doing the hybrid? If i remember correctly.. 20mg a week test e or c, with 100mg cream in the am?

It's hard to say if it got worse. I had been having problems urinating for a few years before starting testosterone injections, and it continued to worsen after that point and again after switching to the hybrid protocol.

Yes that is my current protocol. Very good results.

FWIW I had a Urolift procedure in 2022 that was not very effective. By 2024 I could barely pee and had a TURP to fix it. I think I might be cursed because while the initial results from the TURP were amazing, my symptoms are coming back and I'm wondering if I need another procedure now.

 

[Tylurnt]

Update: stuck with 100mg morning and night and starting to feel better the past 10 days, but only after adding 5mg micronized pregnenolone. I use to not be able to tolerate pregnenolone at all, but now it has helped calm down the overstimulation. I heard DHT upregulates 5ar, so maybe thats why I can tolerate pregnenolone now on T cream.

Ill update in another month, hopefully I dont crash again.

 

[Tylurnt]

Pregnenolone 5mg just led to extreme fatigue so quit that a while ago.

Overstimulation persisted on 100mg to scrotum morning and night, so i decided to do 50mg to thigh 50mg to scrotum...

5 days later tested TT 5hrs after application and was 854... with my 9.5 SHBG, that brings my FT extra high.

I chased labs too soon in the beginning I believe, because I got 724 TT reading on 100mg to scrotum. The cream must have been stacking up to now.

I believe now the right answer is to do thigh only to bring levels down a bit. I just cant tolerate such high FT... acne, overstimulation and high H&H, while paradoxically having fatigue.

Overall switching to cream was a good move for me.. I still feel better than I did on injections, and im handling this high of T way better on cream than I could on injections.

 

[Newstech]

Wow - very cool. Congrats.

 

[Tylurnt]

150mg to thigh morning, 100mg to thigh at night... feeling much better now. No idea what my levels aare. Will say Libido has been off the charts on cream, its actually annoying when you're single

 

[Mt8space]

If the cream doesn’t work, you might consider Jatenzo or Kyzatrex twice daily oral options. You’ll typically see a boost to DHT levels versus injections and higher Free T versus creams. Kind of a middle ground between injections and creams.

On oral T, consistency is the norm. Oral T has very similar half-lives to creams. Oral T bypasses the absorption problem with creams.

How do you afford Jatenzo or Kyzatrex? My insurance will not cover and it is super expensive via GoodRX. Maybe I am not up to speed on how to source. Any help is appreciated.