Hi guys, just wanted to thank everyone contributing to these forums. I can say that the info here as helped my life significantly and it is greatly appreciated.
Been self “tuning” since getting diagnosed with hypogonadism in May and felt pretty hopeless until I discovered the forums. My endo is very caring just not very knowledgeable in TRT and I don’t blame him as he only means well and is completely open to all my suggestions and lab work requests.
Wanted to reach out to those of you that could please help me get a good protocol going. I am 26 and suspect I will be on hrt for life. A bit about how I was diagnosed and the potential cause:
Had a TBI at 2 years old and large Varicocele in my left scrotum that went untreated till Feb 2016 (25 years old at the time). Not sure which is the culprit for low T. Also, I have Ehlers Danlos syndrome (hyper-mobility type). I have read that this causes low T.
Started out with a 400mg shot of Test cyp 5/24/17 and was also given an Rx for Clomid daily, (25mg/day) however I did not take Clomid for more than a week. After receiving my first shot and feeling amazing for about 4 days until I crashed hard and felt very depressed, I began gel and injection simultaneously for a month (my dosage all over the place) before switching to solely injections.
Starting to feel better after removing HCG from the equation 2 weeks ago although I know its necessary for upstream hormones (preg/ DHEA) that are necessary for brain function, sense of well being etc. What I can say has helped me is injecting daily and lowering the amount of T from 125mg/week to 85mg/week (been needing so much less since switching to subq injections).
These are the different protocols I’ve tried (in order) since my mood/libido hasn’t been stable, along with the results of my blood work (Quest Diagnostics):
1)
125mg/wk
injection routine:
.6ml a week (.3ml E3.5D IM)
HCG 500iu twice a week)
2)
100mg/wk
.5ml T E3.5 days IM
.25ml HCG EOD
3)
.2ml T EOD subq
.25ml HCG EOD
*blood drawn day after T injection at 9/18 @2pm
Testosterone: 779
Free Test: 123
Estradiol: 42
DHT: 44
t4: .9
TSH: 1.39
4)
.24ml T E3D
.25ml HCG EOD
10/6 @ 3pm:
Test 1087
FT:224
Estradiol: 45
10/13 @9am:
Testosterone: 1521
Free Test: 425.6 FT
SHBG: 30 nmol/L
Creatine Kinase 322
(don’t have Estradiol)
Current regime:
.06ml Test cyp (westward) Subq Daily
*since removing HCG from my protocol I felt better temporarily
**Still waiting on these labs.
Current symptoms:
Brain fog
depression/poor mood
poor sleep
low libido
Thank you in advance for anyones feedback, I am so desperate at this point and feeling helpless. I have posted both PDF and JPG in case the image is hard to read.
Been self “tuning” since getting diagnosed with hypogonadism in May and felt pretty hopeless until I discovered the forums. My endo is very caring just not very knowledgeable in TRT and I don’t blame him as he only means well and is completely open to all my suggestions and lab work requests.
Wanted to reach out to those of you that could please help me get a good protocol going. I am 26 and suspect I will be on hrt for life. A bit about how I was diagnosed and the potential cause:
Had a TBI at 2 years old and large Varicocele in my left scrotum that went untreated till Feb 2016 (25 years old at the time). Not sure which is the culprit for low T. Also, I have Ehlers Danlos syndrome (hyper-mobility type). I have read that this causes low T.
Started out with a 400mg shot of Test cyp 5/24/17 and was also given an Rx for Clomid daily, (25mg/day) however I did not take Clomid for more than a week. After receiving my first shot and feeling amazing for about 4 days until I crashed hard and felt very depressed, I began gel and injection simultaneously for a month (my dosage all over the place) before switching to solely injections.
Starting to feel better after removing HCG from the equation 2 weeks ago although I know its necessary for upstream hormones (preg/ DHEA) that are necessary for brain function, sense of well being etc. What I can say has helped me is injecting daily and lowering the amount of T from 125mg/week to 85mg/week (been needing so much less since switching to subq injections).
These are the different protocols I’ve tried (in order) since my mood/libido hasn’t been stable, along with the results of my blood work (Quest Diagnostics):
1)
125mg/wk
injection routine:
.6ml a week (.3ml E3.5D IM)
HCG 500iu twice a week)
2)
100mg/wk
.5ml T E3.5 days IM
.25ml HCG EOD
3)
.2ml T EOD subq
.25ml HCG EOD
*blood drawn day after T injection at 9/18 @2pm
Testosterone: 779
Free Test: 123
Estradiol: 42
DHT: 44
t4: .9
TSH: 1.39
4)
.24ml T E3D
.25ml HCG EOD
10/6 @ 3pm:
Test 1087
FT:224
Estradiol: 45
10/13 @9am:
Testosterone: 1521
Free Test: 425.6 FT
SHBG: 30 nmol/L
Creatine Kinase 322
(don’t have Estradiol)
Current regime:
.06ml Test cyp (westward) Subq Daily
*since removing HCG from my protocol I felt better temporarily
**Still waiting on these labs.
Current symptoms:
Brain fog
depression/poor mood
poor sleep
low libido
Thank you in advance for anyones feedback, I am so desperate at this point and feeling helpless. I have posted both PDF and JPG in case the image is hard to read.
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