Background
I'm 32, 5'10, and at around 30 my libido tanked. I didn't notice at first because with an ex-wife, a kid, a girlfriend, a job, etc... I'm a busy guy, so not having sex as often didn't really register too high on my list of shit to care about (though it was definitely taking a toll on my new relationship). A little over a year ago I was playing a lot with my son one weekend, tossing him around and such, and my back was sore the next day. I thought this sucks, I don't want to have trouble keeping up with him because of my poor health, so I decided to get serious about making some improvements. At this point I weighed about 210lbs and probably around 30% bf.
I had dabbled in the gym before with friends, but never consistently and never with any real attention to diet. I got serious about my diet and exercise and I definitely made some improvements, both in how I looked and how I felt, but after the first few months of noobie body recomposition, things seemed to stall. I managed to get down to around 185lbs and maybe 20-25% bf. I started doing more research and came across low T, then suddenly things clicked. The libido, the way I've felt "less than myself" the last few years, and my lackluster gym gains or fat loss (past the initial few months) made sense. In the first ~3-4 months at the gym I got my squat to ~250, bench to ~180, deadlift to ~280. Now, after a year of lifting, I'm at around 265/195/300.
Starting TRT
In March, I went to an endocrinologist who did blood work. This was in the morning, and I came back with overall good health except I was low on vitamin D, SHBG 34, Free Test 6.7, Total Test 315. What did the endo say? "Maybe a vitamin D supplement will help.". In April, I found a urologist who did his own blood work which came back very similar and he agreed I was a candidate for TRT. He started me on 150mg/wk Test-cyp. I've done 6 injections so far, on Wednesdays. Between 5 and 6 (on a Friday) we did blood work again, in the morning, and came back with SHBG 18.9, Free Test 14.7, Total Test 720.
The first few shots didn't seem to do much, but after shot 3 or 4 I started to notice some more libido on Friday/Saturday (remember, I inject on Wednesdays). After shot 5 I noticed my libido was good from about Thursday to early on Sunday. I'm hopeful that this week's shot #6 will see me through the weekend.
Now What?
As TRT continues, I hope my libido can be consistently good and my relationship and outlook on life in general continues to improve. I do want to have another child in the next ~3-5 years, so once we've stabilized my dosage I'm going to talk to the urologist about when and how to add HCG to my protocol to preserve sperm production. And I hope that now that my testosterone is in normal range I can get back to making progress in the gym, because it was nice to start getting some compliments after the first few months.
It seems there is so much to learn, and so much information out there that doctors may not be up to date on. I really appreciate this site as it seems to be a great resource of knowledgeable people. Thanks, guys!
I'm 32, 5'10, and at around 30 my libido tanked. I didn't notice at first because with an ex-wife, a kid, a girlfriend, a job, etc... I'm a busy guy, so not having sex as often didn't really register too high on my list of shit to care about (though it was definitely taking a toll on my new relationship). A little over a year ago I was playing a lot with my son one weekend, tossing him around and such, and my back was sore the next day. I thought this sucks, I don't want to have trouble keeping up with him because of my poor health, so I decided to get serious about making some improvements. At this point I weighed about 210lbs and probably around 30% bf.
I had dabbled in the gym before with friends, but never consistently and never with any real attention to diet. I got serious about my diet and exercise and I definitely made some improvements, both in how I looked and how I felt, but after the first few months of noobie body recomposition, things seemed to stall. I managed to get down to around 185lbs and maybe 20-25% bf. I started doing more research and came across low T, then suddenly things clicked. The libido, the way I've felt "less than myself" the last few years, and my lackluster gym gains or fat loss (past the initial few months) made sense. In the first ~3-4 months at the gym I got my squat to ~250, bench to ~180, deadlift to ~280. Now, after a year of lifting, I'm at around 265/195/300.
Starting TRT
In March, I went to an endocrinologist who did blood work. This was in the morning, and I came back with overall good health except I was low on vitamin D, SHBG 34, Free Test 6.7, Total Test 315. What did the endo say? "Maybe a vitamin D supplement will help.". In April, I found a urologist who did his own blood work which came back very similar and he agreed I was a candidate for TRT. He started me on 150mg/wk Test-cyp. I've done 6 injections so far, on Wednesdays. Between 5 and 6 (on a Friday) we did blood work again, in the morning, and came back with SHBG 18.9, Free Test 14.7, Total Test 720.
The first few shots didn't seem to do much, but after shot 3 or 4 I started to notice some more libido on Friday/Saturday (remember, I inject on Wednesdays). After shot 5 I noticed my libido was good from about Thursday to early on Sunday. I'm hopeful that this week's shot #6 will see me through the weekend.
Now What?
As TRT continues, I hope my libido can be consistently good and my relationship and outlook on life in general continues to improve. I do want to have another child in the next ~3-5 years, so once we've stabilized my dosage I'm going to talk to the urologist about when and how to add HCG to my protocol to preserve sperm production. And I hope that now that my testosterone is in normal range I can get back to making progress in the gym, because it was nice to start getting some compliments after the first few months.
It seems there is so much to learn, and so much information out there that doctors may not be up to date on. I really appreciate this site as it seems to be a great resource of knowledgeable people. Thanks, guys!
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