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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 94793" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>At least you were on the 90 mg/week for 6-7 weeks before testing to get a picture of where your blood markers fall in range and of course how you feel. Your levels were still low as per your labs.</p><p></p><p>It starts to get senseless at week 8 as you increase to 100mg/week but do not give it 6 weeks at that dose to let levels stabilize and than at week 9 you increase to 110mg/week than jump to 130mg at week 10 and 140mg at week 11 and have bloods tested again which would not even give you and accurate picture as it takes time for levels to stabilize at each new dose increase.</p><p></p><p>Week 12 and 13 you continue with 140mg/week and than at 14 jump up to 240mg/week (wow) and drop back down to 200mg/week for the following weeks 15 and 16.</p><p></p><p>Protocol is a complete mess!</p><p></p><p>Sure if 90mg/week (which is some what low) barely improved your numbers it would make sense one would have to increase dose and 100mg/week would still seem not high enough to improve your levels from what you achieved at 90mg/week dose but 120mg/week for 6 weeks would have been much more sensible as in most cases increasing dose by 10-20mg/week can make a difference.</p><p></p><p>In a matter of 6 weeks you went from 100mg/week to 240mg/week and dropped down to 200mg/week for the following 2 weeks..............huge jump.</p><p></p><p>Testosterone is a powerful hormone and there is a reason for starting low and going slow to see how ones body reacts and how that dose effects ones blood markers let alone possible side effects. </p><p></p><p>Any new protocol should be given 6-8 weeks to allow ones testosterone levels to stabilize to get an accurate picture of how one feels at that dose/improvements or lack there of in low t symptoms and how your blood markers are effected.</p><p></p><p>Jumping in at 200mg/week is on the high end and may very well push your levels above the physiological range as in supra-physiological (trough and peak) and you may be more prone to high e2/increase hematocrit/blood pressure/negative effect on lipids.</p><p></p><p>Most on trt only need 100-150mg/week to reach the upper end of the physiological range. Yes some do need higher doses depending on other underlying factors but it is not common.</p><p></p><p>I understand you want to feel better as we all do but having the mentality that more is better or higher levels are better is careless. Believe it or not many do well with levels in the 600-700 ng/dl and of course some need to be closer to the top end of the range but is basically comes down to experiencing relief/improvements in ones low t symptoms and most importantly staying healthy and keeping critical blood markers in check.</p><p></p><p>Trt is not about feeling like superman as there is no such thing. There are many who aim for just numbers and being at the top end of the range thinking that their libido/erections are going to be better and they are going to turn into a beast in the gym when in reality having higher levels does not always mean better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 94793, member: 13851"] At least you were on the 90 mg/week for 6-7 weeks before testing to get a picture of where your blood markers fall in range and of course how you feel. Your levels were still low as per your labs. It starts to get senseless at week 8 as you increase to 100mg/week but do not give it 6 weeks at that dose to let levels stabilize and than at week 9 you increase to 110mg/week than jump to 130mg at week 10 and 140mg at week 11 and have bloods tested again which would not even give you and accurate picture as it takes time for levels to stabilize at each new dose increase. Week 12 and 13 you continue with 140mg/week and than at 14 jump up to 240mg/week (wow) and drop back down to 200mg/week for the following weeks 15 and 16. Protocol is a complete mess! Sure if 90mg/week (which is some what low) barely improved your numbers it would make sense one would have to increase dose and 100mg/week would still seem not high enough to improve your levels from what you achieved at 90mg/week dose but 120mg/week for 6 weeks would have been much more sensible as in most cases increasing dose by 10-20mg/week can make a difference. In a matter of 6 weeks you went from 100mg/week to 240mg/week and dropped down to 200mg/week for the following 2 weeks..............huge jump. Testosterone is a powerful hormone and there is a reason for starting low and going slow to see how ones body reacts and how that dose effects ones blood markers let alone possible side effects. Any new protocol should be given 6-8 weeks to allow ones testosterone levels to stabilize to get an accurate picture of how one feels at that dose/improvements or lack there of in low t symptoms and how your blood markers are effected. Jumping in at 200mg/week is on the high end and may very well push your levels above the physiological range as in supra-physiological (trough and peak) and you may be more prone to high e2/increase hematocrit/blood pressure/negative effect on lipids. Most on trt only need 100-150mg/week to reach the upper end of the physiological range. Yes some do need higher doses depending on other underlying factors but it is not common. I understand you want to feel better as we all do but having the mentality that more is better or higher levels are better is careless. Believe it or not many do well with levels in the 600-700 ng/dl and of course some need to be closer to the top end of the range but is basically comes down to experiencing relief/improvements in ones low t symptoms and most importantly staying healthy and keeping critical blood markers in check. Trt is not about feeling like superman as there is no such thing. There are many who aim for just numbers and being at the top end of the range thinking that their libido/erections are going to be better and they are going to turn into a beast in the gym when in reality having higher levels does not always mean better. [/QUOTE]
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