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Hi guys.  I'm in my late 30s in general good health and in shape.  Used anabolics off and on for years in my late 20s.  After coming off, TT was 300ng/dl for years and my last free test was mid single digits pg/ml.  I decided to try TRT to see if I could live better.  My sleep has always been pretty good.  I'm a vivid dreamer and can sleep for 9 hours. I usually have a couple of drinks early evening and go to bed consistently at 930-10.  Usually I would wake up every other night around 2 (sometimes to piss, sometimes just because) but would fall back to sleep.  Since beginning TRT I can't go back to sleep at 2 and if I do I wake up every hour.  I even tried not drinking anything one night and I couldn't fall asleep until 2 then woke up every hour.  I feel like I can't get to REM sleep... I'm not dreaming.  The crazy part is that I am not tired just a bit out of it.

Apparently I do grind my teeth and wear a mouthguard nightly.  I had a sleep study done a couple of years ago and I do not have sleep apnea.  The question I have is this... is this just an adjustment period and my body will normalize?  Or do I need to start tweaking things now?  I can't keep doing this because I feel like I have been in hell for 10 days.  As far as I can recall I have never had trouble sleeping.  I used to take 500+ mg of test and other anabolics 10+ years ago and I do recall some mild insomnia, but this seems way worse.

My current protocol is 170mg of test cyp weekly divided into 2 shots.  I've done 4 injections so far.

Also, is week 3 too early for hormone bloodwork just to see where this dose has my levels?