Last year fell into a whirlwind of low test like symptoms and consistently tested in the 350s total as a healthy and active 34 year old. In November and December I tested at 257 total / 35 free and 186total with 32 free. I was diagnosed with hypogonadism this month due to an issue found in MRI on my pituitary and my endo OKd me for hormone replacement.
Now I am prescribed 80mg cyp every 10 days to start — I’ve been lurking and researching long enough to know this is an extremely low and probably overly conservative dose. He wants labs at the 35 day mark (5 days after my last 80mg) and re-evaluate from there.
I am doing daily subQ of the 80mg over the 10 days instead to hopefully help get more consistent levels and manage e2 and hematocrit (was 52% and I just donated blood this weekend to help)
realistically what can I expect at this dose in terms of benefits and really a timeline where I could expect to notice anything?
I plan on adding hcg probably next month (compounded) to help maintain fertility but didn’t want to start right away so I can get the true baseline on the docs protocol
Thanks!
Now I am prescribed 80mg cyp every 10 days to start — I’ve been lurking and researching long enough to know this is an extremely low and probably overly conservative dose. He wants labs at the 35 day mark (5 days after my last 80mg) and re-evaluate from there.
I am doing daily subQ of the 80mg over the 10 days instead to hopefully help get more consistent levels and manage e2 and hematocrit (was 52% and I just donated blood this weekend to help)
realistically what can I expect at this dose in terms of benefits and really a timeline where I could expect to notice anything?
I plan on adding hcg probably next month (compounded) to help maintain fertility but didn’t want to start right away so I can get the true baseline on the docs protocol
Thanks!
