Losing Hope on hardness

[Provoked]

Hoping for some advice in hopes of getting back to a better me. Currently my doc has me on 150 mg (2x.75 weekly)of delatestryl a week and .5 mg of arimidex every other week ordered.

Last blood work had my Estradiol at 99 pmol/l , total test at 25.9 Nmol/l . Unfortunately Canadian trt docs do not order the sensitive test.

I’ve been experiencing issues with my soldier. He appears to be a bit lazy and needs a longer warm up time to step up for battle. Even once he is up he is quick in falling back down. He use to be a a lethal weapon, now it appears he faints at the beginning of the confrontation.

Any advice is greatly appreciated and might help winning the next battle.

 

[Gman86]

Hoping for some advice in hopes of getting back to a better me. Currently my doc has me on 150 mg (2x.75 weekly)of delatestryl a week and .5 mg of arimidex every other week ordered.

Last blood work had my Estradiol at 99 pmol/l , total test at 25.9 Nmol/l . Unfortunately Canadian trt docs do not order the sensitive test.

I’ve been experiencing issues with my soldier. He appears to be a bit lazy and needs a longer warm up time to step up for battle. Even once he is up he is quick in falling back down. He use to be a a lethal weapon, now it appears he faints at the beginning of the confrontation.

Any advice is greatly appreciated and might help winning the next battle.

What’s the range on the E2 test?

 

[Fernando Almaguer]

Hoping for some advice in hopes of getting back to a better me. Currently my doc has me on 150 mg (2x.75 weekly)of delatestryl a week and .5 mg of arimidex every other week ordered.

Last blood work had my Estradiol at 99 pmol/l , total test at 25.9 Nmol/l . Unfortunately Canadian trt docs do not order the sensitive test.

I’ve been experiencing issues with my soldier. He appears to be a bit lazy and needs a longer warm up time to step up for battle. Even once he is up he is quick in falling back down. He use to be a a lethal weapon, now it appears he faints at the beginning of the confrontation.

Any advice is greatly appreciated and might help winning the next battle.

I have the same issue! It must be bothering you a lot - I do tamoxifen and some cialas and that helps. I do not enjoy chasing the way my erectons used to be trt. Only downside plus more acne. Put everything else is pretty good. I hope that helps a little or gives you an idea to try

 

[Provoked]

What’s the range on the E2 test?

They posted <159 pmol/l on the result.

99. <159

Guess the range is 0 to 159 .

 

[Provoked]

I have the same issue! It must be bothering you a lot - I do tamoxifen and some cialas and that helps. I do not enjoy chasing the way my erectons used to be trt. Only downside plus more acne. Put everything else is pretty good. I hope that helps a little or gives you an idea to try

I also get back facial acne from time to time. I notice as of lately my nerves have been bad . Probably due to performance anxiety.

 

[Provoked]

I have the same issue! It must be bothering you a lot - I do tamoxifen and some cialas and that helps. I do not enjoy chasing the way my erectons used to be trt. Only downside plus more acne. Put everything else is pretty good. I hope that helps a little or gives you an idea to try

Do you daily cialis? And how does tamoxifen fit in. You use it everyday or as needed?

 

[Fernando Almaguer]

Do you daily cialis? And how does tamoxifen fit in. You use it everyday or as needen

Not so much daily but i have it and viagra on hand. I take when I have a date planned. So far tamoxifen as needed, it does come with some malais side effects which is why I'd like to figure out whats wrong. My e2 is in the 30s and tt is about 600 so Im not sure whats up with that

 

[sammmy]

When was your total T measured with respect to the dose?
Do you know your SHBG?

You may want to halve your testosterone dose and probably won't need arimidex. Midrange T levels have a better chance for a normal sexual functioning than pumped up levels.

 

[Provoked]

When was your total T measured with respect to the dose?
Do you know your SHBG?

You may want to halve your testosterone dose and probably won't need arimidex. Midrange T levels have a better chance for a normal sexual functioning than pumped up levels.

My doctor never measure shbg.

My blood test was drawn on three days after my test shot.

Anyone know where my Estradiol should be? I was told it should be between 70-120….


When should I draw blood for an shbg test? How many days after shot

 

[sammmy]

Blood tests should be done fasted in the morning on the day before the next shot, to measure the lowest trough levels of testosterone. Measuring SHBG is desirable because it will allow you to calculate your free testosterone, if you don't have a dialysis test available for it.

 

[DorianGray]

Blood tests should be done fasted in the morning on the day before the next shot, to measure the lowest trough levels of testosterone. Measuring SHBG is desirable because it will allow you to calculate your free testosterone, if you don't have a dialysis test available for it.

So if one is injecting 7am Tuesday and Friday, the the blood draw should be?

 

[Sergel]

2 times .75 of delatestryl which is 200mg/ml is actually 300mg per week. That is very high... When was your last blood test?

What is the range of the test? 25.7 is the top of reference for my labs. I am in Canada and on Delatestryl too... If you did this on your lowest point, being top range means that you are supra physiological every other day from injection to injection... You might need to lower your dose to keep closer to physiological levels of test from injection to injection. The important part is to keep the free/bio available T in a good range for you.

In my experience, estradiol has little to do with this unless it is very high of very low... The T level though... oh boy. I had the same issues you had for years... chasing the elusive hard on. I was slow to start and soft in finish... that is if I finished at all...

Lowered my dose considerably and let me tell you lower is better... It is like my di*k woke up...

I had to learn this the hard way though although every one in the know was hinting at it... Took me 5 years to understand that... (had great muscle gains though!).

The first step in a TRT regimen is to figure out where you can keep it in a range that works for you and in most cases, that range is close to your younger days and thus physiological.

Hope this helps...