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New Member - 7 Months on TRT - Advice to Dial in Protocol
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<blockquote data-quote="Tad1979" data-source="post: 125399" data-attributes="member: 18964"><p>There are two things in your post that probably need clarifiying.</p><p></p><p>The first, what symptoms are left that you're hoping to improve? Anything other than the acne and the testicular discomfort?</p><p></p><p>Second - I'm far from an expert, but your lab work seems to be at rather large intervals, and there's a lot of physiologic responses going on when you start - I'd say you need more frequent labs to tell what exactly is going on. I've been on TRT less than a 6 months, and perhaps I've been fortunate, but my symptoms responded extremely well to the treatment. We've been getting my labs every 5 weeks, which so far has seemed frequent enough to catch things. My only physically unpleasant issue thus far were about week 4-6 when my estradiol got elevated and I started suffering "soft"/weak erections. I have had a small amount of testicular shrinkage (not to the point where I feel abnormal in a locker room, but my spouse and I have both noticed), but no pain. I expect this is due to the HcG I'm on as the goal is to keep the gonads at least partially functioning. So that is probably a good thing to discuss with your doctor. As far as starting an AI - please don't do it without a lab value to guide you. Going either too low or too high will cause you additional problems.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tad1979, post: 125399, member: 18964"] There are two things in your post that probably need clarifiying. The first, what symptoms are left that you're hoping to improve? Anything other than the acne and the testicular discomfort? Second - I'm far from an expert, but your lab work seems to be at rather large intervals, and there's a lot of physiologic responses going on when you start - I'd say you need more frequent labs to tell what exactly is going on. I've been on TRT less than a 6 months, and perhaps I've been fortunate, but my symptoms responded extremely well to the treatment. We've been getting my labs every 5 weeks, which so far has seemed frequent enough to catch things. My only physically unpleasant issue thus far were about week 4-6 when my estradiol got elevated and I started suffering "soft"/weak erections. I have had a small amount of testicular shrinkage (not to the point where I feel abnormal in a locker room, but my spouse and I have both noticed), but no pain. I expect this is due to the HcG I'm on as the goal is to keep the gonads at least partially functioning. So that is probably a good thing to discuss with your doctor. As far as starting an AI - please don't do it without a lab value to guide you. Going either too low or too high will cause you additional problems. Best of luck. [/QUOTE]
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