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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 190248" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>You need to keep in mind that on your original protocol although the weekly dose of 200 mg T (100 mg every 3.5 days) is very high and you were only hitting a trough TT 880 ng/dL that your FT is high due to you having low SHBG (10-11 nmol/L) which would drive up your e2/free e2let alone hemoglobin/hematocrit.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of where your trough TT/FT levels sit on the second protocol (40 mg EOD) you need to understand that you had only been on such protocol for 4 weeks which can be very misleading as hormones will be in FLUX during the weeks leading up until blood levels stabilize (4-6 weeks) and it is common for many to experience ups/downs during this transition.</p><p></p><p>Even then once blood levels stabilize (4-6 weeks) it can take the body 2-3 months to adapt to those new levels and this is the time when one should gauge how they truly feel overall on such protocol.</p><p></p><p>Too many fall into the trap of gauging how they feel during the transition when hormones are still in FLUX.</p><p></p><p>Anytime a protocol is tweaked (increase/decrease dose T) hormones will be in FLUX during the weeks leading up until blood levels stabilize and experiencing bumps along the way is to be expected.</p><p></p><p>You need to give it more time to truly gauge how you feel overall as your body will need time to adjust to the new T levels.</p><p></p><p>If anything when you decide to tweak the protocol again (dose T/injection frequency) you would most likely do better switching to daily injections using low doses of T seeing as your SHBG is low and not only will you be clipping the peak--->trough but more importantly blood levels will be more stable throughout the week.</p><p></p><p>Although TT is important to know FT is what truly matters as it is the active unbound fraction of testosterone responsible for the positive effects.</p><p></p><p>Much respect to you for using an accurate assay to test your FT as it is critical to know where your FT level truly sits on such protocol (dose T/injection frequency).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 190248, member: 13851"] You need to keep in mind that on your original protocol although the weekly dose of 200 mg T (100 mg every 3.5 days) is very high and you were only hitting a trough TT 880 ng/dL that your FT is high due to you having low SHBG (10-11 nmol/L) which would drive up your e2/free e2let alone hemoglobin/hematocrit. Regardless of where your trough TT/FT levels sit on the second protocol (40 mg EOD) you need to understand that you had only been on such protocol for 4 weeks which can be very misleading as hormones will be in FLUX during the weeks leading up until blood levels stabilize (4-6 weeks) and it is common for many to experience ups/downs during this transition. Even then once blood levels stabilize (4-6 weeks) it can take the body 2-3 months to adapt to those new levels and this is the time when one should gauge how they truly feel overall on such protocol. Too many fall into the trap of gauging how they feel during the transition when hormones are still in FLUX. Anytime a protocol is tweaked (increase/decrease dose T) hormones will be in FLUX during the weeks leading up until blood levels stabilize and experiencing bumps along the way is to be expected. You need to give it more time to truly gauge how you feel overall as your body will need time to adjust to the new T levels. If anything when you decide to tweak the protocol again (dose T/injection frequency) you would most likely do better switching to daily injections using low doses of T seeing as your SHBG is low and not only will you be clipping the peak--->trough but more importantly blood levels will be more stable throughout the week. Although TT is important to know FT is what truly matters as it is the active unbound fraction of testosterone responsible for the positive effects. Much respect to you for using an accurate assay to test your FT as it is critical to know where your FT level truly sits on such protocol (dose T/injection frequency). [/QUOTE]
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