Regarding how to add hCG to an already weekly injection schedule (Test Cyp 200mg)

Came off a somewhat successful AndroGel (50mg daily) schedule to go on 200mg Test Cyp inj. for about 3 months and having some issues:

1) Testicles have gone from huge Walnuts to Pecans
2) Sex Drive has slowly gone from acceptable to "missing in action".
3) Penile sensitivity is REALLY LOW
4) ED has gone from Rock Hard with Viagra, to Limp Noodle even with Viagra

The good news is joints and muscles recover well, and fitness levels are high.

I'm on a Medicare Plus style program, which pays for my once weekly 200mg injection as prescribed and administered by a MA via my PCP, and administered in his (UCLA Medical Center) office. So I might want to keep those appointments, as I don’t even want to see the size of the cannon they use, much less do it myself.

I am also needle phobic, but would be game to try your insulin needle hCG method in your (mixed) video but I don't think I could or should try "mixing" just yet.

So would 2x a week hCG be wise to address the issues above? Or would I have to force myself to 3x a week?

Final question, not sure I could do the deltoid injection, but would subQ (abs) work, or gluteal IM, for the hCG?

Thanks
 
Came off a somewhat successful AndroGel (50mg daily) schedule to go on 200mg Test Cyp inj. for about 3 months and having some issues:

1) Testicles have gone from huge Walnuts to Pecans
2) Sex Drive has slowly gone from acceptable to "missing in action".
3) Penile sensitivity is REALLY LOW
4) ED has gone from Rock Hard with Viagra, to Limp Noodle even with Viagra

The good news is joints and muscles recover well, and fitness levels are high.

I'm on a Medicare Plus style program, which pays for my once weekly 200mg injection as prescribed and administered by a MA via my PCP, and administered in his (UCLA Medical Center) office. So I might want to keep those appointments, as I don’t even want to see the size of the cannon they use, much less do it myself.

I am also needle phobic, but would be game to try your insulin needle hCG method in your (mixed) video but I don't think I could or should try "mixing" just yet.

So would 2x a week hCG be wise to address the issues above? Or would I have to force myself to 3x a week?

Final question, not sure I could do the deltoid injection, but would subQ (abs) work, or gluteal IM, for the hCG?

Thanks

Welcome to Excelmale. A weekly injection of 200mg of testosterone is an awful lot of testosterone to administer in one dose. Most successful TRT protocols call for smaller amounts of testosterone injected more frequently - 50 to 80mgs every 3.5 days (usually self-administered). It is entirely possible that your protocol has driven your estradiol up. That could account for your loss of libido and erectile problems. How is your doctor monitoring your E2?
 

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Lakshman KM, Kaplan B, Travison TG, Basaria S, Knapp PE, Singh AB, LaValley MP, Mazer NA, Bhasin S. The effects of injected testosterone dose and age on the conversion of testosterone to estradiol and dihydrotestosterone in young and older men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Aug;95(8):3955-64.

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