Someone having anxiety on TRT?

[bochinit]

Hello conrades, are someone here having anxiety or any other psychologic symptom of angryness or depression on trt? My anxiety spikes right before I inject (100mg per week/2x split) and lay down as days (half life obvious) pass by. I ger anxyous, agressive and have some insonia. Are anyone suffering of this too?

I was searching and found that it can be the spikes in hormones, shbg/e2 and aperantly men are doing microdoses of testosterone to avoid this spike. Will it help?

 

[Systemlord]

My anxiety spikes right before I inject (100mg per week/2x split) and lay down as days (half life obvious) pass by.

It sounds like your levels are dropping too low at trough, either increase the dosage or inject more often.

It might not be levels low at trough, but could be the big swings in hormones.

 

[bochinit]

@Systemlord you think my dosage is low? I thoug that too. I always see men using way more than this and feeling good. But if I increase there's not a chance of me suffering even more? By the logic.

 

[Systemlord]

But if I increase there's not a chance of me suffering even more? By the logic.

There's no logic to making changes to a protocol without labs verifying your actual levels. If your levels aren't low, then this would mean you need to inject more often, if levels are low, then you need a dosage increase.

Do anything else and it will be a shot in the dark.

 

[bochinit]

There's no logic to making changes to a protocol without labs verifying your actual levels. If your levels aren't low, then this would mean you need to inject more often, if levels are low, then you need a dosage increase.

Do anything else and it will be a shot in the dark.

100mg/week sit at 600s.
200mg/week sit at highs 1000'.

The most high I use the worst I feel.

I'm trying to solve my symptoms, not my numbers. Understand?

 

[Systemlord]

100mg/week sit at 600s

We are talking about trough numbers here?

I'm trying to solve my symptoms, not my numbers. Understand?

The numbers are helpful to determine if our symptoms are linked to our levels, it's how low-T is typically diagnosed.

Imagine trying to diagnose low-T without lab testing.

While on TRT over time began to notice symptoms below a certain point or if the difference between peak and trough are significant.

I found that injecting more often kept the difference between peak and trough minimal improving the way I feel even though my levels had not changed much.

Also my mileage on TRT changed dramatically after the first year, I needed to increase the dosage substantially to reach 500 ng/dL range where almost half used to get me well above these levels.

So lab testing will always be an important part in managing your TRT.

 

[Strengthandlibido]

Also my mileage on TRT changed dramatically after the first year, I needed to increase the dosage substantially to reach 500 ng/dL range where almost half used to get me well above these levels.

So lab testing will always be an important part in managing your TRT.

Interesting...

 

[Fortunate]

100mg/week sit at 600s.
200mg/week sit at highs 1000'.

The most high I use the worst I feel.

I'm trying to solve my symptoms, not my numbers. Understand?

My guess is that it could be related to estrogen. If you aromatize, the more testosterone you inject, the higher your estrogen will be. Very possible that your mood swings are related to that. I would get a high-quality E2 test to see where you stand. One of the ways to deal with this is to actually lower the dose, but inject more frequently.

 

[GreenMachineX]

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[Phil Goodman]

My guess is that it could be related to estrogen. If you aromatize, the more testosterone you inject, the higher your estrogen will be. Very possible that your mood swings are related to that. I would get a high-quality E2 test to see where you stand. One of the ways to deal with this is to actually lower the dose, but inject more frequently.

Was thinking something similar as far as solution(lower the dose and increase injection frequency), but I think it could be due to test getting too high after injection. If it gets better farther away from injection then it’s when more of the test has been converted. If it’s worst right before an injection though that may imply there is also a psychological aspect to it. He also said when he uses more it makes him feel worse, so that adds to the “next step is lower the dose” approach.

 

[julekuyp]

I don't have anxiety on TRT, but I do have anxiety before important events in my life. I can't handle it without sedatives.

 

[Fortunate]

I don't have anxiety on TRT, but I do have anxiety before important events in my life. I can't handle it without sedatives.

You should consider a beta blocker, like inderal. Healthier option than sedatives.

 

[Fortunate]

In most cases, I have an unstable emotional state accompanied by causeless tears or hysterical laughter. I can't explain my morale, but most likely, I can compare it to a swing. I realized a long time ago that I needed professional help. I know how terrible depression and its consequences are. Therefore, I did not want to allow such an outcome of events and turned to specialists from [SPAM] in time. Timely provided psychological assistance warns you against serious psychological diseases.

You are very wise. We all absolutely need to address our emotional health every bit as much as our physical health. Recognizing you are having trouble is the first step towards getting better. The next step is taking initiative, which it sounds like you have done.

You should give some thought to some of the contemplative traditions, like mindfulness mediation, etc. I don't think mindfulness can take away painful experiences, but it can help you modify your response to them and reduce chain reaction thinking.

Keep us in the loop and good luck.