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Started TRT .... Looking forward (updated w 8/20/18 Labs)
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<blockquote data-quote="AntCon" data-source="post: 110866" data-attributes="member: 15844"><p><span style="color: #454545">Hey all , Just wanted to say what's up and that I've finally took the dive and began the TRT journey. ( I started Monday the 11th actually , sorry I'm a little late on the thread) </span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">I'll give some background first. Or you can just scroll past the background, straight to the protocol if you'd like ;].</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"> Well I'm 29 and about to be 30 this year. Almost 3 years ago I began experiencing some really weird and unexplainable health issues. I began feeling very tired and out of it, started getting anxiety (which I've never had before), developed depersonalization and derealization, extreme fatigue, brain fog , lack of motivation, and really low libido. This all caused depression and increased anxiety which in turn basically made every symptom even worse, creating a vicious cycle.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"> After hardly any help from my PCP and every test and lab work coming back fine, I thought maybe I needed to try the natural way and see a naturopath.. I started seeing a naturopath , who did a bunch of lab work and noticed my testosterone was very low at 281 ng/dL. He said it was the lowest he'd seen personally in a guy my age. He immediately wanted to treat me with some hormones but I'm a research first kind of guy. And thankfully my research led me to here.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"> After joining here and listening to recommendations from members and mods, I began with Dr. Saya at Defy. We got me on a clomid protocol , along with some DHEA and NatureThroid. My T numbers did go up, but unfortunately I wasn't getting any symptom reduction. I eventually tapered off the clomid and the rest of my meds and then just sat for a few months , medication free, to see how my body would act. And weirdly, I felt the exact same and maybe even a tiny bit better after stopping everything.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"> About a couple months ago I finally got fed up with all my symptoms , again , and just said eff it , I'm going to get in touch with Defy. I called, order labs and set up an appt. I did my labs in the afternoon as this is when I usually feel worse and TT came back @ 152 , Range <a href="http://tel:250-1100" target="_blank">250-1100</a> and FT came back @ 29.4 , Range 35.0-155.0 pg/mL. After discussing everything with Dr. Saya, we decided to go the TRT route. I know , finally right!! Well , I have my fingers crossed and pray everything goes well. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">My protocol:</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">60mg Test Cyp every 3.5 days</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HCG 500iu every 3.5 days</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">0.25 mg Anastrozole every 3.5 days</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">Taking meds Monday mornings and Thursday nights.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">Just an FYI:</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">SHBG was tested last year and came back @ 13 , Range 10-50 nmol/L</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">E2 came back @ 24 , Range <or=29 pg/mL</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">Also I keep my PCP in the loop on things and he had me do another set of testosterone labs 2 weeks ago but in the AM. Those numbers were:</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">8:30 AM</span></p><p><span style="color: #454545">TT = 398 , Range <a href="http://tel:250-1100" target="_blank">250-1100</a> ng/dL</span></p><p><span style="color: #454545">FT = 97 , Range 35-155 pg/mL</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545">So far , Week 1:</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"> Right after first injection I started feeling some anxiety and just a little off the rest of the day, which I kinda expected is normal being it was my first time self injecting anything into my body. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"> I haven't noticed anything different as far as reduction in symptoms. I do however feel a little more tired this week and feel like today I've been a little more impatient / short tempered than in the recent weeks prior.. Could just be me overthinking about it though. Idk.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"> Other than that I can't wait for what the upcoming weeks have in store. I will update weekly and look forward to all of your guys feedback.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AntCon, post: 110866, member: 15844"] [COLOR=#454545]Hey all , Just wanted to say what's up and that I've finally took the dive and began the TRT journey. ( I started Monday the 11th actually , sorry I'm a little late on the thread) [/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]I'll give some background first. Or you can just scroll past the background, straight to the protocol if you'd like ;].[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545] Well I'm 29 and about to be 30 this year. Almost 3 years ago I began experiencing some really weird and unexplainable health issues. I began feeling very tired and out of it, started getting anxiety (which I've never had before), developed depersonalization and derealization, extreme fatigue, brain fog , lack of motivation, and really low libido. This all caused depression and increased anxiety which in turn basically made every symptom even worse, creating a vicious cycle.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545] After hardly any help from my PCP and every test and lab work coming back fine, I thought maybe I needed to try the natural way and see a naturopath.. I started seeing a naturopath , who did a bunch of lab work and noticed my testosterone was very low at 281 ng/dL. He said it was the lowest he'd seen personally in a guy my age. He immediately wanted to treat me with some hormones but I'm a research first kind of guy. And thankfully my research led me to here.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545] After joining here and listening to recommendations from members and mods, I began with Dr. Saya at Defy. We got me on a clomid protocol , along with some DHEA and NatureThroid. My T numbers did go up, but unfortunately I wasn't getting any symptom reduction. I eventually tapered off the clomid and the rest of my meds and then just sat for a few months , medication free, to see how my body would act. And weirdly, I felt the exact same and maybe even a tiny bit better after stopping everything.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545] About a couple months ago I finally got fed up with all my symptoms , again , and just said eff it , I'm going to get in touch with Defy. I called, order labs and set up an appt. I did my labs in the afternoon as this is when I usually feel worse and TT came back @ 152 , Range [URL='http://tel:250-1100']250-1100[/URL] and FT came back @ 29.4 , Range 35.0-155.0 pg/mL. After discussing everything with Dr. Saya, we decided to go the TRT route. I know , finally right!! Well , I have my fingers crossed and pray everything goes well. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]My protocol:[/COLOR] [LIST] [*]60mg Test Cyp every 3.5 days [*]HCG 500iu every 3.5 days [*]0.25 mg Anastrozole every 3.5 days [/LIST] [COLOR=#454545]Taking meds Monday mornings and Thursday nights.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]Just an FYI:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]SHBG was tested last year and came back @ 13 , Range 10-50 nmol/L[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]E2 came back @ 24 , Range <or=29 pg/mL[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]Also I keep my PCP in the loop on things and he had me do another set of testosterone labs 2 weeks ago but in the AM. Those numbers were:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]8:30 AM TT = 398 , Range [URL='http://tel:250-1100']250-1100[/URL] ng/dL FT = 97 , Range 35-155 pg/mL[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545]So far , Week 1:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545] Right after first injection I started feeling some anxiety and just a little off the rest of the day, which I kinda expected is normal being it was my first time self injecting anything into my body. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545] I haven't noticed anything different as far as reduction in symptoms. I do however feel a little more tired this week and feel like today I've been a little more impatient / short tempered than in the recent weeks prior.. Could just be me overthinking about it though. Idk.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545] Other than that I can't wait for what the upcoming weeks have in store. I will update weekly and look forward to all of your guys feedback.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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